… The Cougars’ defense did well in limiting SMU’s high-powered offense and sacked Mordecai three times, which is one more than the quarterback had been sacked in the first seven games of the season. Houston: The Cougars are in control in the American with four games remaining. There’s a lot of things that can happen.” “Who knows what’s going to happen in conference. “We have to make sure that one loss doesn’t become two,” Dykes said.
… The Mustangs struggled in the running game, finishing with 50 rushing yards led by Siggers, who had 44. SMU: The Mustangs’ saw their seven-game winning streak snapped and possibly their chances of reaching the American Championship game.
With 30 seconds remaining, Dykes said he didn’t want to give Houston good field position. “Had I known we were going to kick the field goal, for sure, I would have let it run down, and we would have just squibbed it,” Dykes said. SMU coach Sonny Dykes said the Mustangs’ uncertainty on the preceding fourth-and-2 play from the Houston 28 before deciding to kick the field goal played a large role in the kickoff return because they called timeout earlier then they would have wanted.
… The things he does are unbelievable, and for him to do it in both punt and kick, it’s unbelievable.” “I think he’s getting to the point where I might say he’s the best returner ever. “I keep saying he’s the best returner in the country, which he is,” Houston coach Dana Holgorsen said. Jones, who also had an interception, has four special teams’ touchdowns this season, which leads the nation.