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Can Red Bull, GIFs and 'Old country boy' coach save SMU football recruiting?

UNIVERSITY PARK -- On his quest to put SMU back on the map in Texas high school recruiting, Chad Morris basically followed the map.

He's logged the miles of a trucker on the back roads and peered through clouds on board the TempoCopter searching for future Mustangs.

In keeping his eyes on the road and his hands on the wheel, Morris has rarely veered across state lines, charting a dramatically different course than his predecessor and repairing burned bridges along the way.

A native of Edgewood, he attended SMU games as a kid, so his rebuilding plan was based on first-hand knowledge.