SMU defensive coordinator Van Malone might have stayed up until the wee hours Saturday even without an upset over No. 11 Houston.
Well, that may have extended the bedtime hour a bit, but he had cause for celebration regardless.
His young defense actually stuck to the pregame script, played the way they practiced and received immediate reward in the form of victory.
"You have to understand that after a win, it's the same," Malone said. "I didn't go to sleep until 4 a.m. because I knew when I woke up I'd have to start planning for Tulane.