UNIVERSITY PARK -- Chad Morris has prepared for 36 games as SMU's head football coach. This weekend's practices felt a little different, as the Mustangs began their bowl preparations.
SMU will be taking part in the first-ever Frisco Bowl on Dec. 20, facing off against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. It will be the first bowl appearance for the Mustangs since 2012, when every player on the roster was in high school or eighth grade.
"Just a lot of excitement," Morris said Sunday of the mood around the team. "We got an opportunity to play a new opponent, an out-of-conference opponent.