Well that was something. When it looked like SMU had screwed the pooch, wasting opportunity after opportunity to pull away, Tanner Mordecai's last-second heave into the endzone delivered a 39-37 win over Louisiana Tech.'

The shock of that last pass that was batted directly to a waiting Roderick Roberson, Jr. for the walk-off win will take a while to wear off.

Just look at this bonkers play again.

What a day for the first-year starter and captain, Tanner Mordecai. Almost 400 yards passing and five more touchdown throws for an FBS-leading 16 on the year.

Mordecai completed passes to 11 different receivers on the day and looked much more in sync this week than he was last week.

He threw with finesse, he threw with accuracy, he threw off his back foot, had timely runs and bailed his team out.

Right now through the first three games, it's undeniable that the offense is going to run through Mordecai and Sonny Dykes and company have complete faith in his abilities.

Let's be honest, that game should not have come down the way it did. Certainly, we're all happy with the outcome - a win - but there were just so many times SMU squandered perfect opportunities to make this an easier win than it turned out to be.

SMU only got one touchdown in all of the drives that were inside the Louisiana Tech. As it was once famously echoed, there was meat left on the bones out there by SMU.

As the game went back and forth through the second and third quarters, SMU regained the lead after an Isaac Slade-Matautia interception. Two straight drives after that, Louisiana Tech punted. However, SMU did nothing with the ball - two chances to extend the lead for good, but absolutely nothing was made out of it.

Outside of a couple of Patrick Nelson rushes at LaTech's QB, the SMU defensive front rarely made an impact on Saturday.

The defense gave up a quiet 132 yards rushing, but could not make Austin Kendall uncomfortable in the pocket. Like Mordecai, Kendall rarely looked distressed and was able to sit back and carve the SMU secondary up.

SMU is going to have find a way to get pressure on the quarterbacks. It didn't do that well against UNT last week and certainly didn't do that again this week. As SMU plays more and moremore competent QBs and teams, it'll make for a long season if the defense cannot apply any regular pressure without the use of gimmicks.