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Published Oct 21, 2020
COMMENTARY: 2018 game vs. Cincinnati should be enough motivation for SMU
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Damon Sayles  •  TheHillTopics
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With the way the 2018 SMU-Cincinnati game ended, is forgetting the past easier said than done for the Mustangs?

There are old sports adages coaches keep in their mental Rolodexes that refer to focusing on the present and the future, versus dwelling on the past. And that's fair.

But let's be honest: You'd expect Oct. 27, 2018, still to be a tough-to-swallow pill for many in the SMU camp. It was a day where Cincinnati trailed SMU by three with less than four minutes to play, but managed to execute a 10-play drive to set up a last-second field goal in regulation to force overtime.

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