"One of the first things Frank Reich did to prepare for his first season as a college coach was to study SMU's explosive offense. Now his team will be charged with stopping it when Stanford visits the Mustangs Saturday morning. SMU (3-2, 1-0 ACC) is averaging 47.1 points a game in its last 18 home games under coach Rhett Lashlee, posting a record of 16-2."
"Reich has experience traveling from west to east as a coach for the then-San Diego Chargers and Arizona Cardinals, and he said his philosophy was to make only minor adjustments to the team's schedule leading up to the game. My experience generally is, don't make dramatic changes, Reich said. I'm not saying it doesn't work for some team somewhere, but for me and the success that we've had is, you make subtle changes, keep the players focused on what they have to do."
Frank Reich studied SMU's explosive offense to prepare for college coaching and must now game-plan to stop it. SMU (3-2, 1-0 ACC) has averaged 47.1 points per game in its last 18 home games under Rhett Lashlee, going 16-2. Last season SMU beat Stanford 40-10, highlighted by an 87-yard pass on the first play and three long touchdown passes by Kevin Jennings in the first quarter. Stanford faces significant travel and timing challenges, playing in its fifth time zone in six games and confronting a 9 a.m. Pacific kickoff. Reich favors subtle schedule adjustments when traveling east and emphasizes keeping players focused; Stanford is 0-3 on the road this season.
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