Nobody expected what happened to SMU last season, least of all coach June Jones. Even now, he says his team is a year away from having the depth it needs to have sustained success. So was 2009 an aberration? Hardly. With 15 starters returning, including sophomore Kyle Padron , SMU is poised to have another good season, even if depth on the lines is an issue. “As a coach, the expectations are always the same,” Jones said in a phone interview. “They don’t change year to year. You always expect to do your best and win every year. Everybody’s excited at the school. I think everybody understands we’re a little ways away; we probably need another recruiting class to be highly thought of, but … It’s going to be a fun year.” Expectations are higher after the Mustangs went 8-5 last season and made a bowl game for the first time in 25 years. Before the breakthrough, they had won two of their previous 24 games

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SMU poised for more success