"We do have the one thing you can't win in college football without, and that's good quarterback play," Lashlee told 247Sports Brandon Marcello on the College Football Daily podcast. "Tanner Mordecai had a fantastic year last year so we're fortunate to have him back. We are fortunate to have a [redshirt] freshman quarterback in Preston Stone who is the highest-rated player to ever come to SMU. So we have two quarterbacks we feel we can win with. If you have a quarterback, you have chance. Having [Mordecai and Stone] allows us to spend time trying fill those holes so we don't miss a beat on offense."
SMU will open its 2022 campaign at area foe North Texas Sept. 3. The two will become conference foes in a year from now as UNT will join the American Conference in July 2023. AAC play starts for SMU against UCF -- the Knights are entering their final year in the league before entering the Big 12 -- after additional non-conference clashes against Lamar, Maryland and TCU.
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