SMU football head coach Sonny Dykes met the media Wednesday to address a number of issues, including the conditioning of his team, the format for Saturday's 11 a.m. Spring Game, a diagnosis on running back Braeden West and a program offers that helps prepare athletes for life after their playing days end.

SMU center Hayden Howerton visited with PonyFans.com to discuss his 2017 baptism by fire as a true freshman, the differences in the new blocking schemes, his early impressions of offensive line coach Jamal Powell and who on the defensive line has impressed him during spring workouts.