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SMU football head coach Sonny Dykes met the media Wednesday to discuss a number of topics, including the areas in which he and his staff have seen improvement in their new team, his early impressions of JUCO linebacker Trevor Denbow, which groups have made the most significant improvement in the Mustangs' offseason conditioning program, why he and the defensive staff moved Delano Robinson from linebacker to safety, and whether he and the coaches will simplify their schemes for the Mustangs in their first season.

Interesting to hear him make several comments about the size of the players. We know that on both sides of the ball we have good frames, but it sure sounds like the old staff sacrificed size in order to run "tempo" on both sides of the ball, and they may have taken it too far to an extreme.

I can’t imagine a tempo over size strategy paying off in the SEC