A few tidbits:
1. SMU's run defense will be tested in this game--I haven't seen that discussed much so far. Hawaii was fortunate to jump to a big lead due to turnovers by Washington State, as Washington State has two really good RBs that weren't as big of a factor after it became 35-0. Cal transfer James Montgomery was really good--17 carries for 118 yards and a TD. It should be obvious when the game starts that Washington State will try to control the game by running they ball, so that will be a big test for SMU's D.
2. Washington State probably had the least depth of any BCS conference team going into this season due to transfers, suspensions, injuries, and poor recruiting classes. Their D has been hurt the most by this--their top pass rusher missed the Hawaii game (and will miss the SMU game) due to injury and their key LB and safety both left the Hawaii game with injury. This lack of depth and team speed limited their coverages (they played Hawaii twice in 10 months so there is a lot of film on this), really opening things up for speedy receivers. Someone like Darius Johnson would have a big game due to his speed, but if he's hurt both Robinson and Sanders will probably get huge stats.
If you want to read the quotes from the Hawaii-Washington State game, I tried to archive all of them in my blog:
http://uhwarriorquotes.blogspot.com/