Arkansas State defensive coordinator Joe Cauthen said Monday he's got a pretty good idea where SMU's offense will be taking aim on Saturday in Dallas.
The Mustangs "will be trying to put the game on our safeties," Cauthen said.
ASU's inexperience at that position is one of the reasons, along with SMU's talented band of wide receivers, led by redshirt junior Courtland Sutton, who bypassed the 2017 NFL Draft to return to the Mustangs.
Sutton, 6-4, 218 pounds, is tied for second in the nation with five touchdown receptions -- four of which he caught in SMU's 54-32 victory over North Texas after receiving mention as a player to watch in the Heisman Trophy race.