Key player: Offensive line. The front wall gouges out 345 yards' worth of running room for the backs, including 127 yards by Bobby Martin, who is back after pussing out for 2 1/2 games because of a headache. Backup David Miller runs for 109 and third stringer Nathan King gets 97.

The skinny: Oh, yeah, and the defense pitches its second straight shutout. DE Ben Humphrey gets nine tackles, including two sacks for a season total of seven. ... The good teams on SMU's schedule shredded their defense, but the Mustangs are killing the scrub teams, so Coach Nibble doesn't feel like quite so much the jerk for talking up the defense before the season.