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As SMU's trip to Ann Arbor approaches, Mustangs hope current battle scars will pay future dividends

UNIVERSITY PARK -- If the SMU Mustangs eventually turn their season around after an 0-2 start, the upcoming visit to Michigan is going to have be their equivalent of a growth spurt.

Coach Sonny Dykes got no favors from the previous schedule-makers with TCU last weekend and the trip to The Big House in Ann Arbor, Mich., coming Saturday. But he believes that playing high-caliber competition will pay dividends -- no matter how difficult it is in the here and now.

"Anytime you play good people, it pays off for you," Dykes said after a spirited two-hour practice Tuesday afternoon.