I picked us for the win simply because I couldn't bring myself to vote for a 21+ Kent win.
I was hoping for rain to slow down Kent's offense, but no such luck. It is only scheduled to be 35 degrees at kickoff, so maybe that will slow their passing attack a little bit? Crum's awfully good.
Hopefully we can continue to run the ball successfully and keep Kent's offense off the field/our D fresh/run clock. So many advantages to being able to run the football.
I've already mentioned how much I'm enjoying watching our OL develop. But our DL is awfully young too.
DL getting the most PT are
#11 Nazir Sy - R-Sophomore
#97 Janirr Wade - true Freshman (don't believe he played in game #1 - made a difference)
#67 Logan Hawkins - R-Sophomore (don't believe he played in game #1 - made a difference), and
#94 John Mitchell - Senior
(Senior Ja'Quize Cross started Week 1 but didn't play last week.)
A freshman who hasn't played yet but whom I'm excited to see on the DL is Deacon Allen. He's listed as 6-1, 290 and was a state-ranked wrestler in high school. I like wrestlers - they know how to use leverage & have good balance.
Our starting LB's also have a couple/few more years to reach full potential:
Bubba - R-Junior (I'm digging the fact this year doesn't count against eligibility)
Brandon Bischof - Junior
Ryan McClain - Junior, and
Julian Richardson - Sophomore
Two linebackers I'd like to see more of are R-Soph. Reggie Corner (undersized but a natural baller) and R-Freshman Quevan Lawson - one of our higher rated recruits and has great size at 6-5, 240. (I haven't seen Quevan at all - I'm thinking he's probably sick.)