CSN Log
August 18th, 2009, 06:30 AM
08-18-2009 06:24 AM
With QB in question, defense will dictate Jacks' season
BROOKINGS - Most of the attention at South Dakota State football media day centered on - what else? - the quarterbacks. There are four vying to replace all-conference pick Ryan Berry, and the race to win the most glamorous spot on the field seems wide open based on the evenly distributed snaps during the first padded practice Monday.
That’s all the more reason to believe that the play of the defense will define the season.
The Jackrabbits return their top eight tacklers from a seven-win squad. All three linebackers are multiple-year starters. Defensive end Danny Batten is a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award given to the best defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision.
That had better count for something if SDSU is going to garner a postseason bid.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/08/18/with-qb-in-question-defense-will-dictate?blog=2#more5401)
With QB in question, defense will dictate Jacks' season
BROOKINGS - Most of the attention at South Dakota State football media day centered on - what else? - the quarterbacks. There are four vying to replace all-conference pick Ryan Berry, and the race to win the most glamorous spot on the field seems wide open based on the evenly distributed snaps during the first padded practice Monday.
That’s all the more reason to believe that the play of the defense will define the season.
The Jackrabbits return their top eight tacklers from a seven-win squad. All three linebackers are multiple-year starters. Defensive end Danny Batten is a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award given to the best defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision.
That had better count for something if SDSU is going to garner a postseason bid.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/08/18/with-qb-in-question-defense-will-dictate?blog=2#more5401)