CSN Log
September 1st, 2011, 06:30 AM
08-31-2011 11:52 PM
Wofford coaches are taking no chances. Emergency whistles blow almost immediately when running back Eric Breitenstein touches the football in practice.
They don’t want anything to happen to the program.
Breitenstein, a junior fullback from Valle Crucis, N.C., is the Southern Conference preseason player of the year. In 2010, he set the single-season rushing record at Wofford with 1,639 yards. All-time great quarterback Shawn Graves previously held the top three marks, the highest being 1,483 in the Division II days of 1989. Only Breitenstein and Graves have reached 1,300. The Terriers have been playing football for more than 100 years but only a dozen players have rushed for 1,000 yards in a season.
“I had a good year,” Breitenstein said. “I had a good time.”
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Wofford coaches are taking no chances. Emergency whistles blow almost immediately when running back Eric Breitenstein touches the football in practice.
They don’t want anything to happen to the program.
Breitenstein, a junior fullback from Valle Crucis, N.C., is the Southern Conference preseason player of the year. In 2010, he set the single-season rushing record at Wofford with 1,639 yards. All-time great quarterback Shawn Graves previously held the top three marks, the highest being 1,483 in the Division II days of 1989. Only Breitenstein and Graves have reached 1,300. The Terriers have been playing football for more than 100 years but only a dozen players have rushed for 1,000 yards in a season.
“I had a good year,” Breitenstein said. “I had a good time.”
Full story » (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2011/08/31/breitenstein-a-perfect-fit-at?blog=2#more7563)
More... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2011/08/31/breitenstein-a-perfect-fit-at?blog=2)