In our conversation with Louisiana Monroe's Todd Berry, we've heard a lot about his offense. Today, Berry talks about the Warhawks D.
"I feel a lot better about it this year, just like I do about the offense. The majority of our defensive starters are back. The ones we lose we've probably replaced with better athletes. We've got more depth, because we're returning all the players, plus all the players behind them. We're getting back a defensive lineman who was a pre-season all-conference last year but missed the majority of the season. We've got some experience at linebacker which we didn't have last year. I like our athleticism at corner. We run well there.
"We've got a really fine player in Darius Prelow (in photo); he was a safety for us last year. And we have a middle safety position which we call The Hawk (a linebacker/safety hybrid), and that guy really needs to be just a great field player. Last year we didn't feel we had enough depth at safety to move Darius to The Hawk position. But this spring we were able to do that. He's an NFL calibre athlete. He runs well. He's big and physical. And he's just got a great feel for the game. So we're really excited about being able to make that move. And I think our offense has certainly helped our defense, too. Our offense was more functional this spring and that created more challenges for the defense in terms of formations and execution."
Should FSU be worried about ULM? FSU plays at least 8 teams this year who have significantly more talent than ULM. All major college football analysts have FSU as ACC favorites and as a preseason top-10 team. My prediction - FSU 42 ULM 17.
Posted by: Max | June 24, 2011 at 11:30 PM