Re: Southern @ Louisiana Score Prediction Thread
There is some talent on this Southern Roster. The running game returns there leading rusher Lenard Tillery, who rushed for 855 yards last season and 9 TD's. They also add a transer from USM that was a 3 Star recruit in Tyre Bracken and John West who transfers in from Troy and also Warren Bates a transfer from La Tech.
At QB, they have no experience and no depth. They have a RS Frosh starting and 2 true Frosh behind him, one of which that wants to transfer out. That is going to be there biggest X factor. What does the RS Frosh bring to the table. Should be very athletic but very green.
At WR they are deep and good. They did lose there #1 reciever from last year in Lee Doss, who had 78 catches and 1172 yards as well as 11 TDs. But they have some talent returning. Will Quinn had 753 yards and 7 TD's. Randall Menard had 366 yards adn 4 TDs, Nico Talber a transfer from ULM had 134 yards and 3 TD;s, Mike Jones had 319 yards and 4 TDs and Reggie Travis is a transfer from Memphis that caught 29 passes for 308 yard in 2 seasons at Memphis. He will add some depth to a pretty good WR core.
They were not very good in the kicking game only making 10 of 15 FG, going 3-6 in 40-49 yard kicks. They did not attempt one from over 50+. They split time between two different kickers, Pittman and Hill both return. They were 42-48 on XP attempts.
On defense They return a solid core including Anthony Balancier who had 90 tackles, 5 of them for Loss. They also returen Daniel Brown who had 86 takles and 14 for loss, as well as Dionte Mcduffy who had 69 tackles 3.5 for loss and Javone Allen61 tackels with 3 for loss. They also add a 4 star transfer from Florida who was the #9 safety by Scout and ESPN in Rhaheim Ledbetter, Renaldo Thomas a transfer from Tulane, Leo Jones a transfer from UL and Marcus Jones a transfer from SLU
They also return there punter from last year that averaged only 36.7 yards per punt as a freshman, but did have 18 of his 63 punts inside the 20 and 16 were fair caught. He also had a long of 56 yards. Also Souther did not have a punt blocked last year but did block 2 punts themselves.
Just a little heads up about the team we are facing Saturday.
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Originally Posted by Zeebart21
