THE 2010 FOOTBALL SEASON GETS STARTED TONIGHT FOR OUR TWO AREA DIVISION TWO SCHOOLS.
THE #1 RANKED NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE BEARCATS WILL GET THE YEAR STARTED AT HOME TONIGHT AGAINST THE #11 TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE JAVELINAS.
THE BEARCATS RETURN EIGHT STARTERS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL AND MORE DEPTH THAN THAT IN PLAYERS WHO SAW SIGNIFICANT MINUTES LAST YEAR.
THE BEARCATS OFFENSE WAS SECOND IN THE NATION IN SCORING LAST YEAR WITH 42.1 POINTS PER GAME.
LEADING THE WAY AGAINST THIS YEAR ARE SENIOR QUARTERBACK BLAKE BOLLES, SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER JAKE SOY A TRIO OF RUNNING BACKS IN JORDAN SIMMONS, BILLY CREASON, AND KELVIN AUSTIN.
THE DEFENSE RETURNS SIX STARTERS AND WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SLOW DOWN KINGSVILLE'S SPREAD STYLE OFFENSE.
HARLON HILL CANDIDATE FRED WINBORN RUSHED FOR OVER 1200 YARDS AND 17 TOUCHDOWNS A YEAR AGO AND THEY JAVELINAS ALSO BOAST TWO DIFFERENT RECEIVERS WITH OVER 130 CATCHES EACH.
THE QUESTION WILL BE AT QUARTERBACK WHERE DANIEL RAMIREZ AND NATE POPPELL WILL LOOK TO REPLACE RECORD SETTING Q-B BILLY GARZA.
CATCH ALL OF THE BEARCATS ACTION TONIGHT HERE ON REGIONAL RADIO QUICK WITH PREGAME AT 5 PM AND KICKOFF AT 6 PM.
THE #12 MISSOURI WESTERN GRIFFONS WILL GET THEIR SEASON OFF TO A START TONIGHT AT HOME AS WELL WITH THE MESA STATE MAVERICKS COMING TO SPRATT STADIUM.
LAST YEAR THE GRIFFONS SCORED 28 STRAIGHT POINTS AND RACKED UP OVER 450 YARDS IN OFFENSE IN ROUTE TO A 35-14 SEASON OPENING WIN IN COLORADO.
THE GRIFFONS WILL LOOK TO DO EVEN MORE DAMAGE TO START THE 2010 SEASON. BACK ARE 19 STARTERS FROM A TEAM THAT WENT 9-3 AND WON THE MINERAL WATER BOWL.
THE OFFENSE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE LED BY CAMERON GRADUATE DREW NEWHART ALONG WITH RUNNING BACKS MICHAEL HILL AND THOMAS HODGES. BACK THIS YEAR WILL BE WIDE RECEIVER AND EAST BUCHANAN GRADUATE ANDREW MEAD.
THE MAVERICKS ALSO RETURN BOTH OF THEIR RUNNING BACKS WHO TALLIED A COMBINED 1200 RUSHING YARDS AND 10 TOUCHDOWNS IN 2009.
MESA STATE RUSHED FOR RIGHT AT 200 YARDS LAST SEASON IN THEIR I-FORMATION OFFENSE.
KICKOFF AT SPRATT STADIUM IS SET FOR 6 PM AS WELL.
UNRANKED CENTRAL MISSOURI IS THE ONLY OTHER MIAA SCHOOL IN ACTION TONIGHT. THE MULES UNDER FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH JIM SVBODA THRASHED SOUTHWEST BAPTIST LAST WEEK AND LOOK TO MOVE TO 2-0 ON THE YOUNG SEASON ON THE ROAD AT ILLINOIS STATE WHICH IS AT THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS D1-AA. KICKOFF IS AT 7:30.
