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, oal is obvauu,. ' lu "" .a hampionship and lhe coac:hn md players are workin~ ha.-d to 1chieve that goal.· To help reach that objecbve. he Warriors ha-.c: a m Jetter offensi\·e line~ ... ~ fa!l "I would have tv~· iliat oar main strength on ife~~ i, our offensive line.- t:nder ood said. "These guys ar-e really doing a good job and rep:e-.ent one of the trongcst group, we have had he re "As a g roup. l reel like it could be one of the be't v.-e \ e had and we've had me ~ood groups. The l99Y line wa a good group. Wt" think thi .... group is more athldic and actually is bigger than ·99. Hopefully, we can be rea\ strong there: Returnee · on the offeo:,Jve line are Demarcus Granger (6- 3, 282), Rudy u'e (&1. 29 ), and Marcel Binion (6-3. 300). "I have also been plea ed with our quarterback, r unning backs, and wide receiver ," Underwood added. That contingent includes Ke~n Stephens (5-11, 1 9) at quarterback, Wesley Wright (5- 10, 220) at fullback. running back Ramon Williams (5-10. 220), and wide receiver ~larcus .Hibbler (5-9, 174). "Kevin throws the ball extremely well and makes great decisions," Underwood said. "We really think he's going to be able to do good things for us.

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things happen. ·.., the mix at wide rcc-~e:.-......c:- ~ -~: T.ms Ryan (6-2. 1~ .. S:n.ith (6-0, 176). a:;d\'D~ n 6-1, 192). Ryan the 1 -meter competition in hi b hoot last year in AlabamlL ·All three of those are big kics that v;e think can make some plar,.R Cnderwood said.

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Back at linebacker are Stacey Lewis (6-0, 2 and Travares Osley (6-1, 220). "Overall, I really feel very good about t team even though we do not have as much de as we did last year," Underwood said. Underwood rates Jones the favorite in 1 South Divisio~ followed by Hinds. "Jones won it last year and they've got ei1 starters back on defense, so you look for therr be good again. They've got the same kicker a punter back, too.

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