FAU -2 vs Mid. Tenn. St.
A conference game in my favorite conference to handicap on week 1 so its my top play of the week so far. Middle Tennessee loses the #2 passer in school history and while they return their top 4 receivers, FAU returns almost all of a defensive backfield that ranked 16th nationally in pass defense last season whereas MTSU had the 106th ranked passing offense. The only starter who is being replaced on the FAU defense is at CB and the new projected starter had 9 starts at FS in '05 and played in all 12 games last season. Although Middle Tennessee State will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the new kickoff rules with Damon Nickson getting 5 yards closer when he catches the ball, I don't see a new QB coming in and filling the big shoes of Clint Marks especially this early in the season. FAU should show the vast scoring improvements in this game that they will be making this season after only scoring 15.1 ppg(18.4 in conference play).
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