SRU to kick off season in Kentucky
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University's football colors are green and white.
Especially green, when it comes to defense.
Coming off a 7-4 season, The Rock opens the 2017 season at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, when it takes on Kentucky State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) in Frankfort, Ky. The Thorobreds are coming off a 4-7 season, but played in the CIAC championship game.
SRU will take the field Saturday with five freshmen and a sophomore starting on defense.
Senior defensive end Marcus Martin — 13 sacks away from becoming college football's all-time leader in that category — and safety Kyle Hall are the only starters on SRU's defense who have started a game in college at all.
The Thorobreds have a junior college transfer, 6-foot-3 Paul Campbell, starting at quarterback. Kentucky State managed just 111 yards passing per game last year, ranking 163rd out of 170 Division II teams.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
