Looking at Colgate's Defense

Next week�s opponent Colgate has a veteran defense.

My friend and fellow blogger Colgate13 has a write-up on Colgate here (scroll down)

Their entire defense line consists of seniors:
� Tom Cassano DE 6-1 230
� Josh Wurst DT 6-5 255
� Chris Petrone NT 6-3 280
� Jeff Galletly DE 5-10 265

One of the three linebackers is senior:

� Zach Dollar ILB 6-1 212

One of the DB�s is a Senior

� Chris Williams CB 5-10 190

The two best players on Colgate�s defense are:

� Jared Nepa ILB 6-0 229 Co-Captain, 2nd team All-Patriot League, 5 career INT�s
� Geoff Bean SS 6-0 200 2nd team All-Patriot League, All-Atlantic 6 INT�s in 2004

The results from the CCSU game were mixed. They held CCSU to only 9 completions. CCSU was 1-11 on third down conversions. The Blue Devils only had 13 first downs for the whole game and only 325 yards of total offense.

OTOH, The Blue Devls offense averaged 6.0 yards/play (54-325). They were 3-3 in the Red Zone. And CCSU lead most of the game. Colgate�s defense also gave up a long pass play on the next-to-last play of the game---- which cost them the game.

Most of the Raider�s woes originated with the offense, but I�m sure they would like to pick up their defensive performance against Umass next Saturday.