Owls enter this season, young, and with lots of holes to fill.

The owls, have re-amped their depth chart with some freshman and sophomore starters, but that is not so dandy when 89 percent of your starters, are either freshman, or sophomores with less that 1 season of playtime.

The offense is lead by freshman QB Paul Johnson who they used to replace last years QB Jonathan Johnson, who struggled to move the ball. P. Johnson brings talent, and leadership to our offense, and his play will determine if we win.

The Owls also have 5 new Freshman runningbacks, and with 3 in the top 3 of the depth chart, you know their is going to be a lot of fumbles, bad plays, and tough coaching ahead. But everybody is looking for Anthony Freeman, "Jolt" to really carve up a couple of defenses with his outstanding 4.29 speed. This guy is blistering fast, and he will have no problem running through, around, and over our Sun Belt defenses.

Then comes the our receiving core, who will be lead by Freshman Doug Brown, and Sophomore Melvin Thompson, who was last years favorite target catching a tide team high 36 passes for 663 yards and 5 TD's. He was tide in receiving with offensive powerhouse Tight End, Rasheed Scott, who was involved on numerous amount of big catches, who also caught 36 passes, for 808 yards and 5 TD's. I think those two are going to be a very important part, in developing our young QB into the start A.Daniels knows he is.

But the biggest problem this team has, is the offensive line. Now our new QB is lighting quick, and he can avoid the rush with his feet, but will his offensive line be able to at least give him the chance to drop back and scan the field for a mere 3 seconds before he is getting harassed? I don't think so. And that is because our big uglys on the offensive side are very sloppy. Lead by Center Joe Massey, which group of Juniors and Sophomores are going to have to pull it together and work hard to stop, the worst of defensive lines this year. But I still blame the recruiting, for not preparing our team with a good offensive line.

Next comes our sub-par defensive line. Lead by backup Junior Defensive Tackle and All-American Brandon Smith who had 6 sacks last year. But he takes on a new role, as backup because of freshman sensation B.J. Coe. Coe, one of the nations top DT's will take the starting job and he will be heavily assisted by DE Charlie Gipson another Freshman. These two will wreak havoc on opposing QB's all game long.

Then they are assisted by our top notch, athletic and lightning quick, Linebacking core. Seth Brown, Frank Tyler, Kirk Morgan, and Impact player Sam Jones are expected to sack, rattle, and hurt the opposing quarterback, and also pick him off. These guys are quick, on their feet, and in their recognition skills, they are a bend but don't break group, and have the potential to really make some great plays.

Then their is our secondary, which holds 7 of our teams freshman. 4 of them starters. This is the weak link on our defense, and we have a big chance of giving up a lot of passing yards, and big scoring opportunities with so many young guys on the defensive side of the ball. These guys, are inexperienced, talented, but they do not know what is coming when they face teams like Florida, Alabama, LSU, or even, our SunBelt opponents.

Even our starting Punter and Kicker are freshman, which will lead to some, unfinished drives.

In other words, we are a young football team, who has the chance to really blossom in the next two years, and be a powerhouse 3 years from now, but that is then, this is now, and we need wins now.