CSUN NOTEBOOK: SPECIAL PLANS FOR ENGLISH.Byline: Chris Branam Staff Writer Mark this down: If the Cal State Northridge football team upsets Montana today, Kwasi English's first trip here will be memorable. English, a reserve cornerback, promised Friday to scale the hill behind Montana's Washington-Grizzly Stadium Washington-Grizzly Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. It is home to the Montana Grizzlies of the Big Sky Conference, a dominant program in Division I-AA. , up to where there is a large ``M'' imprinted in white letters. English, a senior, might as well make the most of his second road game this season. He didn't travel to CSUN's Big Sky Conference opener at Eastern Washington
``I'm sweating right now,'' English said after practice Friday night at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. ``I'm just trying to control my adrenaline adrenaline (ədrĕn`əlĭn, –lēn): see epinephrine. , so I can have some (today).'' Jeff Kearin, CSUN's interim head coach, said English provides depth in a secondary depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d by injuries to Hassan Abdul-Malik and Dwan Vance. But English's special-teams ability is also a factor. ``He's proven he can block a kick,'' Kearin said. Decision time: Kearin has a decision to make today who will return punts: Terrence Jones, who is averaging 9.5 yards per return but has a bad hamstring hamstring /ham·string/ (ham´string) one of the tendons bounding the popliteal space laterally and medially. inner hamstring the tendons of gracilis, sartorius, and two other muscles of the leg. , or Steve Forte, who hasn't returned one this season. ``(Forte) is not as good at catching the ball,'' Kearin said. ``We'll mix it up.'' Forte is CSUN's starting strong safety. He is third on the team with 26 tackles. Making the call: Freshman wide receiver Greg Orlando, who hasn't caught a pass this season, has a sore right wrist and might redshirt red·shirt tr.v. red·shirt·ed, red·shirt·ing, red·shirts To keep (a college or school athlete) out of varsity competition for one year in order to extend the athlete's period of eligibility. . Orlando has broken the wrist three times. |
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