San Jose State College Football Preview

Trying to replace Adam Tafralis, the school's career leading passer, has not proven so easy as the spring showed. Cal transfer Kyle Reed suffered a broken foot and Jordan La Secla has struggled. All this means junior Myles Eden holds a slight lead for now. The best aspect is at wideout where Second Team All-WAC senior Kevin Jurovich (85 receptions for 1,183 yards last season) and other senior David Richmond are the leaders of the offense. The run game has hampered the Spartans (112th nationally in 2007) and no light appears to be at the end of the tunnel. This all could spell major problems if the new QB does not shoulder some of the load. The Spartans have been ranked among the top 20 in turnover margin the past two years. Much of the credit can go to the stellar play of the secondary. Gone is fourth round NFL draft pick Dwight Lowery. But the other corner continues to be manned by Christopher Owens who led the WAC with six interceptions last fall. The DBs are still the pillar of the defense despite some key losses while the DL is a veteran group led by senior DT Jarron Gilbert. The early season schedule is way more favorable this time around as opposed to a year ago where the first three road games put the Spartans in a hole they could never climb out of. Without a passing attack to overcompensate for a lacking rushing attack, bettering five wins is not to be expected.