COMPILED BY JOHN DELL , Winston Salem Journal
■ Winston-Salem State could have a change on its offensive line this week - the possible promotion of freshman Nazir Levine to the starting lineup.
Offensive coordinator Nick Calcutta said that Levine played well last week after entering the game against Coastal Carolina in the second half.
“More than likely we are going to start Nazir Levine at left guard,” Calcutta said. “We’re hoping we can get the same kind of production out of him this weekend.”
Calcutta said that Bo Adams probably will get more playing time as well. Adams, a redshirt sophomore, has had some nagging injuries this season.
“It’s been a difficult task finding the right five guys to be a unit, but we are slowly getting there,” Calcutta said.
■ Roderick Fluellen, a running back last season, has played primarily receiver this season, and he’s slowly adjusting to his new role.
“Right now I’m getting used to it,” he said. “When camp first started, it was different on how I ran routes and other things. I feel like I’m starting to learn it a lot better at this point.”
One reason that Fluellen was moved was the return of Jed Bines. Brandon McRae and Bines are the main ball-carriers.
“We need to execute better,” Fluellen said of the offense. “I felt like we played hard last week but we didn’t execute like we should have. This week we are more focused. We had a hard loss last week, and we didn’t like that feeling, so hopefully we’ll never have that feeling the rest of the year.”
■ WSSU will play Morgan State for the first time Saturday, with kickoff at 4 p.m. in Baltimore. But coaches Donald Hill-Eley of Morgan State and Kermit Blount of WSSU know each other well.
“Donald and I go back a long ways,” Blount said. “He was actually the offensive coordinator at Hampton for a while when we played against Hampton a few years ago. But this will be the first time we’ll get to do battle against each other as head coaches.”
Hill-Eley, a 1991 graduate of Virginia Union, was on some of the great Virginia Union teams of the late 1980s that battled WSSU every year in the CIAA.
“I know all about the Rams and their history,” Hill-Eley said.
Blount said that the teams have exchanged game films.
“He thinks that we have a pretty good football team, and we are thinking they have a pretty good football team as we look at them on film,” Blount said. “So it should be a good ballgame. The team that has the least turnovers will win the ballgame.”
■ Jed Bines, who is No. 4 on WSSU’s all-time rushing list, needs 77 yards to reach 3,000 for his career. He also is sixth in school history with 28 career touchdowns…. Punter Jermaine Mack is averaging 34.3 yards a punt. Mack, a junior defensive back, won the job in preseason camp…. Place-kicker Matt Mitchell, a freshman, has yet to attempt a field goal through two games but is 5 for 5 on point-after attempts…. WSSU’s offensive line did not allow a sack in the opener against N.C. A&T but gave up five sacks in Saturday’s loss to Coastal Carolina.
■ Winston-Salem State could have a change on its offensive line this week - the possible promotion of freshman Nazir Levine to the starting lineup.
Offensive coordinator Nick Calcutta said that Levine played well last week after entering the game against Coastal Carolina in the second half.
“More than likely we are going to start Nazir Levine at left guard,” Calcutta said. “We’re hoping we can get the same kind of production out of him this weekend.”
Calcutta said that Bo Adams probably will get more playing time as well. Adams, a redshirt sophomore, has had some nagging injuries this season.
“It’s been a difficult task finding the right five guys to be a unit, but we are slowly getting there,” Calcutta said.
■ Roderick Fluellen, a running back last season, has played primarily receiver this season, and he’s slowly adjusting to his new role.
“Right now I’m getting used to it,” he said. “When camp first started, it was different on how I ran routes and other things. I feel like I’m starting to learn it a lot better at this point.”
One reason that Fluellen was moved was the return of Jed Bines. Brandon McRae and Bines are the main ball-carriers.
“We need to execute better,” Fluellen said of the offense. “I felt like we played hard last week but we didn’t execute like we should have. This week we are more focused. We had a hard loss last week, and we didn’t like that feeling, so hopefully we’ll never have that feeling the rest of the year.”
■ WSSU will play Morgan State for the first time Saturday, with kickoff at 4 p.m. in Baltimore. But coaches Donald Hill-Eley of Morgan State and Kermit Blount of WSSU know each other well.
“Donald and I go back a long ways,” Blount said. “He was actually the offensive coordinator at Hampton for a while when we played against Hampton a few years ago. But this will be the first time we’ll get to do battle against each other as head coaches.”
Hill-Eley, a 1991 graduate of Virginia Union, was on some of the great Virginia Union teams of the late 1980s that battled WSSU every year in the CIAA.
“I know all about the Rams and their history,” Hill-Eley said.
Blount said that the teams have exchanged game films.
“He thinks that we have a pretty good football team, and we are thinking they have a pretty good football team as we look at them on film,” Blount said. “So it should be a good ballgame. The team that has the least turnovers will win the ballgame.”
■ Jed Bines, who is No. 4 on WSSU’s all-time rushing list, needs 77 yards to reach 3,000 for his career. He also is sixth in school history with 28 career touchdowns…. Punter Jermaine Mack is averaging 34.3 yards a punt. Mack, a junior defensive back, won the job in preseason camp…. Place-kicker Matt Mitchell, a freshman, has yet to attempt a field goal through two games but is 5 for 5 on point-after attempts…. WSSU’s offensive line did not allow a sack in the opener against N.C. A&T but gave up five sacks in Saturday’s loss to Coastal Carolina.
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