Offensive line big part of DSU's title quest

It was a direct order, the kind not to be questioned. It came from the guy at the top, after all. If he knew what was good for him, Adrian Brown, all 330 pounds of him, had better listen closely. "[Head coach Al] Lavan said, 'No fat guys allowed,' " the offensive lineman recalled of the first week he arrived at DSU from Hudson Valley College in 2007. " 'You all got to be slim and trim.'

"It was no joke. I found out the offensive linemen probably run more than anyone on the team." Brown and the rest of the offensive linemen have heeded Lavan's warning, and that could lead to the Hornets successfully defending their title as champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. "When you look back at where we've come from, this is the best [line] that we've had since I've been here," said Lavan, whose Hornets (1-0) visit Division I-A Kent State (0-2) from the Mid-American Conference on Saturday in Kent, Ohio.

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