ASU Hornets Hit the Field to Prepare for Texas Southern

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MONTGOMERY, Alabama  -- Alabama State University hit the practice field for their weekly night practice session Tuesday, to begin preparations for the upcoming game against Texas Southern in Houston Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m.

The team has spent the past two days looking at film of Texas Southern, and even though they have been through some adversity in the first part of the season it doesn't show in their play.

"They are really athletic and have great size," Head Coach Reggie Barlow said. "Offensively it is another big offensive line and they have three running backs that are very elusive. They are not big guys, but they are extremely fast and quick."

"They have a quarterback that is a scrambler and keeps plays alive. He does a lot with his legs and that is going to present a challenge for us along the defensive front."

Texas Southern has long been known for their tough defenses and this year is no different. They gave up only 12 points last week in a 12-10 loss at Alabama A&M.

"Defensively they have a lot of talent with great size," Barlow said. "In the secondary, these are long kids, 6'-2", 200 pounds, that are really good. They have a really good cornerback and one of their safeties is extremely good and will come down and hit you."

"They are playing a lot of guys on the defensive line which means they have good depth. So it will be a challenge. They were right in the game with A&M (Alabama) and lost it there at the end with a missed field goal. They will be ready to play and will be excited about the opportunity of having us come down there. It will be another big test for us."

The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be televised live in the Houston area on KHOU. It will be shown tape delay Tuesday, Oct. 8 at noon on Comcast SportsNet (CSN) at noon. Live audio can be heard on WVAS FM 90.7 beginning with the pregame show at 5:45 p.m.


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