GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- Leading up to his team’s annual showdown at the State Fair Classic with Prairie View A&M last week, Grambling State head football coach Broderick Fobbs fielded a barrage of questions regarding the Panthers defense and how well it had performed up to that point.
By the end of his weekly press conference Tuesday morning, the Tigers coach had enough.
“What about our defense?” Fobbs asked. “I mean, we’re plus-11 in the turnover margin. People lose sight of that. So, what about what we’ve been able to do defensively?”
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Well, the Tigers (5-1, 2-0) widened that margin Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, beginning with the game’s opening series when GSU senior safety Kendall Hill intercepted Panther quarterback Lavell McCuller on the way to causing three turnovers, while keeping a clean sheet offensively themselves in the 34-21 victory.
Sophomore linebacker Deandre Hogues, who earned the SWAC Defensive Player of the Week honor with three tackles for loss and five total stops, forced a fumble while senior linebacker Deontae Hatter and redshirt junior defensive lineman Brandon Varner both had a fumble recovery Saturday to stretch the G-Men’s turnover rate to plus-14, tops in the conference by a substantial gap. Southern is second in the SWAC in turnover margin at plus-4.
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