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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 5668671, member: 4819"]
I am curious about the defensive matchups for SU tomorrow. I don't know enough about the UMD defense to really comment on who they will match up with.  For SU, they have some choices to make.

I assume Riley will be on Leo Johnson. I don't know how much of a difference it will make, but I am not sure how many times Figuerias has had to guard a lefty (to my mind, most quarterbacks are righties). How much of a difference that makes, I am not sure.

Things get interesting when comes to where to put Dwan. Most will probably say to put him on Eric Spanos, who is a big dude at 6'5 220. Dwan loses an inch but has 10 more pounds on Spanos. But that would leave Jordan Beck, standing at 6'4 241 on the fleet of foot, Brendan Erksa. Not sure that's a matchup you want in the open field.

My suggestion would be to put Dwan on Erksa and Beck on Spanos. It's a risk given that Beck hasn't seen a ton of real game action (not counting the man down duties over the years), and hasn't been tested much by opposing defenses. But size wise and skill wise this seems like the most even matchup. Dwan has some foot speed that could help him keep up with Erksa. Or you move Figuerias to Erksa (who he guarded last year). Either way, I don't think Beck should guard Erksa or Johnson, and I don't think it's realistic to bring in a different defender when Beck has started the first two games of the year.

Spanos was the leading scorer against SU last year, with nine points in two games. So it's risky to bump Dwan off him, but maybe a different matchup will result in a different outcome. Curious what others think.
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