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2016 SAC FOOTBALL STANDINGS
Newberry 7-0, 10-2
Wingate 5-2, 8-3
Catawba 5-2, 5-6
Mars Hill 3-4, 5-6
Tusculum 3-4, 4-7
LENOIR-RHYNE 3-4, 3-8
Carson-Newman 2-5, 4-7
Brevard 0-7, 1-10
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Mike Kellar will join seven other head coaches on Friday for the annual Football Digital Media Day for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC).
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Fans and the media can log on to the SAC’s website and ask questions of the coaches and fans can also ask questions via Twitter using hashtag#SACFB.
The preseason session begins at 9:30 a.m. and each of the head coaches, plus SAC Commissioner Patrick Britz, will field questions from media and fans for 15 minutes.
The Bears, 3-8 last season in their first year under Kellar, open the season on Aug 31 at home with a 7 p.m. kickoff against the University of West Alabama.
LRU’s three wins last season were over Tusculum, Carson-Newman and Brevard as it went 3-4 in the SAC and tied Mars Hill and Tusculum for fourth place.
The Bears expect five offensive starters back – led by sophomore running back Nelson Brown of Wicomko in Salisbury Md. – and they have six on defense (see a list below of players on the current LRU roster who played at schools in the Greater Hickory area of in leagues with those schools).
Newberry, S.C. (10-2, 7-0) is the defending SAC champion.
The media schedule (15 minutes each):
Tim Clifton, Mars Hill, 9:30 a.m.
Curtis Walker, Catawba, 9:45 a.m.
Mike Furrey, Limestone, 10 a.m.
Mike Turner, Carson-Newman, 10:15 a.m.
MIKE KELLAR, LENOIR-RHYNE, 10:30 a.m.
Todd Knight, Newberry, 10:45 a.m.
Jerry Odom, Tusculum, 11 a.m.
Joe Reich, Wingate, 11:15 a.m.
Patrick Britz, SAC Commissioner, 11:30 a.m.
LOCAL PLAYERS ON LRU’S CURRENT ROSTER
(from school’s website)
Jackson Bass, sophomore LB, Fred T. Foard
Stephen Carpenter, sophomore LB, St. Stephens
Bristol Cope, freshman LB, E. Burke
John Cowman, senior TE, McDowell
Xzavion Huff, freshman RB, Maiden
Marcus Kincaid, senior DB, Freedom
Kaynmon Maddox, red-shirt freshman WR, S. Caldwell
Spencer Norris, freshman DB-LS, R-S Central
Tyrese Tate, freshman RB, R-S Central