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I think Spavital said earlier in the week we’re going to rotate bodies on offense a lot and I expect our depth will help us tire out their D in the second half.

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Agree in a hopeful sort of way... Besides just the tiring there's the question of quality of depth vs. depth when both 2's are on the field. I know a little about UNT but nothing about the second row on their 2 deep. Maybe Morris et al will leave the starters in to (literally) sweat out the game, but I'm willing to bet that our fill ins will kick ass on theirs when the starters are getting a blow.

I wrote elsewhere that I think the game will be closer than the final score. I think the Bear will growl against UNT and save the teeth for Auburn. Having consistent strength up and down the 2 deep is going let Wilcox feel comfy in his usual 'get a small lead and turtle' approach (which IMO sucks against weaker teams). The depth will show and the score will eventually go up (tired UNT D in 2nd half as you say) but CAL coaches will never bother trying to put it away when they probably can earlier.

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