Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The move to a spread offense and the battle at quarterback have garnered much of the outside attention in the Central Michigan football team’s training camp.
And while talk of the offense and who, eventually, will trigger it are certainly tantalizing, it is, at the end of the day, the defense that will make or break the Chippewas’ season.
It almost always is.
For those who haven’t paid attention, that defense, on paper, looks awfully good, led by four players who earned All-Mid-American Conference honors in 2016: cornerback Amari Coleman (first team), linebacker Malik Fountain (first team), end Joe Ostman (second team), and cornerback Josh Cox (third team).