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Coaches Confident in Kemp's Ability

Blake Kemp has been named the starting quarterback for the season. Nichol is confident in Kemp’s ability but the new starting quarterback is still unproven.

On Monday during the Towson press conference, Ruffin McNeil announced that Blake Kemp will be the starting quarterback moving forward. McNeil and Dave Nichol have both expressed confidence in the JUCO transfer going into the first game of the season. “He’s pretty west coast chill,” Nichol said. “Which is good because the guys respond to him.” This seemed to be the theme going into the first game as both Nichol and Kemp discussed the importance of being able to get the other 10 guys to play well.