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Sam Houston
BEARKATS BRING A LOT OF QUESTIONS INTO 2025 CAMPAIGN
New coach, new offense, new defense and plenty more raise questions this Bearkat football season.
Phil Longo was brought in to fix an offense that had gone stale after consistently being one of the best in the FCS ranks before the 2022 season.
But that is just the first question, for this squad doesn’ t have a quarterback named and will look like a completely new team with how they play. While they enter this season with some experience on the roster, it was still uncertain who would take the first reps at quarterback for the opening game, or if they would
By Colton Foster
run a two-quarterback system. Fortunately, one of the guys back is Hunter Watston, and he was the leader of last year’ s team that won 10 games and a bowl win. The curious part of Watson is how well he can throw the ball, and if Longo wants to have an offense that goes vertical.
Mabrey Mettauer will join the quarterback room and does have the capability of throwing the deep ball for this team.
Much like the times, Sam Houston rebuilt its running back room after it was dismantled from last year’ s backs hitting the
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