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NSU Spartans must rebuild fast to contend in 2012

By Chris Carlson
The Virginian-Pilot
© December 1, 2011

NORFOLK - The Norfolk State football team will have to replace the mood, and the mind, that led the Spartans to unprecedented success this season.

The Spartans' road to a repeat championship will have to include the biggest rebuilding job in the MEAC. Norfolk State listed 22 seniors on its roster this season, the most in the conference. Among the upperclassmen were the core of its defense, along with Josh Turner and Chris Walley, likely the two most important players on the roster.

"You know the thing in the middle of a wheel? What's that called, the axle?" coach Pete Adrian asked. "That's what Josh is. He's the one that makes it all work."

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