DAILY NEWS FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW 2013 WINNINGEDGE Bobby Petrino is changing the game for WKU Cover photo by Alex Slitz and Miranda Pederson FB2 PAGE 2A - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013 Football 2013 DAILY NEWS, BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY Bowling Green still reaching new heights Purples hoping pieces come together for run at third consecutive state championship By ZACH GREENWELL The Daily News CLASS 5A, DISTRICT 2
[email protected]/783-3239 There’s no shying away from expecta- tions this season for the Bowling Green Purples. They enter 2013 with two straight 2013 SCHEDULE Class 5A state championships and 30 consecutive wins, along with a solid argu- ment for the label as the top team in all of Kentucky. MaxPreps ranked them as such earlier this month. But just because the Purples haven’t lost since Nov. 12, 2010, doesn’t mean there’s not more work to do. “Right now, coaches are telling us to be leaders,” senior receiver Nacarius Fant said. “They’re not making us think about that three-peat. They’re talking about getting better every day, and that’s what we’re focused on. We know teams are since hired Ben Bruni, Curtis Cotton, hunting for us.” Junior Hayes and Mike Federspiel. Bowling Green returns 16 starters from “We’re going to have to move,” Wallace last year’s team, which bested Cooper in said of the defense. “We’re going to have the state final. It graduated a small senior class with to be able to run well because we’re not few standouts, but it’s a group that provid- very big up front defensively.