[charlie22]

True, the team will have to stay focused, but all signs point to this year's team being something really SPECIAL. I see Justin Johnson anchoring the defensive line in 2009, and if he continues to improve and make the most out of the Highlands off-season training regimen (his first while at Highlands), then even this potential "question mark" (i.e. the defensive line) will be solid.

I don't see the d line being a question mark. JJ returns at the nose; Dierig, Welz and Beck all return with experience at the DE; talk is that Schlosser will be playing some DE also (ala Dempsey of this past season); Hahn, a junior, if he doesn't start on the O line, will get some time on the D line. The D line will not be a question mark in my opinion. We will be more than solid at every position; but you never know what other teams will be like. Like I said, we should start the season as the favorite, but it's ending the season as the champs that matters