Football Preview: Brandeis Broncos vs. SA Roosevelt Rough Riders
The Brandeis Broncos will take on the SA Roosevelt Rough Riders at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Brandeis is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.1 points per game this season.
Brandeis took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They skirted past Madison 32-30. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Broncos considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Noah Logsdon was his usual excellent self, rushing for 238 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Brandeis was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, SA Roosevelt lost to Clark at home by a 35-21 margin on Friday. That's two games in a row now that the Rough Riders have lost by exactly 14 points.
Brandeis is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for SA Roosevelt, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-6.
Everything went Brandeis' way against SA Roosevelt when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Brandeis made off with a 42-19 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was SA Roosevelt's Brennan Carroll, who rushed for 173 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 39 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for Brandeis to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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