Army to wear the camouflage uniforms and more notes heading into Homecoming weekend

Army's Head Equipment Manager Nick Determan tweeted a picture of the uniforms Army will wear on Saturday vs. Kent State.

The Black Knights will go with full camouflage when they face the Golden Flashes.

For those of you who like sports uniforms – and I do – its worth checking out Determan's Twitter account. He posted a tweet showing all of the different uniform options the Black Knights have for game day, and the ones they chose for Saturday at Dix Stadium are probably the sharpest of the bunch.

Camouflage from head to toe.

There was some talk early this week of the Flashes asking the NCAA to switch white at home this week since the camouflage are naturally darker than the traditional visiting whites teams wear when they come to town.

Here's the link to check out the Twitter account of Nick Determan.

Injury updates for Saturday ... We are hearing that Terence Waugh will be back this week. That is, of course, what we heard last week as well and expected going right up to Saturday. As the week wore on, Waugh felt a little less comfortable coming back, as head coach Paul Haynes said in his press conference on Monday.

And while Waugh is expected back, playing Army isn't the best situation for a defensive lineman coming back from a lower leg injury. As you've been hearing all week long, Army's offense involves lots of cut blocking, and that means blockers will be around the ankles and knees of KSU defenders all game long.

Najee Murray is also expected to be available at cornerback. How much he plays will have to wait until Saturday.

The Flashes are full go at quarterback with Colin Reardon another week removed from the injury that knocked him out of the final minutes at Northern Illinois. Nathan Strock is also available as the backup. Kent State will keep the modified Wildcat featuring Nick Holley at quarterback in the playbook, but who knows how much of Holley running the read option we'll see against Army. The Black Knights obviously are well versed at defending option attacks.



Big John in town ... I turned the corner this morning and ran into former big John Edwards earlier today here in the M.A.C. Center hallways.

One of the best things about the Kent State Men's Basketball program is the way its alumni find their way back to campus to visit with coaches and current players. Trevor Huffman from the 2002 team was in town just a few weeks ago.

Edwards, who was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 before going on to play in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers, spent the day in the basketball offices and was at practice to address the team.

Volleyball ready to rebound at Toledo and Ball State ... I spent some time with volleyball coach Don Gromala earlier this week and he is extremely pleased with the effort and attitude his team is showing in practice this week, even after another difficult weekend that saw the team lose at Miami and Bowling Green last weekend.

Gromala's squad has been dealing with some injuries and has been a bit shorthanded in practice. Shortening up practice due to depth hasn't been easy on a team that gets a lot out of the competition during the week. But as Gromala wrote in his blog, this team has shown that it can rebound, beating Akron and Buffalo back-to-back to answer a five-game losing streak.

After going on the road three of the first four weeks in MAC play, the schedule flips a bit after this weekend with the Dig For The Cure on Oct. 24 when Northern Illinois comes to the M.A.C. Center. That is followed by home matches Oct. 25 vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 30 vs. Ohio University and Nov. 1 vs. Central Michigan.