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Trivia: Best-known college player from Marietta’s Week 2 opponent

August 21, 2015 - Roswell, Ga: Footballs are placed at midfield before the game between Roswell and Lowndes Friday at Roswell High School in Roswell, Ga., AAugust 21, 2015. Tonight is the first game of the season for both Roswell and Lowndes. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Credit: Jason Getz

Credit: Jason Getz

August 21, 2015 - Roswell, Ga: Footballs are placed at midfield before the game between Roswell and Lowndes Friday at Roswell High School in Roswell, Ga., AAugust 21, 2015. Tonight is the first game of the season for both Roswell and Lowndes. PHOTO / JASON GETZ
By Todd Holcomb
Updated Aug 27, 2019

St. Joseph's Prep of Philadelphia will play at Marietta on Friday in a game to be televised by ESPNU. St. Joseph's won Pennsylvania's Class 6A championship and is ranked No. 8 nationally this season by MaxPreps. Who is the best known current college football player from St. Joseph's? (Answer Wednesday)

Answer to Monday's question: Alex Gibbs, the father of LaGrange coach Chuck Gibbs, was the coach of offensive lines that blocked for Heisman Trophy running backs Archie Griffin at Ohio State (1975) and Herschel Walker at Georgia (1982).

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