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The most important person vs. Portland State: Alex Grinch

The offense should hum along just fine, even with a new starting quarterback. It's the defense that's got everyone worried.

Every offensive lineman is back, a wide receiving core unlike anything WSU has seen for nearly a decade, three running backs all with distinct styles and at least two quarterbacks who are capable of keeping everything humming along almost as well as the senior who just graduated.

Nope, it's not the offense we're worried about.

It's the defense that, despite from some pretty decent play by the line, ranked close to dead last in the Football Bowl Subdivision in just about every imaginable category last year.