Categories: Ohio Valley Conference, Austin Peay Governors, Eastern Illinois Panthers, Eastern Kentucky Colonels, Jacksonville State Gamecocks, Murray State Racers, Southeast Missouri State Redhawks, Tennessee State Tigers, Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, UT-Martin Skyhawks
TSU Head Coach Resigns After Upset Win
James Webster resigned as Tennessee State’s football coach after Thursday night’s 21-10 upset win over Eastern Illinois.
Webster gathered his players on the field after they beat the first-place team in the Ohio Valley Conference and informed them of his decision, which brought many to tears.
Murray State Announces Change to Coaching Staff
Director of Athletics Allen Ward announced today that Head Football Coach Matt Griffin will not return for his fifth season at the helm of the Murray State football program. A search for his replacement will begin immediately.
FCS Conference Players of the Week
Honors from all 14 conferences.
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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – In this time of the year when some struggling football teams start blaming people, Eastern Illinois had its finger pointing Saturday.
All of it was praise following the Panthers’ finest hours in years, Saturday’s 28-20 upset win over a Jacksonville State team that had been looking nearly invincible in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Credit started at the top.
“I will tell you our head coach did a great job this week, not that he doesn’t every week,” defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni said. “But he had some ideas, he brought them to the staff and we used them. I don’t know if we outcoached them but our head coach did a great job even though he won’t want take the credit.”
Colonels Can’t Slow Down Governors as Peay Upsets EKU
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Led by a pair of undersized, but extremely-talented backs, the Governors had little trouble racking up yards on the ground against the Ohio Valley Conference’s top run defense.
Terrance Holt and Ryan White combined to rush for 275 yards as Austin Peay pulled off a stunning upset of Eastern Kentucky University Saturday at Governors Stadium. The Colonels turned the ball over four times, including twice in the fourth quarter, as Austin Peay (3-4, 2-2 OVC) held on for a historic 24-20 win.
The Governors had not beaten the Colonels (4-3, 4-2) since 1977, a streak of 22 games.
Eastern Illinois Wins -- Again -- on Jacksonville State's Turf
The Eastern Illinois Panthers were not ready to let Jacksonville State claim the people’s Ohio Valley Conference championship, so they came to Paul Snow Stadium and beat the Gamecocks 28-20.
Saturday’s win spoiled JSU’s homecoming and ruined the APR-banned squad’s goal of going undefeated against fellow I-AA teams. Before Saturday, the 4-3 Gamecocks had lost only to No. 11 Georgia Tech and Florida State and had won four straight.
Eastern Kentucky 100 Years of Football: First D-I Title
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All 14 league honors.
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The Eastern Kentucky University athletics department unveiled its All-Century Football Team at a luncheon Friday in the Moberly Building. More than 200 people attended the event, including 12 of the 24 players and the coach selected to the prestigious team.
The All-Century Football Team is made up of the following positions: running back (2), wide receiver (2), quarterback (1), tight end (1), punter (1), placekicker (1), linebacker (3), defensive back (4), defensive line (4) and offensive line (5). To earn consideration for the All-Century Team, players must have met at least one of the following criteria: first or second team All-OVC honors, enshrinement in the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame, or All-American honors. Colonel fans helped determine the All-Century Team by casting their votes on-line in late August and early September at www.EKUSports.com .
FCS Conference Players of the Week
All 14 league honors.
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All 14 league honors.
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All 14 league honors.
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All 14 league honors.
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- 4122 words - FCS News Articles, Missouri Valley Football Conference, MEAC, SoCon, Southland Conference, Pioneer Football League, Great West Conference, Big Sky Conference, CAA, Patriot League, SWAC, Big South Conference, Ohio Valley Conference EKU’s Upset Bid Falls Just Short At Indiana, 19-13
Eastern Kentucky University quarterback T.J. Pryor’s desperation pass to Orlandus Harris fell incomplete in the end zone as time expired, allowing host Indiana to escape with a 19-13 victory Thursday night at Memorial Stadium. This was the first ever meeting between the two schools.
EIU Panthers Stifle ILS Redbirds in Opener, 31-6
Illinois State quarterback Drew Kiel was nearly perfect, completing 20-of-22 passes, but the effort wasn’t enough to keep pace with Eastern Illinois in a 31-6 season-opening loss at O’Brien Field Thursday night.
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CHARLESTON – After a first and goal at the 4-year line, three straight times last year’s Eastern Illinois’ touchdown leader Desmin Ward was kept from running into the end zone.
The good news is he was stopped by EIU’s defense.
“All the stuff we’ve done in the off-season is paying off,” EIU defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni said. “Last year’s defense might have given up. They sucked it up and played really well.”
In their final preseason scrimmage before the Sept. 3 opener against Illinois State, the Panthers’ defense made three goal-line stands and forced two additional turnovers.
Pressure cooker in the OVC
With arguably the best team in the conference not eligible for the league title, the nine-team Ohio Valley Conference could see some serious competition in 2009.
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HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Athletics and head football coach Mike Lucas announced Thursday that it has signed a home-and-home agreement to play the University of Tennessee at Martin beginning in the 2010 season.
Southeastern and UTM, which were rivals in the Gulf South Conference from 1974-76, will open the series on Sept. 11, 2010 in Strawberry Stadium. The Lions will return the trip to UTM, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, in a Sept. 3, 2011 contest at Hardy M. Graham Stadium.
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