Mountaineers Host Top-Ranked GSU on Black Saturday
Courtesy: Appalachian State Sports Information
Release: Thursday 10/27/2011 (ET)
In perhaps the most anticipated NCAA Division I FCS matchup of the season to
date, fifth-ranked Appalachian State University hosts No. 1 Georgia Southern on
Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. on Black Saturday at
The Rock.
NOTING SATURDAY'S MATCHUP
• Appalachian (5-2, 3-1 SoCon) controls its own destiny in its quest for an unprecedented seventh-straight Southern Conference championship while Georgia Southern (7-0, 5-0 SoCon) can all but assure at least a share of its first SoCon crown since 2004 with a win.
• Appalachian and Georgia Southern have combined to win 19 SoCon championships in the last 25 years.
• ASU’s current run of six-straight SoCon crowns (2005-10) is tied with Georgia Southern’s string of six-consecutive championships from 1997-2002 for the longest title streak since the conference began crowning a champion in 1933.
• Since 2000, Appalachian and GSU are the SoCon’s winningest programs, although the Mountaineers have 11 more conference victories (72) than the Eagles (61) during that span.
• Georgia Southern is one of only two SoCon teams to defeat Appalachian since 2006 (Wofford is the other).
• Last year, the Mountaineers squandered a 14-0 lead and dropped a 21-14 overtime decision to the Eagles in Statesboro, Ga., snapping a 26-game winning streak in SoCon play (the second-longest conference winning streak in the league’s 90-year football history).
• The last time that GSU visited Kidd Brewer Stadium, the Apps routed the Eagles, 52-16.
• ASU has won three of the last four matchups at The Rock and is 9-4-1 all-time versus GSU in Boone.
• Overall, Appalachian leads the all-time series by a slim 13-12-1 margin.
• The showdown’s key matchup pits GSU’s vaunted triple-option offense, which leads the nation with 369.7 rushing yards per game, against an ASU defense that ranks just 90th nationally against the run (177.3 ypg) but has held three of its seven opponents to less than 100 yards on the ground. Last week, Samford managed just 84 rushing yards against the Mountaineers, nearly 100 yards fewer than its average going into the contest.
• Offensively, Appalachian’s balanced offensive attack (199.3 rushing yards and 201.6 passing yards per game) will square off versus a GSU defense that ranks 13th nationally against the run (100.7 ypg) but just 92nd against the pass (236.9 ypg).
NOTING SATURDAY'S MATCHUP
• Appalachian (5-2, 3-1 SoCon) controls its own destiny in its quest for an unprecedented seventh-straight Southern Conference championship while Georgia Southern (7-0, 5-0 SoCon) can all but assure at least a share of its first SoCon crown since 2004 with a win.
• Appalachian and Georgia Southern have combined to win 19 SoCon championships in the last 25 years.
• ASU’s current run of six-straight SoCon crowns (2005-10) is tied with Georgia Southern’s string of six-consecutive championships from 1997-2002 for the longest title streak since the conference began crowning a champion in 1933.
• Since 2000, Appalachian and GSU are the SoCon’s winningest programs, although the Mountaineers have 11 more conference victories (72) than the Eagles (61) during that span.
• Georgia Southern is one of only two SoCon teams to defeat Appalachian since 2006 (Wofford is the other).
• Last year, the Mountaineers squandered a 14-0 lead and dropped a 21-14 overtime decision to the Eagles in Statesboro, Ga., snapping a 26-game winning streak in SoCon play (the second-longest conference winning streak in the league’s 90-year football history).
• The last time that GSU visited Kidd Brewer Stadium, the Apps routed the Eagles, 52-16.
• ASU has won three of the last four matchups at The Rock and is 9-4-1 all-time versus GSU in Boone.
• Overall, Appalachian leads the all-time series by a slim 13-12-1 margin.
• The showdown’s key matchup pits GSU’s vaunted triple-option offense, which leads the nation with 369.7 rushing yards per game, against an ASU defense that ranks just 90th nationally against the run (177.3 ypg) but has held three of its seven opponents to less than 100 yards on the ground. Last week, Samford managed just 84 rushing yards against the Mountaineers, nearly 100 yards fewer than its average going into the contest.
• Offensively, Appalachian’s balanced offensive attack (199.3 rushing yards and 201.6 passing yards per game) will square off versus a GSU defense that ranks 13th nationally against the run (100.7 ypg) but just 92nd against the pass (236.9 ypg).
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