Game Ten • the Eastern Kentucky Game
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Game Ten • The Eastern Kentucky Game QUICK FACTS JSU Head Coach Bill Clark OPPONENT: Eastern Kentucky CONFERENCE: Ohio Valley Bill Clark has a 7-2 record after being named the 13th head coach at Jax GAME DATE: Nov. 9 State on Dec. 18, 2012. He has more than 20 years of coaching experi- GAME TIME: 4 p.m. ence, including the last five years as the defensive coordinator at South GAME SITE: Burgess-Snow Field Alabama after serving as one of the most successful high school coaches at JSU Stadium (24,000) in the State of Alabama. RADIO: JSU Radio Network (Mike Parris-pbp; Ray Hammett-color) Clark joined South Alabama in 2008 after spending nine years as head TELEVISION: OVC Digital Network RANKINGS: JSU RV/RV; UKU RV/RV coach of the nationally ranked Prattville High School, where he won a pair of Class 6A State Championships. Clark posted a 107-11 (90.7%) overall THE COACHES recording during his tenure at PHS, suffering his last regular-season loss JSU Bill Clark (JSU, 1990) during the second week of the 2002 season. Overall Record 7-2 (first year) at JSU 7-2 (first year) Following graduation from JSU in 1990, Clark began his coaching career EKU Dean Hood (Ohio Wesleyan, 1986) as an assistant at Piedmont (Ala.) High School, and also had coaching Overall Record 40-26 (6th year) stints at Tuscaloosa County High School, Coffee County (Ga.) High School at EKU 40-26 (6th year) and Dothan High School. THE SERIES Eastern Kentucky Head Coach Dean Hood 11th Meeting (EKU leads 6-4) Dean Hood is 40-26 in his sixth year at Eastern Kentucky and is 4-1 vs at Jacksonville 2-3 Jax State. He was named the 2008 OVC Coach of the Year after leading at Richmond 2-3 the Colonels to the OVC Championship and a berth into the playoffs with Last Meeting: EKU 51, JSU 21 an 8-3 overall record. EKU shared the title again in 2011 to advance to the NCAA playoffs. Eastern Kentucky (6-3, 4-1 Ohio Valley) Hood, a 1986 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, joined Eastern Kentucky W• 38-6 Robert Morris after serving as the defensive coordinator at Wake Forest for the previ- L•44-7 at Louisville L•51-32 Coastal Carolina ous seven years. He spent five years as an EKU assistant coach from W•56-24 at Morehead State 1994-98, helping the Colonels win two OVC crowns and advance to three L•42-7 at Eastern Illinois NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. W•38-3 Austin Peay W•24-10 Tennessee Tech W•31-7 at Southeast Missouri Hood entered the collegiate coaching ranks at Fairmont (W. Va.) State W•44-0 Tennessee State College in 1987-88 and coached at Colgate in 1989. From 1990-93, he Nov. 9 at Jacksonville State coached at Glenville (W. Va.) State and then moved to Ohio University for Nov. 16 UT Martin two years (1999-2000), where he met current Wake Forest head coach Nov. 23 at Murray State Jim Grobe. 2013 JACKSONVILLE STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS (7-2, 3-2 OVC) Date Opponent (TV) Site Time/Result Last Year All-Time Series Aug. 31 at Alabama State (CSS) Montgomery, Ala. W, 24-22 Bill Clark gets win in JSU debut Sept. 7 Jacksonville University (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE W, 48-13 JSU sets FCS Record with 4 100-yd rushers Sept. 14 #22 North Alabama (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE W, 24-21(2OT) Griffin Thomas kicks game-winner in 2OT Sept. 21 at Georgia State (ESPN3) Atlanta, Ga. W, 32-26(OT) DaMarcus James scores 3 TD in OT win Sept. 28 *Murray Sate (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE L, 35-34 (OT) JSU sets school record with 652 yards off. Oct. 5 *at #22 UT Martin (ESPN3) Martin, Tenn. W, 41-27 DaMarcus James has 184 yards & 3 TD Oct. 12 *#23 Tennessee State (HC)(WJXS) JACKSONVILLE L, 31-15 JSU passes for 271 yards in loss Oct. 19 OPEN Oct. 26 *at Tennessee Tech Cookeville, Tenn. W, 34-14 MacInnes sets school record with 86-yd punt Nov. 2 *at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. W, 42-10 DaMarcus James sets record with 5 rush TD Nov. 9 *Eastern Kentucky (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE 3 p.m. L, 51-21 EKU leads 6-4-0 Nov. 16 *at Eastern Illinois (ESPN3) Charleston, Ill. 12 p.m. L, 31-28 Tied at 5-5-0 Nov. 23 *Southeast Missouri (WJXS) JACKSONVILLE 3 p.m. W, 31-16 JSU leads 12-5-0 *-Ohio Valley Conference game Rankings listed (SportsNetwork/FCS Coaches) HC-Homecoming 2013 Ja x St a t e Fo o t b a l l • w w w .JSUGa m e c o c k Sp o r t S .c o m @JSUGa m e c o c k S Jacksonville State Probable Starting Offense Pos. No. Player TE 81 Gavin Ellis 6-6 250 SR WR 12 Josh Barge 6-1 178 R-FR LT 63 Adam Wright 6-4 280 R-SO LG 68 Taylor Johnstone 6-4 310 SR C 62 Max Holcombe 6-3 290 JR MEDIA POLICIES RG 72 Blake Burks 6-1 318 JR RT 58 Nick Johnson 6-2 260 R-FR PRESS CONFERENCE QB 11 Max Shortell 6-6 240 JR Bill Clark’s weekly press lun- or 7 Eli Jenkins 6-3 200 R-FR cheon is held each Monday in or 14 Kyle West 6-0 192 R-SO the James Coxwell Social Room RB 32 DaMarcus James 5-10 220 JR at the Gamecock Field House at WR 84 Anthony Johnson 6-4 200 FR 11:30 a.m. After lunch, members SLOT 4 Telvin Brown 5-8 165 SO of the football team will meet with the media until 2 p.m. If a specific player is needed, contact Greg Jacksonville State Probable Starting Defense Seitz by Sunday to make arrange- Pos. No. Player ments for the interview. DE 90 Chris Landrum 6-3 250 R-SO NT 99 Caleb Lawrence 6-0 300 JR BILL CLARK ON THE WEB DT 27 Sean Watson 6-3 285 JR Media members can watch Bill SLB 18 Robert Gray 5-11 205 SR Clark’s full press conference each MLB 36 Brenton Tolson 6-1 230 SR week. The video will be uploaded WLB 3 Ketrick Wolfe 6-1 225 SR by 4 p.m. CT each Monday at or 51 Rashad Smith 6-0 230 SR JSUGamecockSports.com. JACK 55 Dustin Gayton 6-3 240 JR CB 2 Junior Hough 5-9 180 SO MONDAY TRANSCRIPTIONS FS 15 Pierre Warren 6-2 200 JR Exact transcriptions of Bill Clark’s SS 23 Brandon Bender 5-9 175 SO Monday press conferences are CB 8 Rashod Byers 5-8 180 JR available by 4 p.m. each Monday on the athletic web site at JSUG- Jacksonville State Special Teams amecockSports.com. Pos. No. Player PK 88 Griffin Thomas 6-0 198 SO COACHES INTERVIEWS P 19 Hamish MacInnes 6-1 183 SO Outside his regular Monday press LS 59 Andrew Dean 5-11 220 R-JR conference, the best time for HOLD 19 Hamish MacInnes 6-1 183 SO Coach Clark interviews is between KOR 6 Gabe Chambers 5-10 174 JR 9-10 a.m. until Wednesday. Please 4 Telvin Brown 5-8 165 SO contact the JSU SID office to PR 4 Telvin Brown 5-8 165 SO make specific arrangements. 6 Gabe Chambers 5-10 174 JR PLAYER INTERVIEWS Tale of the Tape If at all possible, player interviews Here is a statistical comparison of both JSU and Eastern Kentucky. need to be conducted during Mon- Statistics are through November 2, 2013. day’s weekly press conference. Jax State EKU Rushing Offense 206.1 209.1 @JSUGamecocks Passing Offense 227.3 165.1 @CoachBillClark TOTAL OFFENSE 433.4 374.2 #JSUGamecocks Rushing Defense 185.7 99.4 Passing Defense 192.6 234.6 facebook.com/JSUGamecocks TOTAL DEFENSE 378.2 334.0 Scoring Offense 32.7 30.8 instagram/JSUGamecocks Scoring Defense 22.1 20.8 2 2013 Ja x St a t e Fo o t b a l l • w w w .JSUGa m e c o c k Sp o r t S .c o m @JSUGa m e c o c k S Eastern Kentucky Probable Starting Offense Pos. No. Player JSU SPORTS INFORMATION: QB 12 Jared McClain 6-0 192 JR Greg Seitz, Football Contact RB 20 J.J. Jude 5-9 191 R-FR OFFICE: 256-782-5279 FB 41 Roman Lawson 6-0 244 R-SR CELL: 256-453-3377 WR 18 Jeff Glover 6-4 192 SO EMAIL: [email protected] WR 88 Devin Borders 6-5 203 R-FR TWITTER: @gseitz TE 86 Nathan Watts 6-4 242 R-SR LT 75 Brett Eyckmans 6-4 293 SO Josh Underwood, Asst. SID LG 78 Travon Carter 6-1 332 R-SR OFFICE: 256-782-5915 C 74 Dustin Crane 6-2 283 R-JR CELL: 256-453-0545 RG 50 Justin Meredith 6-2 290 R-SR EMAIL: [email protected] RT 68 Trey Shelton 6-3 277 SO SID Mailing Address: Eastern Kentucky Probable Starting Defense 201 Kennamer Hall Pos. No. Player 700 Pelham Road North DE 81 Shawn Shupperd 6-5 246 R-SR Jacksonville, AL 36265 DT 96 David Carter 6-2 300 R-SO DT 70 Bryce Krebs 6-1 298 R-SO DE 4 Anthony Brown 6-0 232 R-SR SLB 51 Marquise Piton 6-1 210 SO MLB 43 Ichiro Vance 6-1 240 R-SR WLB 58 Tyler Horn 6-3 238 R-SR LCB 13 Kiante Northington 5-9 165 R-FR LS 34 Brandon Stanley 6-1 204 R-JR OVC TELECONFERENCE RS 31 Christian Albertson 6-0 212 R-SR Teleconferences featuring the RCB 8 Johnny Joseph 5-8 171 R-SO league’s head coaches will be conducted during the season.