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EIU 2007 Football Notes (TTU) Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech Thursday - August 30 - 6 p.m. - O’Brien Stadium Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-6434 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 1 PANTHERS SET TO HOST TENNESSEE TECH FOR SEASON, HOME & CONFERENCE OPENER Tennessee Tech (0-0, 0-0 OVC) at No. 17 Eastern Illinois (0-0, 0-0 OVC) O’Brien Stadium (10,000) • Charleston, Illinois August 30, 2007 • 6:00 PM CT • TV: CSTV QUICK FACTS THE GAME Eastern Illinois will open the 2007 football season hosting Tennessee Tech in an Ohio COACHES: Valley Conference game at O’Brien Stadium. This will be the first time since joining the Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) OVC that EIU has opened the year with a conference game. The last time EIU opened the EIU Record ............119-98-1 (20th year) year against a conference opponent was in 1988 when Coach Bob Spoo led the Panthers vs. TTU .............................................8-2 to a 16-7 Gateway Conference win at Illinois State. In 27 years of NCAA Division I football action this will be the only the 8th time that Watson Brown (Vanderbilt, 1973) Eastern Illinois as has opened a season at home. In those previous seven contests, EIU is TTU Record ...................... 0-0 (1st year) 5-2 with the last opener a 33-30 overtime loss to Indiana State in 2004. Overall Record ........... 94-151 (22 years) vs. EIU ..................................1st Meeting Eastern Illinois will be opening its 106th year of football, the Panthers own a 447- 461-43 all-time mark including a 176-124-2 record at the NCAA Division I level. SERIES EASTERN ILLINOIS-TENNESSEE TECH SERIES EIU leads 9-4 Eastern Illinois and Tennessee Tech will be meeting for the 14th time when the Golden at EIU ................................................4-2 Eagles visit O’Brien Stadium on Thursday night. The Panthers hold a 9-4 lead in the all- at TTU ...............................................5-2 time series including wins in six of the last seven meetings. Since joining the OVC, EIU Last Meeting ................ EIU 38, TTU 14 holds a 9-2 series advantage with both of Tennessee Tech’s other wins coming during the .............................Nov. 11, 2006 at TTU NCAA Division II era. Last season EIU picked up a 38-14 win during a rain soaked homecoming game in RANKINGS Cookeville, Tenn. Cole Stinson tossed for a season high 275 yards and three touchdowns EIU ...........................................17/17/19 while the EIU defense shut down the Golden Eagles with 9 yards in the third quarter. TTU ....................................No Rankings Sports Network/FCS Coaches/SME Broadcasting Eastern Illinois (8-5, 7-1 OVC) Tennessee Tech (4-7, 4-4 OVC TELEVISION Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time CSTV (Live) Aug. 30 * TENNESSEE TECH 6 p.m. Aug. 30 * at Eastern Illinois 6 p.m. Play-by-Play ...........Jonathan Coachman Sept. 8 at Purdue 11 a.m. Sept. 6 CUMBERLAND UNIV. 7 p.m. Analyst ........................Roland Williams Sept. 15 ILLINOIS STATE 6 p.m. Sept. 13 CONCORDIA 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at Indiana State 5 p.m. Sept. 20 * MURRAY STATE 7 p.m. Sept. 29 * at Southeast Missouri 6 p.m. Sept. 27 * at Tennessee Martin 6 p.m. RADIO Oct. 6 * EASTERN KENTUCKY 1:30 p.m. Oct. 6 * AUSTIN PEAY 1:30 p.m. Hit Mix 88.9 FM Oct. 13 * at Murray State 3 p.m. Oct. 11 * TENNESSEE STATE 7 p.m. www.weiuhitmix.net Oct. 20 * TENNESSEE MARTIN 1:30 p.m. Oct. 20 * at Jacksonville State 2:30 p.m. Play-by-Play ........................Mike Bradd Oct. 27 * at Tennessee State 6 p.m. Oct. 27 * SAMFORD 1:30 p.m. Analyst .............................Jack Ashmore Nov. 3 Open Date Nov. 3 at Auburn 1:30 p.m. Nov. 10 * at Jacksonville State Noon Nov. 10 Open Date Nov. 17 * SAMFORD 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17 * at Eastern Kentucky Noon INTERNET Nov. 24 FCS Playoffs TBA Nov. 24 FCS Playoffs TBA Live Stats ...........www.EIUpanthers.com * Ohio Valley Conference Game * Ohio Valley Conference Game All Times Central Times Central Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 2 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH BOB SPOO 2007 SPORTS NETWORK Eastern Illinois head coach Bob Spoo will return to the sidelines this season after missing TOP 25 all of last season due to a preseason surgery that was supposed to only sideline the long time (Preseason Poll) face of the Panther program for 4-to-6 weeks. Spoo returns this year for his second run at his 20th season as the EIU head coach. He enters the year with a 119-98-1 record at EIU Rk. Team 2006 Record including a 53-19 mark in OVC action. He ranks third all-time in OVC wins trailing Eastern 1. Appalachian State (67) 14-1 2. Montana (3) 12-2 Kentucky’s Roy Kidd (207) and Tennessee Tech’s Don Wade (60). Spoo is a 1960 graduate 3. Massachusetts 13-2 of Purdue University and will face his alma mater in the second game of the season. 4. North Dakota State 10-1 5. Youngstown State 11-3 6. New Hampshire (1) 9-4 TENNESSEE TECH HEAD COACH WATSON BROWN 7. Illinois State 9-4 The Golden Eagles have a new head coach at the helm but not an unfamiliar face as TTU 8. James Madison 9-3 hired former UAB head coach Watson Brown. Brown is a native of Cookeville, Tenn., but 9. Northern Iowa 7-4 played his college ball at Vanderbilt graduating in 1973. This will be Brown’s second stint 10. McNeese State 7-5 11. Furman 8-4 as a head coach in the OVC after his first head coaching job was at Austin Peay in 1979. He 12. Southern Illinois 9-4 has a career record of 94-151-1 with additional head coaching stops at Cincinnati (1983), 13. Portland State 7-4 Rice (1984-85), Vanderbilt (1986-90) and UAB (1995-2006). 14. Wofford 7-4 15. Cal Poly 7-4 16. Hampton 10-2 SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH 17. EASTERN ILLINOIS 8-5 Tennessee Tech will visit O’Brien Stadium with a sense of the unknown surrounding the 18. Sam Houston State 6-5 program as the Golden Eagles return a number of key players but an entirely new coaching 19. Delaware 5-6 20. South Dakota State 7-4 staff. EIU has been preparing for every possible formation on offense and defense, but most 21. Montana State 8-5 of the focus will still be on several standout returners. On offense Tennessee Tech is led by 22. Tennessee Martin 9-3 sophomore quarterback Lee Sweeney and wide receiver Larry Shipp. The defense will be 23. Coastal Carolina 9-3 anchored by defensive tackle Geoffrey Woods. 24. Yale 8-2 25. South Carolina State 7-4 NEW COACHES ON EIU STAFF While Tennessee Tech brings in an entirely new coaching staff, the Panthers will 2007 FCS Coaches Poll also have a few new faces of their own for the season opener. Jeff Hoover was hired as (Preseason Poll) the Panthers new offensive line coach in March and will also serve as the EIU run game Rk. Team 2006 Record coordinator. Hoover spent last season as the offensive coordinator at Portland State. Bobby 1. Appalachian State (27) 14-1 Babich is the Panthers newest hire joining the staff in late July as the defensive secondary 2. Montana (1) 12-2 coach. Babich played two seasons ago at North Dakota State before spending last season as 3. Massachusetts 13-2 a graduate assistant coach at Kent State. Babich comes from a coaching family as his dad is 4. North Dakota State 10-1 5. New Hampshire 9-4 currently the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears. 6. Youngstown State 11-3 7. James Madison 9-3 NUMBER TO REMEMBER 8. Illinois State 9-4 9. Northern Iowa 7-4 The number to remember for this year’s season opener against Tennessee Tech is 9. 10. Furman 8-4 That is the number of yards the Eastern Illinois defense allowed in the third quarter of last 11. Southern Illinois 9-4 year’s win at Tennessee Tech as the Panthers stout defense allowed the EIU offense to blow 12. McNeese State 7-5 open the contest and keep the Panthers in the OVC title chase. The Panthers allowed only 13. Portland State 7-4 14. Cal Poly 7-4 17 yards in the second half until the final TTU drive in a 38-14 Eastern Illinois win. 15. Wofford 7-4 16. Hampton 10-2 MATCH-UPS TO WATCH THIS WEEK 17. EASTERN ILLINOIS 8-5 18. Tennessee Martin 9-3 19. South Dakota State 7-4 EIU SECONDARY VERSUS TENNESSEE TECH PASSING GAME 20. Coastal Carolina 9-3 The Panthers secondary should expect to be tested as they will start four new players in 21. Delaware 5-6 the defensive backfield. Three have playing experience as reserves last season but Rashad 22. Montana State 8-5 Haynes enters the week as a redshirt freshman. Tennessee Tech has a high powered 23. Sam Houston State 6-5 24. Yale 8-2 passing game last season with the combination of quarterback Lee Sweeney and receiver 25. Princeton 9-1 Larry Shipp. How the Panthers can control the passing game with their secondary could set the tone for the game. OTHER PRESEASON RANKINGS SME Broadcasting 19th Lindy’s 19th EIU PASS RUSH AGAINST TENNESSEE TECH OFFENSIVE LINE Phil Steele 15th Eastern Illinois defensive strength this year will be in its veteran defensive line.
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