Game One • the Georgia Tech Game
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Game One • The Georgia Tech Game QUICK FACTS JSU Head Coach Jack Crowe OPPONENT: Georgia Tech Gamecock head coach Jack Crowe has a 49-39 record in his ninth sea- CONFERENCE: Atlantic Coast GAME DATE: Aug. 28 son at Jacksonville State and led the Gamecocks to the 2003 and 2004 GAME TIME: 6:30 p.m. CT Ohio Valley Conference Championships. This is Crowe’s 13th season GAME SITE: Bobby Dodd Stadium as a head coach and he has an overall record of 63-69. Crowe is 0-0 vs (55,000) Georgia Tech. RADIO: JSU Radio Network (Mike Parris-pbp; Ed Lett-color) Crowe has more than 35 years of coaching experience at the collegiate TELEVISION: CSS-TV; ESPNU360 level. Among the schools Crowe has coached are Auburn, Clemson, (James Verrett-pbp; Dorsey Levins-color) Arkansas and Baylor. He guided those teams to six conference champi- onships and 10 bowl appearances. THE COACHES JSU Jack Crowe (UAB, 1970) Crowe was named the 2004 OVC Coach of the Year after leading the Overall Record 63-69 (13th year) at JSU 49-39 (9th year) Gamecocks to their second straight OVC Championship with a 9-2 record in 2004 and JSU went 8-4 in the team’s initial season in the conference TECH Paul Johnson (W.Car, 1979) during the 2003 year. Overall Record 107-39 (10th year) at Tech 0-0 (first year) Georgia Tech Head Coach Paul Johnson THE SERIES Paul Johnson is 0-0 in his first year at Georgia Tech and 107-39 in his First Meeting (0-0) 12th year overall as a college head coach. He is 2-0 vs Jacksonville at Jacksonville 0-0 State, winning both games at Georgia Southern. at Atlanta 0-0 Last Meeting: n/a Johnson, a 1979 graduate of Western Carolina, was hired as the 12th GEORGIA TECH head coach in Yellow Jacket history on December 7, 2007. He was the (0-0, 0-0 ACC) former head coach at Navy for six years, posting a 45-29 mark and he Aug. 28 Jacksonville State won five straight Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy. Sept. 6 at Boston College Sept. 13 at Virginia Tech Sept. 20 Mississippi State Before arriving at Navy, he was the head coach at Georgia Southern Oct. 4 Duke from 1997-2001, posting a 62-10 (.861) record, won two straight NCAA Oct. 11 Gardner-Webb National Championships (1999-2000), five consecutive Southern Confer- Oct. 18 at Clemson ence titles and was named the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year Oct. 25 Virginia four straight years. He coached as an assistant at Navy (1995-96), Hawaii Nov. 1 Florida State Nov. 8 at North Carolina (1987-1994), Georgia Southern (1983-86), Lees-McRae Junior College Nov. 20 Miami (1981-82) and began his career at Avery County (N.C.) High School in Nov. 29 at Georgia 1979-80. 2008 JACKSONVILLE STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 OVC) Date Opponent (ranking)(TV) Site Time/Result Quick Facts Aug. 28 at Georgia Tech (ESPN360) Atlanta, Ga. 6:30 p.m. First meeting between two schools Sept. 6 Alabama A&M (WJXS) Jacksonville 6 p.m. JSU leads 20-2-2 and won 11 of last 12 Sept. 20 at Chattanooga Chattanooga 6 p.m. JSU defense scored 2 TDs last year Sept. 27 *at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. 1:30 p.m. EIU won last three meetings Oct. 4 *Southeast Missouri (WJXS) Jacksonville 6 p.m. JSU won 5 of last 6 meetings Oct. 11 *at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. 5 p.m. Visiting team won last four meetings Oct. 18 *Murray State (HC) (WJXS) Jacksonville 4 p.m. Dupree sets school record 316 return yards Oct. 23 *at Tennessee-Martin (ESPNU) Martin, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. JSU scores with 1:41 left for win in ‘07 Nov. 1 *Austin Peay (WJXS) Jacksonville 2 p.m. JSU leads 9-6-3 after 42-9 win in ‘07 Nov. 8 *at Tennessee Tech Cookeville, Tenn. 1:30 p.m. JSU 53-8-2 in Homecoming games Nov. 15 *Tennessee State (WJXS) Jacksonville 2 p.m. JSU leads 3-1-0 in all-time series *-Ohio Valley Conference game Rankings listed (SportsNetwork/ESPN-USA Today) HC-Homecoming 2008 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 Jacksonville State Probable Starting Offense Pos. No. Player SE 5 James Wilkerson 5-10 190 JR LT 77 Curt Porter 6-7 290 SO LG 57 Matthew Washington 6-4 280 SO C 64 Reggie Wade 6-1 285 SO RG 55 Al Jefferson 6-3 295 SR MEDIA POLICIES RT 73 Keith Gergel 6-4 302 SR TE 10 Eric Johns 6-3 240 JR PRESS CONFERENCE FL 8 Maurice Dupree 5-10 180 SR Jack Crowe’s weekly press TB 32 Tremayne Coger 5-11 190 SO luncheon is held each Monday in FB 25 Ronald Murray 6-2 245 SR the James Coxwell Social Room QB 11 Ryan Perrilloux 6-3 223 JR at the Gamecock Field House at 11:30 a.m. After lunch, members Jacksonville State Probable Starting Defense of the football team will meet with the media until 2 p.m. If a specific Pos. No. Player player is needed, contact Greg DE 31 Santez Mayes 6-1 255 JR Seitz by Sunday to make arrange- NT 92 Brandt Thomas 6-3 290 SO ments for the interview. DE 63 Duane Tolbert 6-2 275 SR OLB 9 Marquise Elston 6-0 220 SR JSU TELECONFERENCE WLB 54 Antonio Bonner 6-2 245 SO Media members can dial in a listen SLB 43 Morrell Jones 6-0 235 SO to Crowe’s press conference live. OLB 35 Brenton Davenport 6-2 240 SR1 The number to call is 212-812- CB 20 A.J. Davis 6-0 183 FR 4494 and enter passcode 6125 4367. SAF 26 Carnell Clark 6-2 183 JR SAF 16 Kenny Walker 6-0 194 SR Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux and CB 15 T.J. Heath 6-1 170 SO Marquise will be available on the teleconference at 1 p.m. this week. Media members will be al- Jacksonville State Special Teams lowed to ask questions and should Pos. No. Player call 212-812-4494 and enter pass- KO 41 Gavin Hallford 6-1 210 JR code 6125 4367. PK 41 Gavin Hallford 6-1 210 JR P 27 Zach Walden 5-10 180 JR MONDAY TRANSCRIPTIONS HLD 11 Ryan Perrilloux 6-3 223 JR Exact transcriptions of Jack SNP 61 Joshua Carroll 6-5 290 SO Crowe’s Monday press conferenc- PR 8 Maurice Dupree 5-10 180 SR es are available by 4 p.m. each KR 8 Maurice Dupree 5-10 180 SR Monday on the athletic web site at JSUGamecockSports.com. Tale of the Tape COACHES INTERVIEWS Here is a statistical comparison of both JSU and Georgia Tech. Statis- Outside his regular Monday press tics are from 2007. conference, the best time for Coach Crowe interviews is be- Jax State Ga. Tech tween 9-10 a.m. until Wednesday. Rushing Offense 166.5 199.3 Please contact the JSU SID office Passing Offense 172.0 185.6 to make specific arrangements. TOTAL OFFENSE 338.5 384.9 Rushing Defense 145.5 114.5 PLAYER INTERVIEWS Passing Defense 208.8 215.9 If at all possible, player interviews TOTAL DEFENSE 354.3 330.4 need to be conducted during Mon- Scoring Offense 27.7 26.2 day’s weekly press conference. Scoring Defense 23.4 20.8 2008 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 Georgia Tech Probable Starting Offense JSU SPORTS INFORMATION: Pos. No. Player QB 9 Josh Nesbitt 6-1 214 SO Greg Seitz, Football Contact BB 21 Jonathan Dwyer 6-0 228 SO OFFICE: 256-782-5279 AB 36 Lucas Cox 6-0 238 SO HOME: 256-435-2583 AB 20 Roddy Jones 5-9 194 FR CELL: 256-453-3377 WR 8 Demaryius Thomas 6-3 229 SO EMAIL: [email protected] WR 84 Tyler Melton 6-0 199 FR LT 64 Andrew Gardner 6-6 305 SR SID Mailing Address: LG 71 Cord Howard 6-5 310 JR 201 Kennamer Hall C 77 Dan Voss 6-4 294 JR 700 Pelham Road North RG 70 Joseph Gilbert 6-4 288 FR Jacksonville, AL 36265 RT 73 Austin Barrick 6-3 254 SO Georgia Tech Probable Starting Defense Pos. No. Player DE 91 Derrick Morgan 6-4 270 SO DT 99 Vance Walker 6-2 293 SR DT 95 Darryl Richard 6-4 290 SR DE 93 Michael Johnson 6-7 260 SR OLB 12 Anthony Barnes 6-3 231 SO ILB 51 Brad Jefferson 6-2 227 SO OVC TELECONFERENCE OLB 59 Kyle Jackson 6-0 226 FR CB 2 Mario Butler 6-1 181 SO Teleconferences featuring the ROV 1 Morgan Burnett 6-1 198 SO league’s head coaches will be FS 26 Dominique Reese 5-11 178 SO conducted during the season. CB 32 Jahi Word-Daniels 6-0 194 SR Those participating in the call should dial in five minutes prior Georgia Tech Probable Starting Special Teams to the scheduled start (10:00 a.m. CST each Tuesday). Pos. No. Player PK 14 Scott Blair 6-0 173 SO 1-800-211-0633 — KO 14 Scott Blair 6-0 173 SO code P 24 Chandler Anderson 5-11 193 FR Call Schedule (Each Tuesday SNAP 50 Bret White 5-11 240 SR morning, beginning Aug.