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Sept. 4, 2017 2017 FOOTBALL @BigSouthGameDay | #BigSouthFB 2017 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL STANDINGS SID CONTACTS Big South Overall Big South .........................................Mark Simpson [email protected] Team W L PCT PF PA W L PCT PF PA Home Road L10 Streak 704-341-7990 Monmouth 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1.000 31 12 1-0 0-0 1-0 W1 @BigSouthSID Charleston Southern 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 0 49 0-0 0-1 0-1 L2 Gardner-Webb 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 3 45 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 Charleston Southern .....................................Seth Kennesaw State 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 23 28 0-0 0-1 0-1 L2 Montgomery Presbyterian College 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 7 51 0-0 0-1 0-1 L6 [email protected] Liberty ^ 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1.000 48 45 0-0 1-0 1-0 W1 843-863-7853 @CSUFB ^ - Ineligible for Big South Championship & FCS Playoffs due to transition to FBS Gardner-Webb .....................................Marc Rabb [email protected] PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - WEEK 1 704-406-4355 @GWUFootball OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - STEPHEN CALVERT, LIBERTY, QB, SOPH (PLANTATION, FLA.) Calvert set Big South single-game records with 44 completions, 60 pass attempts and 447 yards in Liberty’s 48-45 win at Baylor on Saturday. He threw three touchdown passes and rushed for a score. After Baylor took its fi rst lead at 7-6, Kennesaw State ...................Mike DeGeorge Calvert connected on a 40-yard TD pass to put the Flames back ahead. Late in the third quarter with the Flames trail- [email protected] ing by four, Calvert threw his second touchdown pass and later scored his fi rst career rushing touchdown on an 8-yard 470-578-7589 scamper to give LU a 10-point margin. His fi nal TD strike came with 6:12 left for another 10-point advantage. Calvert @kennesawstfb hit 11 different receivers during the game and posted the school’s fi rst 400-yard passing effort in 26 years. Liberty ................................................Todd Wetmore [email protected] DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - MIKE BASILE, MONMOUTH, DB, SR (BRICK, N.J.) 434-582-2292 Basile fi nished with a team-high nine tackles (eight solo) with 1.5 tackles-for-loss, an interception plus a pass break-up @LibertyFootball in the Hawks’ 31-12 victory over Lafayette. He was part of a defense that held the Leopards to minus-1 yard rushing on the day, in addition to just six points and 186 total yards until the fi nal drive when the outcome was already decided. Monmouth ........................................Greg Viscomi [email protected] SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK - ALEX PROBERT, LIBERTY, PK, SOPH (ANDOVER, MINN.) 732-571-4447 Probert tied the Big South single-game record with four fi eld goals and fi nished with 16 points in helping the Flames @MUHawksFB to their 48-45 win at Baylor. He was perfect on all eight kicks, and put Liberty ahead 6-0 with fi eld goals of 27 and 41 yards. Probert added a 33-yarder in the second quarter and 31-yarder in the third stanza to put LU ahead by three Presbyterian .............................Davis Simpson each time. In addition, seven of his 10 kickoffs resulted in touchbacks. [email protected] 864-833-7095 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - PETE GUERRIERO, MONMOUTH, RB, R-FR (LYNDHURST, N.J.) @BlueHoseFtball Guerriero made an immediate impact in his fi rst collegiate game, as he rushed for a game-high 139 yards on 21 carries with a pair of touchdowns. With the game scoreless for most of the fi rst half, Guerriero broke through with a 16-yard Follow FCS Football ...............................Twitter: TD run with 34 seconds left in the fi rst half. He later darted 47 yards for a touchdown to put the game out of reach at @NCAA_FCS 31-6. Guerriero averaged 6.6 yards per rush and also caught a pair of passes for 16 yards. @ESPNCFB @FCS_Insider WEEK 2 SCHEDULE @HEROSportsNews @FCS_STATS SATURDAY, SEPT. 9 TIME WATCH SERIES @FCS_Football #19/19 Lehigh at MONMOUTH ..........................................................................................................1:00pm BSN / ESPN3 Lehigh leads, 5-2 GARDNER-WEBB at Wyoming .......................................................................................................4:00pm AT&T SportsNet 1st meeting ............................................Relevant Hashtags: #16/18 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at South Carolina State ...............6:00pm -- S.C. State leads, 8-0 Morehead State at #20 LIBERTY ..............................................................................................6:00pm BSN / LFSN Liberty leads, 5-3 #FCS PRESBYTERIAN at #13/14 The Citadel ...............................................................................6:00pm ESPN3 The Citadel leads, 50-11-1 #FearTheFCS (vs. FBS opponent) Tennessee Tech at KENNESAW STATE ..............................................................................7:00pm Peachtree / BSN 1st meeting #FCSFacts #SCTop10 #FCSPlayoffs #FCSChamp All Times EST and subject to change Big South school in ALL CAPS 2017 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL 2017 PRESEASON POLL THE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL TOP 25 POLLS For the fi rst time, two teams fi nished as the Week of CSU GWU KSU LU MU PC favorite in the annual preseason poll, as voted Preseason 14/14 --/-- RV/RV RV/-- --/-- --/-- on by the league’s head coaches and media Sept. 4 16/18 --/-- RV/-- 20/-- --/-- --/-- panel. Below are the preseason poll results, Sept. 11 with fi rst-place votes in parentheses: Sept. 18 T-1. Charleston Southern (9) .............................................. 80 Sept. 25 T-1. Kennesaw State (9) ............................................................. 80 Oct. 2 3. Gardner-Webb ............................................................................. 54 Oct. 9 4. Monmouth ......................................................................................... 36 5. Presbyterian College ....................................................... 20 Oct. 16 -- Liberty ^ ............................................................................................... n/a Oct. 23 Oct. 30 ^ - not eligible for preseason poll due to transition Nov. 6 to FBS Nov. 13 Nov. 20 RESEASON LL ONFERENCE EAM 2017 P A -C T Final Preseason Offensive Player of the Year TYRELL MAXWELL, QB The STATS FCS poll is listed fi rst, followed by the FCS Coaches Poll Sr., Gardner-Webb RV - Received Votes na - not available Preseason Defensive Player of the Year IG OUTH ATIONAL ONORS WARDS ANTHONY ELLIS, DL 2017 B S N H & A Sr., Charleston Southern STATS FCS National Players of the Week STATS Preseason All-Americans (7) Stephen Calvert, Liberty (Week 1 - OFF) Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern (1st Team) OFFENSE Mike Basile, Monmouth (1st Team) QB Tyrell Maxwell, Gardner-Webb, Sr. Walter Payton Award Watch List (1) Solomon Brown, Charleston Southern (2nd Team) RB Carrington Mosley, Liberty, Sr. Tyrell Maxwell, Gardner-Webb Hunter Winstead, Liberty (2nd Team) RB Darnell Holland, Kennesaw State, Jr. Frank Cirone, Charleston Southern (3rd Team) WR Reggie White Jr., Monmouth, R-Jr. Buck Buchanan Award Watch List (2) Juwan Wells, Liberty (3rd Team) WR Justin Sumpter, Kennesaw State, R-Jr. Mike Basile, Monmouth Alex Probert, Liberty (3rd Team) WR Kameron Brown, Charleston So., R-Soph. Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern TE Jake Powell, Monmouth, Soph. HERO Sports Preseason All-Americans (1) OL Frank Cirone, Charleston Southern, Sr. Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® Nominees (2) Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern (1st Team) OL Dontae Duff, Liberty, R-Soph. Luther Jones, Kennesaw State OL Will Millikan, Gardner-Webb, Jr. Trey Turner, Liberty CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy OL Zach Mitchler, Kennesaw State, R-Jr. Watch List (3) OL Alex Thompson, Monmouth, Sr. STATS FCS National Players of the Week Shane Bucenell, Charleston Southern Honorable Mention Tyrell Maxwell, Gardner-Webb DEFENSE Alex Probert, Liberty (Week 1 - ST) Chandler Burksm Kennesaw State DL Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern, Sr. Bryson Armstrong, Kennesaw State (Week 1 - FR) DL Tonarius Portress, Kennesaw State, Sr. Pete Guerriero, Monmouth (Week 1 - FR) DL Desmond Johnson, Kennesaw State, R-Soph. Torrance Marable, Presbyterian (Week 1 - FR) DL Juwan Wells, Liberty, Jr. LB Solomon Brown, Charleston So., R-Jr. LB Zane Cruz, Charleston Southern, Sr. LB Anthony Gore Jr., Kennesaw State, R-Jr. LB Izzy Sam, Kennesaw State, R-Sr. DB Mike Basile, Monmouth, Sr. DB Taylor Henkle, Kennesaw State, R-Jr. DB Shadarius Hopkins, Charleston So., Jr. DB Chris Turner, Liberty, R-Jr. SPECIAL TEAMS PK Alex Probert, Liberty, Soph. P Trey Turner, Liberty, Gr. LS Hunter Winstead, Liberty, Gr. KR Frankie Hickson, Liberty, R-Soph. 2 • 2017 Big South Football Weekly Report - Sept. 4 2017 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL 2017 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK WEEK OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 4 QB Stephen Calvert, Soph., Liberty DB Mike Basile, Sr., Monmouth PASS: 44-60-3 TD (40, 13, 26), 447 YDS ... 8-YD TD RUSH 9 TT (8 S, 1 A), 1.5 TFL (-10 YDS), 1 INT (4 YDS), 1 PBU Sept. 11 Sept. 17 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 2017 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2017 FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK WEEK SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 4 PK Alex Probert, Soph., Liberty Sept. 4 RB Pete Guerriero, R-Fr., Monmouth 4-4 FG (27, 41, 33, 31), 4-4 PAT = 16 PTS ... 4 FG ties league record RUSH: 21-139-2 TD (16, 47), 6.6 YPG ... REC: 2-16 ... 155 APURP YDS Sept. 11 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 20 Sept. 4 - Weekly Report 2017 Big South Football • 3 2017 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL BIG SOUTH COLLECTS FIRST-EVER WIN OVER POWER 5 MEMBER IG OUTH VS IVISION PPONENTS The Big South scored its sixth win over an FBS opponent with Liberty’s 48-45 triumph over Big 12 B S . D I O member Baylor this past Saturday.