WINSTON-SALEM STATE - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP - GAME 14 Saturday, December 15 • 1:00 p.m. Eastern vs. Florence, Ala. • Braly Stadium (14,150) VSU Media Relations • (229) 333-5903 • www.vstateblazers.com Football Contact: Shawn Reed (
[email protected]) #17/17 VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS FACE WINSTON-SALEM STATE FOR NATIONAL TITLE (11-2, 4-1 GSC) For the fourth time in 11 seasons, Valdosta State will play for the national championship as the Blazers host Winston-Salem State in the 2012 title game at Braly Stadium in Florence, Ala. VSU first advanced to the title game in 9/1 at Saginaw Valley State L, 28-24 2002, where it fell 31-24 to Grand Valley State, before defeating Pittsburg State 36-31 for the 2004 championship 9/8 FORT VALLEY STATE W, 62-14 and Northwest Missouri State 25-20 for the 2007 title. The Blazers enter the game after defeating Minnesota State- 9/15 vs. Angelo State (Dallas, Texas) W, 43-10 Mankato 35-19 in the semifinals last week while WSSU is coming off a 41-18 victory over West Texas A&M. 9/22 WEST ALABAMA* L, 39-28 Valdosta State is averaging 42.1 points and 481.2 yards of total offense per game, including 219.8 rushing and 9/29 EDWARD WATERS W, 58-10 261.3 passing. Junior wide receiver Gerald Ford, the GSC Offensive Player of the Year, has caught 68 passes for 10/6 at West Georgia* W, 42-7 1,018 yards and 13 touchdowns while freshmen Austin Scott and Cedric O’Neal combine to rush for 157.7 yards 10/13 at North Alabama* W, 24-21 per game and have scored 22 touchdowns.