Game Seven • the Eastern Illinois Game
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Game Seven • The Eastern Illinois Game QUICK FACTS JSU Head Coach Jack Crowe OPPONENT: Eastern Illinois Gamecock head coach Jack Crowe has a 60-44 record in his 10th sea- CONFERENCE: Ohio Valley GAME DATE: Oct. 24 son at Jacksonville State and led the Gamecocks to the 2003 and 2004 GAME TIME: 1 p.m. Ohio Valley Conference Championships. This is Crowe’s 14th season GAME SITE: Paul Snow Stadium as a head coach and he has an overall record of 75-74. Crowe is 3-3 vs (15,000) Eastern Illinois. RADIO: JSU Radio Network (Mike Parris-pbp; Ed Lett-color) Crowe has more than 35 years of coaching experience at the collegiate TELEVISION: WJXS-TV (delayed) level. Among the schools Crowe has coached are Auburn, Clemson, (Ryan Brown-pbp; Ray Hammett-color) Arkansas and Baylor. He guided those teams to six conference champi- RANKINGS: EIU 25/24; JSU 12/13 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 75-74 (14th year) Gamecocks to their second-straight OVC Championship with a 9-2 record at JSU 61-44 (10th year) in 2004 and JSU went 8-4 in the team’s initial season in the conference during the 2003 year. The Gamecocks went 8-3 last season. EIU Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) Overall 137-111-1 (23rd year) at EIU 137-111-1 (23rd year) Eastern Illinois Head Coach Bob Spoo THE SERIES Eastern Illinois head coach Bob Spoo has guided the Panthers for 22 Seventh meeting, tied at 3-3 years and has an overall record of 137-111-1. In 2003, he became the at Jacksonville 1-2 at Charleston 2-1 most successful coach in EIU history, breaking the 100-career win mark Last Meeting: 2008: W 37-23 and guiding the Panthers to an unprecedented third straight trip to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. Eastern Illinois (5-2, 3-1 OVC) Overall, Spoo has directed EIU to six playoff appearances in the last eight W•31-6 Illinois State W•31-0 at Indiana State years with the 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 Panther teams either winning W•23-14 at Southeast Missouri or sharing the Ohio Valley Conference championship. Spoo was honored W•30-20 at Austin Peay as the OVC and the American Football Coaches Regional Coach of the L•36-31 Eastern Kentucky L•52-3 at Penn State Year Award in 2001 and 2005. W•23-15 Tennessee Tech Oct. 24 at Jacksonville State In 10 of the last 14 years, Spoo’s teams have been ranked in the final Top Oct. 31 at Murray State Nov. 14 UT Martin 25 poll and the Panthers are currently ranked in the Top 25.. Nov. 19 Tennessee State 2009 JACKSONVILLE STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS (4-2, 2-0 OVC) Date Opponent (ranking)(TV) Site Time/Result Quick Facts Sept. 5 at Georgia Tech (ESPN360) Atlanta, Ga. L, 37-17 Ivory makes first start (193 pass yds, 2 TD) Sept. 12 at Florida State (ESPN360) Tallahassee, Fla. L, 19-9 FSU scores 12 pts in final :35 for win Sept. 19 at Alabama A&M Huntsville, Ala. W, 45-13 Perrilloux tosses 3 TD and runs for 2 TD Sept. 26 at Nicholls State Thibodaux, La. W, 60-10 Perrilloux has 5 TD, including 4 passing Oct. 3 *UT Martin (WJXS) Jacksonville W, 52-7 Perrilloux sets record with 277.62 pass eff. Oct. 10 *at Murray State Murray, Ky. 3 p.m. JSU has 33 first downs and 585 total off. Oct. 24 *Eastern Illinois (HC) (WJXS) Jacksonville 1 p.m. Series tied at 3-3-0 Oct. 31 *at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. 4 p.m. Won both OVC meetings to lead 10-6-3 Nov. 7 *at Southeast Missouri Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1 p.m. JSU won six of last seven to lead 9-4-0 Nov. 14 *Tennessee Tech (WJXS) Jacksonville 12 noon JSU won four-straight to lead series 8-4-0 Nov. 21 *Eastern Kentucky (WJXS) Jacksonville 12 noon Series is tied at 3-3-0 *-Ohio Valley Conference game Rankings listed (SportsNetwork/ESPN-USA Today) HC-Homecoming 2009 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 SR LT 77 Curt Porter 6-7 290 JR LG 65 Matt Jones 6-3 305 SO C 64 Reggie Wade 6-1 285 SR RG 74 Justin Kay 6-3 290 JR MEDIA POLICIES RT 72 Tylor Chambers 6-3 290 SO PRESS CONFERENCE TE 44 Cory Freeman 6-3 245 JR Jack Crowe’s weekly press FL 1 Greg Smith 6-1 190 SR luncheon is held each Monday in TB 3 Calvin Middleton 5-11 220 SO the James Coxwell Social Room QB 11 Ryan Perrilloux 6-3 223 SR at the Gamecock Field House at FB 46 Alphonso Freeney 6-1 220 JR 11:30 a.m. After lunch, members of the football team will meet with Jacksonville State Probable Starting Defense the media until 2 p.m. If a specific Pos. No. Player player is needed, contact Greg LE 31 Santez Mays 6-1 255 SR Seitz by Sunday to make arrange- NS 92 Brandt Thomas 6-3 290 SR ments for the interview. DT 90 Monte Lewis 6-3 251 SO OLB 34 Andrew Ridgeway 6-2 230 JR JACK CROWE ON THE WEB WLB 45 Alexander Henderson 6-1 212 SR Media members can watch Jack SLB 43 Morrell Jones 6-0 235 JR Crowe’s full press conference ROV 23 Kevin Dix 6-2 260 JR each Monday. The video will be CB 20 A.J. Davis 6-0 183 SO uploaded by 4 p.m. CT each Mon- FS 26 Carnell Clark 6-2 183 SR day at JSUGamecockSports.com. SS 13 Josh Cain 5-10 190 SR CB 15 T.J. Heath 6-1 170 JR MONDAY TRANSCRIPTIONS Exact transcriptions of Jack Jacksonville State Special Teams Crowe’s Monday press conferenc- Pos. No. Player es are available by 4 p.m. each KO 27 Patrick Tatum 6-2 200 SO Monday on the athletic web site at PK 27 Patrick Tatum 6-2 200 SO JSUGamecockSports.com. P 27 Patrick Tatum 6-2 200 SO SNP 50 Josh Carroll 6-2 290 SR COACHES INTERVIEWS HLD 14 Brooks Robinson 6-1 176 FR Outside his regular Monday press KOR 5 James Wilkerson 5-10 190 SR conference, the best time for 4 James Shaw 6-0 190 SO Coach Crowe interviews is be- PR 4 James Shaw 6-0 190 SO tween 9-10 a.m. until Wednesday. Please contact the JSU SID office Tale of the Tape to make specific arrangements. Here is a statistical comparison of both JSU and Eastern Illinois. Statis- tics are through Oct. 17. PLAYER INTERVIEWS If at all possible, player interviews Jax State EIU need to be conducted during Mon- Rushing Offense 171.5 141.6 day’s weekly press conference. Passing Offense 263.3 203.7 TOTAL OFFENSE 434.8 345.3 Rushing Defense 137.3 119.7 Passing Defense 169.7 189.0 TOTAL DEFENSE 307.0 308.7 Scoring Offense 37.3 24.6 Scoring Defense 15.5 20.4 2009 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 Eastern Illinois Probable Starting Offense JSU SPORTS INFORMATION: Pos. No. Player QB 11 Jake Christensen 6-1 215 SR Greg Seitz, Football Contact RB 7 Mon Williams 6-2 220 JR OFFICE: 256-782-5279 SE 3 Lorence Ricks 6-1 178 SO HOME: 256-435-2583 FL 15 Kenny Whittaker 5-10 163 FR CELL: 256-453-3377 SLOT 18 Charles Graves 6-1 179 JR EMAIL: [email protected] TE 89 Danny Vehovic 6-2 227 JR LT 66 Chris Campbell 6-5 320 SR SID Mailing Address: LG 76 Eric Zink 6-6 284 SO 201 Kennamer Hall C 74 Chaz Millard 6-3 291 SR 700 Pelham Road North RG 61 Willie Henderson 6-2 273 SO Jacksonville, AL 36265 RT 63 Otis Hudson 6-5 331 SR Eastern Illinois Probable Starting Defense Pos. No. Player LE 96 Colin Luczynski 6-1 234 JR LT 94 Andre Lima 6-0 289 SR RT 90 Spyros Bazigos 5-11 311 JR RE 98 Perry Burge 6-2 235 SO OLB 44 Alain Marcelin 6-0 227 JR MLB 46 Gordy Kickels 6-1 216 SO OVC TELECONFERENCE OLB 56 Nick Nasti 6-1 237 JR LCB 26 Rashad Haynes 5-11 177 JR Teleconferences featuring the ROV 12 Bobson Mercier 5-10 187 JR league’s head coaches will be FS 9 Seymour Loftman 5-11 189 SR conducted during the season. RCB 21 CJ James 5-8 183 JR Those participating in the call should dial in five minutes prior Eastern Illinois Probable Starting Special Teams to the scheduled start (10:00 a.m. CST each Tuesday). Pos. No. Player PK 48 Austin Signor 6-4 216 SR 1-800-211-0633 — P 41 Kevin Cook 6-2 201 JR code 926694 LS 51 Adam Baker 6-2 225 FR Call Schedule (Each Tuesday H 41 Kevin Cook 6-2 201 JR morning, beginning Aug.