2012 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the Inside The Southern Conference 2011 Year-In-Review 702 N. Pine Street 2011 Honors and Awards .................................................68-69 Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 Academic Honorees ................................................................. 68 Phone: .......................................................................................................(864) 591-5100 All-Conference teams .............................................................. 68 Fax: ...........................................................................................................(864) 591-3448 Final Standings .......................................................................... 66 Website: ..................................................................................www.SoConSports.com Individual Leaders ..............................................................70-71 Conference Staff Individual Superlatives .....................................................74-75 John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner Polls ................................................................................................ 67 Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner Team Leaders .......................................................................72-73 Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Team Superlatives .................................................................... 76 Doug King .................................. Associate Commissioner for Compliance All-time Honors and Awards Jason Yaman ......................... Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations All-Academic Team ........................................................105-106 Brandon Neff ........................ Assistant Commissioner for Championships All-Americans .......................................................................85-89 Phil Perry ..........................................Assistant Director of Media Relations All-Conference selections ................................................92-98 Jamie Severns .......................................... Director of Multimedia Services All-time team records .............................................................. 77 Laura Hayes ................................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Annual award winners ......................................................90-91 Chandler Carver .................................................Media Relations Assistant Coaching records ...................................................................... 78 Stephanie Cushing ....................... Championships/Compliance Assistant FBS wins .....................................................................................107 Jordan Gotfredson .....................................Multimedia Services Assistant National Polls........................................................................82-84 Jack Childress ........................................................ Coordinator of Officials NCAA Statistics Champions .................................................. 81 NFL Draftees .........................................................................79-80 Southern Conference Officers Overtime history ....................................................................... 81 President: Dr. Terry Ackerman, University of North Carolina Greensboro Players of the Week ......................................................... 99-103 Vice President: Dr. Chris Geyerman, Georgia Southern University Players of the Month .............................................................104 Pre-FCS Postseason History ................................................141 Executive Committee Southern Conference Champions ....................................146 Charlie Cobb, Appalachian State University All-time Records Dr. Alan Hauser, Appalachian State University Individual Records .........................................................108-120 Dr. Vince Benigni, College of Charleston Team Records ..................................................................121-123 Dr. Chip Taylor, The Citadel NCAA Statistics Champions .................................................. 81 Ms. Katy McNay, Davidson College Annual Leaders Ms. Faith Shearer, Elon University Individual ..........................................................................124-127 Dr. Fred Smith, Davidson College Team ...................................................................................128-131 Dr. Eric Hall , Elon University FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) Dr. William Pierce, Furman University FCS Playoff Individual Records ..................................138-139 Dr. Chris Geyerman, Georgia Southern University FCS Playoff Team Records ....................................................140 Dr. Terry Ackerman, University of North Carolina Greensboro National Champions .....................................................134-137 Dr. Chris Metress, Samford University Playoff History .................................................................132-133 Dr. Debbie Ingram, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Southern Conference Dr. A.J. Grube, Western Carolina University 2012 Composite Schedule .......................................................2 Dr. Jameica Hill, Wofford College Southern Conference History ..............................................4-8 Southern Conference Media Relations ............................. 11 On the Cover: SoCon on TV ..................................................................................3 From left to right: Kelsey Pope (Samford), Jeremy Kimbrough Southern Conference Staff ................................................ 9-10 (Appalachian State), Aaron Mellette (Elon), Brent Russell (Georgia Southern Conference Teams Southern), Eric Breitenstein (Wofford), Joshua Williams (Chatta- Appalachian State ..............................................................12-17 The Citadel ............................................................................18-23 nooga), Colin Anderson (Furman), Rock Williams (Western Caro- Elon ..........................................................................................24-29 lina), and Chris Billingslea (The Citadel). Furman ...................................................................................30-35 Georgia Southern ...............................................................36-41 Credits Samford ..................................................................................42-47 Editor: Jonathan Caskey Chattanooga .........................................................................48-53 Design: Jonathan Caskey, Jamie Serverns Western Carolina .................................................................54-59 Cover: Jamie Severns Wofford ...................................................................................60-65 Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon football SIDs. Yearly Standings ....................................................................142-145 Online Services: MultiAd, 1720 Detweiler Drive, Peoria, Illinois 61615 1 August 30 (Thursday) October 27 (Saturday) Mars Hill at Western Carolina 8:00 *The Citadel at Wofford ESPN3 1:30 *Furman at Elon 3:00 September 1 (Saturday) *Appalachian State at Western Carolina 3:30 Appalachian State at East Carolina Fox Sports Net Noon *Georgia Southern at Chattanooga 6:00 Elon at North Carolina ACC Network 12:30 *Furman at Samford CSS 4:30 November 3 (Saturday) Charleston Southern at The Citadel 6:00 *Appalachian State at Georgia Southern ESPN3 2:00 Jacksonville at Georgia Southern 6:00 *Elon at The Citadel 2:00 Wofford at Gardner-Webb 6:00 *Wofford at Samford 3:00 Chattnaooga at South Florida ESPN3 7:00 *Chattanooga at Western Carolina 3:30 September 8 (Saturday) November 10 (Saturday) Coastal Carolina at Furman 5:00 The Citadel at VMI 1:30 *Georgia Southern at The Citadel 6:00 *Samford at Elon #ESPN3 1:30 Montana at Appalachian State ESPN3/ESPN-GP 6:30 *Chattanooga at Wofford #ESPN3 1:30 Lincoln at Wofford 7:00 Howard at Georgia Southern 2:00 North Carolina Central at Elon 7:00 *Furman at Appalachian State #ESPN3 3:30 Chattanooga at Jacksonville State 7:00 West Alabama at Samford 7:00 November 17 (Saturday) Western Carolina at Marshall Fox College Sports 7:00 *The Citadel at Furman #ESPN3 1:30 *Elon at Chattanooga #ESPN3 2:00 September 13 (Thursday) Georgia Southern at Georgia SEC TBA Glenville State at Chattanooga 7:00 Samford at Kentucky SEC TBA Western Carolina at Alabama SEC TBA September 15 (Saturday) Wofford at South Carolina SEC TBA Furman at Clemson ACC RSN/ESPN3 3:00 Samford at Gardner-Webb 3:00 November 24 (Saturday) West Virginia State at Elon 3:00 NCAA FCS Playoffs (Opening Round) *The Citadel at Appalachian State 3:30 *Western Carolina at Wofford 7:00 December 1 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoffs (First Round) September 22 (Saturday) Furman at Presbyterian CSS Noon December 7 and 8 (Friday, Saturday) Samford at Western Carolina 3:30 NCAA FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinals) *Appalachian State at Chattanooga 6:00 The Citadel at North Carolina State 6:00 December 14 and 15 (Friday, Saturday) *Elon at Georgia Southern 6:00 NCAA FCS Playoffs (Semifinals) September 29 (Saturday) January 5 (Saturday) *Western Carolina at Furman 1:30 NCAA FCS Playoffs (Championship) ESPN2 *Wofford at Elon 1:30 Coastal Carolina at Appalachian