Brandon Howard Named to Strength/Conditioning Staff

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Published on Thursday, 06 November 2008 00:11

STATESBORO, Ga. – Brandon Howard has been hired as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Georgia Southern. Howard joins the Eagles staff following two years at Utah State.

Howard will assist with the Eagle football program and work directly with the track and field, women’s soccer and golf teams.

As a graduate assistant with the Aggies, Howard worked with the football team in addition to working with the track and field program, gymnastics and women’s basketball.

A 2005 graduate of East Carolina, Howard was a four-year letterwinner. He was named Special Teams captain his senior year and played in the 2001 GMAC Bowl against Marshall.

Originally from Jacksonville, Howard was an All-State football player at The Bolles School. He was named All-First Coast his senior year and also earned All-State honors in weightlifting.

Howard is certified with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He also received a USA Weightlifting’s Sports Performance Coach certification.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology from East Carolina in 2005. He is finishing his requirements for a master’s degree in Exercise Science from Utah State.

Broadcasts of Eagle Football Games Set for 16 Affiliates Statewide

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Published on Sunday, 01 August 2010 14:03

STATESBORO, Ga. - Covering the Georgia Southern Football program from the press box, the sidelines and the practice fields this fall, the Georgia Southern Radio Network is pleased to announce a lineup of 16 affiliates for the 2010 season. Georgia Southern fans throughout the state of Georgia can listen to the full slate of Eagle football games and follow the team as the vaunted triple option offense returns to Paulson Stadium and a young and eager defense takes the field. Georgia Southern Football games will be broadcast across one of the largest radio networks in NCAA Division I-FCS. 

Director of Network Operations Chris Blair, who returns as the "Voice of the Eagles" for his fifth season, added four new affiliates to the lineup. New partnerships for 2010 Albany's 100.3 WOBB-FM and 550 WDUN in Gainesville, which will provide the Georgia Southern Radio Network with two of the most powerful broadcast signals in the state.

"In addition to the 12 affiliates returning from the 2009 season, we are excited to have developed new relationships with stations in the Atlanta, north Georgia, Columbus, Albany, and Augusta areas."

WOBB, B-100 in Albany, a popular, 100,000 watt station in the southwest corner of the state, will provide live coverage on Saturdays to Eagle fans in Albany, Tifton, Moultrie, Blakely, Bainbridge and Thomasville in addition to reaching east Alabama and northwest Florida.

NewsTalk 550 WDUN in Gainesville is one of the most well-respected broadcast stations in the state of Georgia and the Southeast. WDUN will serve as the radio outlet for the greater Atlanta metro area and all of north Georgia. The station's massive daytime coverage includes eastern Tennessee and western South and North Carolina.

"When we arrived in Statesboro we went to work to deliver a plan of what we believed in -- high-quality production and consistent network coverage." Blair said. "Our affiliates are required to carry the full schedule of Georgia Southern Football games each and every Saturday and we're constantly working to improve our programs and broadcasts. The fans, the football program, its legendary success, and the University deserve nothing less than that."

Back for the 2010 season, game day will feature "The Citizens Bank Tailgate Show" beginning two hours prior to each kickoff. The show, hosted by sideline reporter Ryan Chambers along with Russ Brown and Statesboro Herald sports editor Matt Yogus, will feature in-depth interviews and analysis on each matchup. "The Citizens Bank Tailgate Show" moves from the booth to a new setup near the entrance of Paulson Stadium and Bishop Field House for home games to provide fans in attendance and those listening the full tailgating experience at Paulson Stadium. Blair and four-year Eagle letterman and three-time national champion Terry Harvin bring the fans into the stadium for kickoff. Blair will handle play-by-play responsibilities while Harvin provides the color analysis.

Along with full coverage on 16 statewide radio affiliates, pre-game, post-game and every minute of Eagle football action can be heard online and worldwide on the official website of Georgia Southern Athletics, www.GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com. For a complete list of affiliates, talent profiles and archive links, visit www.GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com/radionetwork.

Broadcast Rights Agreement Extended Through 2014

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Published on Friday, 12 March 2010 11:27

STATESBORO, Ga.  - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department announced that it has extended its broadcast rights agreement with Georgia Eagle Media through 2014. Georgia Eagle Media, headquartered in Warner Robins, Ga., develops, maintains and manages the Georgia Southern Radio Network for football and broadcasts for both basketball programs and Eagle baseball.

"The Georgia Southern Athletics Department is very excited about being able to extend the current radio contract," said Director of Athletics Sam Baker. "Georgia Eagle Media has worked very hard to develop an outstanding football network throughout the state of Georgia, as well as provide great exposure for our baseball and men's and women's basketball programs. The efforts of Georgia Eagle Media have provided our teams, fans and alumni with an elite broadcast platform."

Broadcasting all home and away games for football, men's and women's basketball and baseball, as well as lending its on-air talent to special segments and shows for GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com, Georgia Eagle Media has been the Georgia Southern Athletics broadcast rights holder since 2006. The team of Chris Blair, play-by-play, Terry Harvin, analyst, and Ryan Chambers, sideline reporter, will once again bring Eagle fans all the action beginning with the 2010 football season opener September 4 vs. Savannah State.

In addition to all Georgia Southern regular season and playoff football games on the network Georgia Eagle Media will continue to broadcast all Eagle and Lady Eagle basketball games and baseball games locally in Statesboro. As part of the agreement, network affiliates may also choose to distribute select basketball and baseball games during the course of their respective seasons. Blair will be joined by John Koon again for the 2010-11 men's basketball campaign with Ryan Chambers handling the play-by-play duties for both Lady Eagle basketball and baseball.

"Building the network and game broadcasts around a preeminent program like Georgia Southern enhances not only our enterprise, but has created a partnership that benefits the athletics department, Eagle fans and alumni," said Chris Blair, director of network operations for Georgia Eagle Media. "This contract extension allows us to work together to deliver game day excitement to Georgia Southern fans on the radio network and worldwide through our online broadcasts."

Georgia Southern fans and alumni who reside outside the coverage areas may listen to live and on-demand audio broadcasts of Georgia Southern football, men's and women's basketball, and baseball games for free on www.GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com.

In addition to other media outlets, Georgia Eagle Media owns and operates 15 radio stations with seven located in southeast Georgia, including the network's 25,000 watt flagship Eagle 102.9 (WPMX FM).

BY THE NUMBERS -- Football

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Published on Wednesday, 09 November 2011 10:08

BY THE NUMBERS - EAGLE FOOTBALL

STATESBORO, Ga. - "By the Numbers" spotlights a Georgia Southern Athletics team each week with statistics, rankings and other interesting items of note during our Eagles' seasons. The Football team is the featured squad this week.

1: Georgia Southern MBA student and placekicker Adrian Mora tops the NCAA active career leaders chart in field goal percentage, having made 85.07 percent of his field goals (57-67) since 2008.

6: Georgia Southern Football owns an unprecedented six FCS (previously I-AA) national championships, winning back-to-back titles in 1985-1986, 1989-1990 and 1999-2000. Head Coach Jeff Monken was a part the Eagles' last two national championships as an assistant coach for Paul Johnson.

6: Number of rushing touchdowns scored by 2007 Walter Payton Award winner Jayson Foster against Coastal Carolina, a Georgia Southern single-game record.

7: Seven different Eagles scored eight touchdowns in Georgia Southern's 62-21 win over Tusculum earlier this year.

9: The Eagles won their ninth Southern Conference title with the 31-10 defeat of Wofford last weekend.

13: With a 6-0 mark at Paulson Stadium during 2011, Georgia Southern posted its 13th undefeated home season.

22: Three individuals hold the record for most tackles in a single game with 22: Edward Thomas (1997) and James Dickerson (1996) tied Jessie Jenkins' (1985) initial standard. Redshirt-freshman Deion Stanley has the highest single-game total this season with 13 total tackles against The Citadel.

39: The longest home win streak by an FCS team is 39 games, when Georgia Southern went undefeated at Paulson Stadium from Sept. 27, 1997 through December 15, 2001. The Eagles also hold the second-longest streak, 38 games, recorded from 1985-1990. Georgia Southern has the longest home win streak among SoCon schools with eight dating back to the upset of then-top-ranked Appalachian State in 2010.

41: Georgia Southern has won 41 NCAA playoff games, 11 more than the next team on the list. Should the Eagles be included in the field of 20 teams announced Sunday at 10 a.m. on ESPNU, it will bring their playoff appearances total to 18.

63: Distance on the longest field goal in NCAA FCS history by Tim Foley against James Madison in 1987. Foley is also in the NCAA record books for his 90.9 success rate for field goals longer than 50 yards (made 10-11 attempts) and highest percentage (season and career) for field goals of 40-plus yards.

143: Mora, who broke the NCAA FCS record for career consecutive extra points against Furman earlier this year, continues to extend the record and stands at a perfect 143-143.

1,870: Senior Laron Scott, who owns Georgia Southern's single-season records for kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage (2010), also took over the career record earlier this season and adds to that total with 1,870 kickoff return yards. He currently ranks second in the nation this season with an average of 34.37 yards per return.

6,559: The 1999 Walter Payton Award winner, Adrian Peterson rushed for 6,559 yards in his career (a total which does not include playoff games), the NCAA Division I record (yes, you read that correctly, the FBS record holder had 6,397). Peterson also still holds the Division I record for most rushing touchdowns in a career with 84 (which also does not include his 30 playoff TDs).

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