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Countdown to Kickoff - New Mexico State
10/18/2016 12:52:00 PM | Football
Eagles head west for SBC battle with Aggies
10: Younghoe Koo has made all 10 of his field goal attempts this season, including two kicks of 40 yards or longer.
9: All but nine of Tyler Bass's kickoffs have gone for touchbacks this season (28 of 37).
8: BJ Johnson III has become the eighth member of the 1,000-yard receiving club at Georgia Southern.
7: The Eagles had seven rushing touchdowns and 507 yards on the ground in last year's win over New Mexico State.
6: The Georgia Southern defense has recovered six fumbles this season.
5: Matt Breida stands fifth all-time for FBS rushing yards in the state of Georgia with 3,430 yards.
4: Saturday's game will be the final of four straight road games for the Eagles, the longest in the FBS this season.
3: The Eagles have lost three games in a row for just the eighth time in the modern era.
2: This will be Georgia Southern's second game ever played in the state of New Mexico.
1: The Eagles have won one of three games played in the Mountain Time Zone. They won at NMSU in 2014 and lost to Furman in the 1988 national championship (Pocatello, Idaho) and at Colorado State in 2007.
