BY THE NUMBERS -- Georgia Southern Football
3/11/2014 5:49:00 PM | Football
Some numbers to ponder in the weeks before the Eagle Football team returns to the practice field.
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STATESBORO, Ga. – With winter workouts winding down and spring- (and summer-like) temperatures invading the 'Boro, it will be just a matter of time until the Georgia Southern Football team is back on the practice fields. The Blue-White Spring game, set for April 12th, will give Eagle Nation its football fix until the season opens August 30th at N.C. State.
1 – National outlet 247sports.com selected Georgia Southern's 2014 signing class as the best in the Sun Belt Conference. Eighteen new Eagles have committed to attend the University and play football for Georgia Southern since signing day with three who enrolled at mid-year to bring the total to 21.
5 – Georgia Southern faces five of its 2014 opponents for the very first time: Georgia State, Georgia Tech, New Mexico State, N.C. State and South Alabama – all in games played on the road.
7 – The Eagles will play seven games in their home state this year beginning with the opener at Paulson Stadium against Savannah State on September 6th, a September 13th contest at Georgia Tech, and first Sun Belt Conference home game versus Appalachian State September 27th just in the first month. The entire 2014 schedule is available HERE.
10 – Coach Willie Fritz will be one of the featured speakers as part of the 10 Coaches' Caravan dates set for this spring. The first event, in Emanuel County on Tuesday, April 22nd, kicks off the tour with two dates Thursday, May 15th, and Friday, May 16th, in metro Atlanta. Additional dates and information released soon on GSEagles.com.
15 – The NCAA permits football programs to schedule 15 practices during the spring to prepare for the upcoming 2014 season. The Eagles begin spring practice on Tuesday, March 25th with the annual Blue-White spring game set for 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 12th at Paulson Stadium.
61 – To date, sixty-one percent of Eagle season ticket holders have renewed their seats for the upcoming 2014 campaign, Georgia Southern's first in the FBS and Sun Belt Conference. Reservations for new season tickets are being taken now with seat locations to be determined after the renewal period ends April 18th.
182 – Georgia Southern's Football coaching staff has a combined 182 years of full-time experience, the most ever in the history of the Eagles' program. The 2014 season will be Head Coach Willie Fritz's 30th as a full-time coach while Assistant Coach Alex Atkins recently completed his seventh last fall.
507 – Number of games in which the Eagles' 21 seniors have played during their careers so far. Of that number, there are 199 combined starts with wide receiver Kentrellis Showers with the most number of games played at 39 and Deion Stanley with the highest total starts at 32.
4,336 – Estimated number of miles the Eagles will travel in 2014 with games in Raleigh, N.C., Mobile, Ala., Las Cruces, N.M., San Marcos, Texas, and Annapolis, Md., as well as two trips up the road to Atlanta for games at Georgia Tech and Georgia State.
25,000 – New capacity for the expanded Allen E. Paulson Stadium with the addition of lower level seats on the north side, the mid-deck seating as Family Plan grass seating and the exclusive Bishop Club location. To renew your tickets, visit GSEagles.com/renewals or to purchase new tickets call 1-800-GSU-WINS. Questions? Call 1-800-GSU-WINS or send an e-mail to tickets@GeorgiaSouthern.edu.
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