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9/21/2015 8:37:00 AM | Football
GS opens Sun Belt play with game at Idaho
The Georgia Southern Eagles will open up conference play on Saturday, Sept. 26 with their longest road trip in 15 years as they head west to take on Idaho. Here's all you need to know about the game:
Game 4: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 • 6 PM Pacific/9 PM Eastern
Location: Moscow, Idaho (Kibbie Dome; 16,000)
Broadcast Information
Online: ESPN3
PBP: Bud Nameck; Analyst: Bill Ames
Radio: Eagle Sports Network
PBP: Chris Blair; Analyst: Terry Harvin; Sidelines: Danny Reed
GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
LIVE STATS
The Series
• Georgia Southern leads the all-time series with Idaho 2-0 as the two teams have met only twice previously, a 28-27 Eagle win on Dec. 1, 1990 in the NCAA Division I playoffs en route to their fourth I-AA National Championship, and last year in Statesboro. The Eagles won that game 47-24.
• Both Georgia Southern and Idaho are in their second seasons as Sun Belt Conference members, although Idaho is in its second stint in the league.
Back to Idaho
• This will be the Eagles' first game in the state of Idaho since losing the 1988 Division I-AA National Championship Game to Furman in Pocatello.
• It will be the farthest west the Eagles have played since losing to Oregon State in 1999 in Corvallis, Oregon.
Alma Mater Pride on the Line
• Georgia Southern defensive line coach Kevin Peoples and Idaho head coach Paul Petrino are both graduates of Carroll College, where they played for Coach Bob Petrino, Sr.
• Peoples and Petrino helped lead the Saints to the 1989 Frontier Conference crown and a berth in the NAIA playoffs.
• Additionally, both hail from Butte, Montana.
Dome Sweet Dome
• You can add the Kibbie Dome to the list of indoor stadiums the Eagles will have played in after this weekend as it joins the six other "domes" GS has played in over the years. Georgia Southern is 9-7 all-time when the roof is over its head.
Georgia Dome (2-0): def. MTSU ('95); def. Georgia St. ('14)
Tacoma Dome (2-0): def. Furman (85); def. Ark St ('86)
UNI-Dome (1-0): def. Northern Iowa ('85)
Mini-Dome (4-4): went 4-4 against ETSU
Holt Arena (0-1): lost to Furman ('88)
Fargo Dome (0-2): went 0-2 against NDSU
Coach to Cure MD
• Head coach Willie Fritz will participate in Coach To Cure MD this weekend, the AFCA's way to educate the country about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and raise money to fight this deadly opponent.
• The AFCA started Coach To Cure MD eight years ago, and now over 10,000 coaches participate every year.
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects one in 3,500 boys and with no treatment or cure, most don't live to see their 30th birthday. The AFCA's work in Coach To Cure MD is a partnership with the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest nonprofit organization in the United States focused entirely on Duchenne.
Road Warriors
• Georgia Southern's trip to Moscow, Idaho, will be one of the longest in the FBS this year, according to UCF Sports Information Director Brian Ormiston. Not counting any games involving Hawaii, this trip will be the seventh-longest trip among FBS schools within the continental U.S. (campus to campus, air miles according to TravelMath).
1) UCF at Stanford – 2,427 (9/12)
2) San Diego State at Penn State – 2,230 (9/26)
3) Virginia at UCLA – 2,227 (9/5)
4) Georgia State at Oregon – 2,181 (9/19)
5) Washington State at Rutgers – 2,161 (9/12)
6) Nevada at Buffalo – 2,125 (9/26)
7) Georgia Southern at Idaho – 2,098 (9/26)
• Of these seven games, only Georgia Southern, Nevada and Georgia State had a road game on the front or back end of the long trip. Georgia State won at New Mexico State (1,301 miles) the week before it lost in Eugene last week. Nevada lost at Texas A&M (1,459 miles) the week before its trip to Buffalo this week.
• Georgia Southern travels to Louisiana Monroe next week (603 miles). The Eagles are the only team on this list with back-to-back road conference games.
Three Time Zones, Four Days, One Game
• Georgia Southern will head to the Pacific Northwest on Thursday to allow for an extra day to get acclimated to the time zone change.
Total Miles
• Statesboro to Savannah Airport - 50 driving miles (100 miles round trip)
• Savannah Airport to Lewiston Airport - 2,140 flying miles (4,280 miles round trip)
• Lewiston to Kibbie Dome - 35 flying miles (70 miles round trip)
4,450 total miles
64 hours door to door
Game 4: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 • 6 PM Pacific/9 PM Eastern
Location: Moscow, Idaho (Kibbie Dome; 16,000)
Broadcast Information
Online: ESPN3
PBP: Bud Nameck; Analyst: Bill Ames
Radio: Eagle Sports Network
PBP: Chris Blair; Analyst: Terry Harvin; Sidelines: Danny Reed
GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
LIVE STATS
The Series
• Georgia Southern leads the all-time series with Idaho 2-0 as the two teams have met only twice previously, a 28-27 Eagle win on Dec. 1, 1990 in the NCAA Division I playoffs en route to their fourth I-AA National Championship, and last year in Statesboro. The Eagles won that game 47-24.
• Both Georgia Southern and Idaho are in their second seasons as Sun Belt Conference members, although Idaho is in its second stint in the league.
Back to Idaho
• This will be the Eagles' first game in the state of Idaho since losing the 1988 Division I-AA National Championship Game to Furman in Pocatello.
• It will be the farthest west the Eagles have played since losing to Oregon State in 1999 in Corvallis, Oregon.
Alma Mater Pride on the Line
• Georgia Southern defensive line coach Kevin Peoples and Idaho head coach Paul Petrino are both graduates of Carroll College, where they played for Coach Bob Petrino, Sr.
• Peoples and Petrino helped lead the Saints to the 1989 Frontier Conference crown and a berth in the NAIA playoffs.
• Additionally, both hail from Butte, Montana.
Dome Sweet Dome
• You can add the Kibbie Dome to the list of indoor stadiums the Eagles will have played in after this weekend as it joins the six other "domes" GS has played in over the years. Georgia Southern is 9-7 all-time when the roof is over its head.
Georgia Dome (2-0): def. MTSU ('95); def. Georgia St. ('14)
Tacoma Dome (2-0): def. Furman (85); def. Ark St ('86)
UNI-Dome (1-0): def. Northern Iowa ('85)
Mini-Dome (4-4): went 4-4 against ETSU
Holt Arena (0-1): lost to Furman ('88)
Fargo Dome (0-2): went 0-2 against NDSU
Coach to Cure MD
• Head coach Willie Fritz will participate in Coach To Cure MD this weekend, the AFCA's way to educate the country about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and raise money to fight this deadly opponent.
• The AFCA started Coach To Cure MD eight years ago, and now over 10,000 coaches participate every year.
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects one in 3,500 boys and with no treatment or cure, most don't live to see their 30th birthday. The AFCA's work in Coach To Cure MD is a partnership with the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest nonprofit organization in the United States focused entirely on Duchenne.
Road Warriors
• Georgia Southern's trip to Moscow, Idaho, will be one of the longest in the FBS this year, according to UCF Sports Information Director Brian Ormiston. Not counting any games involving Hawaii, this trip will be the seventh-longest trip among FBS schools within the continental U.S. (campus to campus, air miles according to TravelMath).
1) UCF at Stanford – 2,427 (9/12)
2) San Diego State at Penn State – 2,230 (9/26)
3) Virginia at UCLA – 2,227 (9/5)
4) Georgia State at Oregon – 2,181 (9/19)
5) Washington State at Rutgers – 2,161 (9/12)
6) Nevada at Buffalo – 2,125 (9/26)
7) Georgia Southern at Idaho – 2,098 (9/26)
• Of these seven games, only Georgia Southern, Nevada and Georgia State had a road game on the front or back end of the long trip. Georgia State won at New Mexico State (1,301 miles) the week before it lost in Eugene last week. Nevada lost at Texas A&M (1,459 miles) the week before its trip to Buffalo this week.
• Georgia Southern travels to Louisiana Monroe next week (603 miles). The Eagles are the only team on this list with back-to-back road conference games.
Three Time Zones, Four Days, One Game
• Georgia Southern will head to the Pacific Northwest on Thursday to allow for an extra day to get acclimated to the time zone change.
Total Miles
• Statesboro to Savannah Airport - 50 driving miles (100 miles round trip)
• Savannah Airport to Lewiston Airport - 2,140 flying miles (4,280 miles round trip)
• Lewiston to Kibbie Dome - 35 flying miles (70 miles round trip)
4,450 total miles
64 hours door to door
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