#EagleNation
there was a lot that went down last night - so let's do a
@GSAthletics_FB
thread:
The Eagles are 4-1 & 1-0 in
@SunBelt
for the 1st time since 2018
The school-record crowd of 26,483 was the largest home crowd in the league for the 2nd time in '23!
#GATA
@Learfield
I’ve never seen a team embody what
@GSAthletics_BSB
means more than this team - a wonderful group w/guts & heart. They earned everything. Be very proud of them. I know I am.
#GATA
#HailSouthern
It’s official!
@GSAthletics_BSB
will host a regional for the 1st time ever, back in the tourney as an at large for the 1st time since 2001, 7th NCAA appearance overall under
@rhennon10
!
Rest of the field will be announced Monday @ Noon!
#GATA
#WingsUp
#FindAWay
A thrill to have a few minutes pregame with the Voices of
@AuburnMBB
@aburcham04
& coach Sonny Smith. Tip-off 9 pm EST Eagles v Tigers, 8:30 airtime on the
@GSSportsNetwork
!
IT IS WELL!
@GSAthletics_MBB
takes the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase title in an 80-77 thriller over Montana! Eagles take an in-season tourney for the 1st time since '03 & are 5-0 for the 2nd straight year for the 1st time since '49 & '50!
#GATA
#WingsUp
#HailSouthern
#TrueBlue
How
@GSAthletics_BSB
earned its 1st Top 25 ranking since March 2013:
*17 comeback W - 11 when down by 2+ (3x 5+)
*11 W when trailing at some point after the 6th
*7-1 in 1-run games, 15-2 in games decided by 3 or less
*15-3 @ JI Clements w/10 st W - longest since '09
#FindAWay
.
@GSAthletics_FB
end of regular season numbers:
50 penalties/415 yds: lowest in GS history
Allowed 333.5 tot yds/gm, 5.25 yds/play: both low since '10
3.4 yds/carry: low since '01
112.1 rush yds/gm: low since '97
#GATA
#WingsUp
59 pts - most for a GS HC in debut
TD on 6 straight drives in the 2nd half
most 2nd half pt (42) & pt in a quarter (28 4th) since '13
10 diff receivers GS HI '09 (had 14 total in '21)
Arnold TD rec/rush 1st GS since '17
1st car INT Bride/Walker/Denton
0 TFL allow 1st '14
#GATA
During Saturday's win @ ODU,
@KVT6_
hit on 18 of his last 20 passes, including 10 in a row spanning the 2nd and 3rd quarters. That's the most consecutive completions for
@GSAthletics_FB
since Lee Chapple hit 18 straight v Wofford on 10/3/09
#GATA
@Learfield
37 yrs ago (9/28/81), the
@GSAthletics_FB
program resumed practice after a 40-yr absence w/126 walk-ons.
Four years later, the Eagles were National Champions.
They repeated that 5 more times w/11 league titles & a bowl win.
What a ride.
"And you ain't seen nothin yet"
#GATA
IT IS WELL!
@GSAthletics_MBB
handles George Mason, 74-51, biggest road win for the Eagles since February 2006! Eagles 8-2 for the first time since the 1992-93 season, head out west Saturday @ CSU Bakersfield
#GATA
#WingsUp
#LetsFLY
IT IS WELL! Eagles rally from a 14-point 1st half deficit beating Troy 86-80! Tookie Brown 31 pts, 15-19 FT! Road trip ends Sunday @ South Alabama
#GATA
#WingsUp
#LetsFLY
Some
@GSAthletics_FB
defensive numbers:
*TO forced in 8 straight, 19 total, +9 TO margin over that stretch
*20 TO forced for the season, 6th FBS
*13 INT, 3rd FBS (Canteen 5, T1 FBS)
*Eagles are +42 in TO margin @ Paulson Stadium since moving to the FBS
#GATAChain
#WingsUp
Honor to share a press box on
@SunBelt
Championship Sunday with the legend John Cox - 46 years as the Voice of the
@USMGoldenEagles
& going stronger than ever!
@GSAthletics_BSB
v Southern Miss for the title - 2 pm EST 1st pitch, 1:30 airtime on the
@GSSportsNetwork
!
#EagleNation
, one year ago today, we lost Jack Stallings.
We remember him as a coach, an ambassador, a teacher, a husband, a father....we remember him as "Skip"
"It's a great day for baseball, the sun is shining, the birds are singing & the bats are jumpin' in the rack!"
.
@_canteen
becomes the 1st
@GSAthletics_FB
freshman DB to be named all-conference since James Young in 2001, 1st to be named 1st team since Arkee Thompson in 1998.
This is also the 1st time in GS history that a freshman CB has earned 1st team all-league laurels!
#GATA
#WingsUp
In advance of
@GSAthletics_FB
's opener v Gardner-Webb, just remember:
*Since 2010, GS is 16-3 @ Paulson hits 20K+
*When it's 23,500+, GS is 7-0 all-time
#EagleNation
we welcome you back in full force Saturday night @ 6 pm! Show up to watch the Eagles show out!
#GATA
#WingsUp
After last night's 348 yd rush effort,
@GSAthletics_FB
ranks 6th nationally in rush O (272.5) while also tying for the national lead in fewest TOs (2), 6th in TO margin (+6), 2nd in yds/comp (20.2), 4th fewest penalties (17) & 3rd fewest pen yds (135)
#GATA
#WingsUp
#HailSouthern
End of reg season
@GSAthletics_FB
notes:
+7 wins, biggest turnaround in GS history
+22 TO Margin:
#1
FBS, would set
#SunBelt
rec (FAU +18 '07) Ties GS rec (+22 '89)
Forced TO in 15 st, lg since 16 st from '04-'05
5 TOs total would set FBS rec
#GATA
#WingsUp
#HailSouthern
.
@GSAthletics_FB
scored more points (21) and posted more yds (341) than any other team against Alabama in 2011.
Fun fact(s): Bama allowed only 6 other passes of 30+ yds all year.
Bama also allowed only 5 carries of 20+ yds: GS had 4.
#GATA
#WingsUp
#HailSouthern
#TrueBlue
We're 39 days from kickoff for the 2020 season, so here's Johnathan Bryant with a 39 yard touchdown reception from
@CoachJayboShaw
against Alabama in 2011.
After forcing 4 TOs Saturday,
@GSAthletics_FB
is +5 over the last two games & has a +10 TO Margin for the season (12 takeaways, 2 giveaways), which is tied for 2nd nationally! The 2 giveaways are also tied for the fewest in the FBS!
#GATA
#WingsUp
#HailSouthern
#TrueBlue
Notes from
@GSAthletics_FB
's win over App St
*277 rush marked a season-high allowed by App, came in avg 112 rush allow
*Hadn't allowed a 100 yd rusher in 10 games,
@_shaiwertss
14-129, TD
*App had 6 TOs all year, Eagles forced 5 last night
#GATA
#WingsUp
#HailSouthern
*Best TO Margin in FBS last 2 yrs (+30)
*Fewest TO in FBS last 2 years (16)
*6 diff 100 yd rushers in '19,
#1
FBS
*3 rushers w/700+ yds in '19, 3rd time in
@GSAthletics_FB
history (1985, 2015)
*84 TFL, allow 3.8 yds/rush in '19, both best since 2010
#PlanToWin
#GATA
#WingsUp