Maine Prepares For Georgia Southern Option
By David Coulson
Executive Editor
College Sports Journal
STATESBORO, GA — It was only a matter of minutes after his team had finished up its press conference following a 34-12 road victory over Appalachian State in an NCAA Division I Football Championship second-round game and Maine coach Jack Cosgrove was already thinking about how to stop Georgia Southern's triple-option.
You couldn't help but wonder if Cosgrove was feeling a sense of Deja Vu.
Nine years earlier, the Black Bears' reward for beating Appalachian State 14-13 in the first round was a trip to Paulson Stadium to face the high-flying Eagles and now in 2011, Maine faces that challenge again.
Third-seeded Georgia Southern (10-2) hosts Maine (9-3) Saturday at 2 p.m. in a quarterfinal-round game that can be seen on ESPN3.
Jones, Williams Teach Teams About Respect, Winning
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Boxtorow.com Special to College Sports Journal When Anthony Jones' Alabama A&M Bulldogs, the representative of the Eastern Division, meet Doug Williams' Grambling State Tigers the West champion, in the Southwest Conference Football Championship game at Legion Field in Birmingham on Saturday, it will mark the second time the two coaches have gone head-to-head in the championship game. It was Jones' first year at Alabama A&M back in 2002 and Williams' third year at Grambling when they first met. Williams' team came away with a 31-19 victory, the third-straight championship for Grambling State. Williams left Grambling a couple of years later for a front office position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while Jones remained at Alabama A&M and has played in three more championship games, winning in 2006. Read more: Jones, Williams Teach Teams About Respect, Winning FCS Wrap-Up: Safety Stops Shootout, And Lehigh Beats Towson
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TOWSON, MD. — It was billed as a shootout between two of the top offenses of the Football Championship Subdivision. And it was, indeed, a shootout between the the tough running game of Towson, and the precision passing game of Lehigh. But no one would have predicted the way the Mountain Hawks would come back for a 40-38 victory. This second-round game in the NCAA Division I Football Championship was viewed as a game for supremacy in the East. It was, indeed, a showcase between the champions of the Patriot League and the champions of the Colonial Athletic Association, or CAA, for Beast of the East. But with all that was billed and all that was hyped the last two weeks regarding this game, played in front of a sellout, standing-room crowd of 11,196 at Johnny Unitas Stadium, nobody could have anticipated that the outcome of the game, the game-winning play, would come on Lehigh defensive end Tom Bianchi sacking Towson quarterback Grant Enders in the end zone. Read more: FCS Wrap-Up: Safety Stops Shootout, And Lehigh Beats Towson FCS Wrap-up: Refreshed Maine Stuns Appalachian State
Executive Editor College Sports Journal
BOONE, N.C. — At the end of the regular season, Maine was a tired, worn-out team that looked nothing like the squad that had soared to an 8-1 start and had pushed BCS Pittsburgh to the limit in an early-season contest.
But a little rest and relaxation worked wonders for the Black Bears, who returned to form for a stunning 34-12 victory over Appalachian State Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championships before 15,291 fans at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Read more: FCS Wrap-up: Refreshed Maine Stuns Appalachian State More Articles...
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