gasouthern
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Hello All!
Just wanted to re-welcome myself to the Forum since Georgia Southern and Bama are finally paired up to play each other. Since i'm here I thought I'd post some info about my beloved school before our first ever (I believe) meeting.
First, we are not the GSU from Atlanta, Georgia State, that Bama played last season, they are startups with a losing record and while they are busy losing to D-II schools and NAIA schools we just finished our regular FCS season with a 9-1 record and top 5 ranking (and a vote in the AP Poll for BAMA's subdivision)
Georgia Southern has a very proud fanbase, we average a national championship every five years and we have the third highest winning percentage in D-I behind only Michigan and Notre Dame http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winningest_college_football_teams
We run a version of Georgia Tech's triple option offense, Paul Johnson is a former coach at Georgia Southern, and we also run a 4-3 Defense. We are built very similar to Alabama, we are a run first, strong defense team and i'm very interested to see how we match up with Alabama's offense.
GSU has never upset an FBS team even though we have come close a few times. In the 80's we were up on Auburn at half and let it slip away and also up on Florida State in the 4th quarter and managed to mail that one in too. Last year we lost to Navy by 6 and a decade ago time ran out as we were driving for the win against Oregon State.
We are similar to Alabama in more ways than our general coaching philosophy too. We have similar uniforms which reflect our humble beginnings... our helmet stripe was "training tape" because we could not afford to put the stripes on the helmets.
Our school is located in Statesboro, GA (college town one hour from the beach) and we have 20,000 students. We play in the Southern Conference with the likes of Samford and Appalachian State.
I'm really excited to see Trent Richardson go up against our Defense, we also have a #3 that we are very proud of, Adrian Peterson. Not the Oklahoma/Vikings one but rather the GSU/Bears running back. He rushed for 9,000+ Yards and 111 touchdowns in 4 years as Southern going to three straight championships and winning two.
[video=youtube;hp_ABmN-sMU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp_ABmN-sMU[/video]
I wish the Crimson Tide well this weekend and can't wait to see the game!
GATA Eagles
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
Just wanted to re-welcome myself to the Forum since Georgia Southern and Bama are finally paired up to play each other. Since i'm here I thought I'd post some info about my beloved school before our first ever (I believe) meeting.
First, we are not the GSU from Atlanta, Georgia State, that Bama played last season, they are startups with a losing record and while they are busy losing to D-II schools and NAIA schools we just finished our regular FCS season with a 9-1 record and top 5 ranking (and a vote in the AP Poll for BAMA's subdivision)
Georgia Southern has a very proud fanbase, we average a national championship every five years and we have the third highest winning percentage in D-I behind only Michigan and Notre Dame http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winningest_college_football_teams
We run a version of Georgia Tech's triple option offense, Paul Johnson is a former coach at Georgia Southern, and we also run a 4-3 Defense. We are built very similar to Alabama, we are a run first, strong defense team and i'm very interested to see how we match up with Alabama's offense.
GSU has never upset an FBS team even though we have come close a few times. In the 80's we were up on Auburn at half and let it slip away and also up on Florida State in the 4th quarter and managed to mail that one in too. Last year we lost to Navy by 6 and a decade ago time ran out as we were driving for the win against Oregon State.
We are similar to Alabama in more ways than our general coaching philosophy too. We have similar uniforms which reflect our humble beginnings... our helmet stripe was "training tape" because we could not afford to put the stripes on the helmets.
Our school is located in Statesboro, GA (college town one hour from the beach) and we have 20,000 students. We play in the Southern Conference with the likes of Samford and Appalachian State.
I'm really excited to see Trent Richardson go up against our Defense, we also have a #3 that we are very proud of, Adrian Peterson. Not the Oklahoma/Vikings one but rather the GSU/Bears running back. He rushed for 9,000+ Yards and 111 touchdowns in 4 years as Southern going to three straight championships and winning two.
[video=youtube;hp_ABmN-sMU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp_ABmN-sMU[/video]
I wish the Crimson Tide well this weekend and can't wait to see the game!
GATA Eagles
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
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