Football Report Monday, Nov. 3, 2008

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1 Football Report Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Assistant Commissioner Nic Bowman, Assistant Director Rebecca Hay, Public Relations Assistant Phone: (704) Fax: (704) WEEK 11 BIGSOUTHSPORTS.COM CONTACT: MARK SIMPSON BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL STANDINGS Big South Overall Team W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA Home Road L10 Streak Liberty L1 Gardner-Webb W3 Stony Brook L1 Charleston Southern W1 VMI L2 Coastal Carolina L1 Presbyterian ** W1 ** - Presbyterian is not eligible for the championship and its games against Conference members are not listed in the League standings. CHOICE HOTELS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK BRANDON MILEY QB R-Freshman Presbyterian Wilmington, N.C. In only his third start as the Blue Hose signal caller, Miley led Presbyterian to a victory over No. 17 Liberty, He was 21-of-29 passing ( =72.4 percent) for 301 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 27 yards and a score to finish the day with 328 yards of total offense against the Flames. Miley brought the Blue Hose back four times against Liberty, averaged 10.4 yards per attempt and was not sacked all afternoon. In the second half, he was 11-of-14 passing for 192 yards, including a 43-yard scoring strike and a 70-yard pass that set up the game-tying touchdown late in the third quarter. NEW BALANCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ANTHONY McKNIGHT DB Senior Presbyterian Sumter, S.C. McKnight led all defensive players in the Liberty game with a career-high 14 total tackles, including 11 solo stops. He also assisted on a key third-down sack late in the game that forced Liberty into a 4th-and-15 situation on the PC 29-yard line with :30 seconds left. Earlier in the second quarter after Liberty took over on an interception, McKnight made two tackles during a three-play drive to help force a punt. THIS WEEK S SCHEDULE Saturday, Nov. 8 STONY BROOK at Iona 1:00pm PRESBYTERIAN 1:30pm at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN #25 LIBERTY * 1:30pm at VMI COASTAL CAROLINA * 3:30pm at GARDNER-WEBB TV: MASN (live), SportSouth (tape - 7:00pm) Big South school in ALL CAPS * - Big South game LAST WEEK S RESULTS Saturday, Nov. 1 at PRESBYTERIAN 31 #17 LIBERTY 28 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK CAM MILLER K Sophomore Presbyterian Lyman, S.C. Miller hit a 28-yard field goal and was 4-of-4 on his extra point attempts to finish with seven points against the Flames. He hit the eventual game-winning field goal with 7:04 remaining in the fourth quarter. It was just his second field goal of the season, as Miller entered the game 1-of-5 on field goal attempts this season. FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK EDWIN GOWINS RB Stony Brook Bellport, N.Y. Gowins led all players with a career-high 185 yards rushing against Gardner-Webb, which entered the game holding opponents to 97.0 rushing yards per game. Gowins scored the game s first score on a 49-yard scamper, and later scored from three yards out to give Stony Brook a lead in the second quarter. In the fourth stanza, Gowins reeled off a 57-yard run that set up the Seawolves final touchdown of the day. Five of his 15 carries went for at least 10 yards and eight of his attempts resulted in first downs. He averaged 12.3 yards per carry, third-highest in the SBU record books. at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 31 VMI 21 GARDNER-WEBB 34 at STONY BROOK * 33 COASTAL CAROLINA Big South school in ALL CAPS * - Big South game idle

2 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOV. 3, PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Rashad Jennings, R-Sr., RB, Liberty Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Mario Brown, Sr., LB, Gardner-Webb PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM OFFENSE QB Brock Smith, Sr., Liberty RB Rashad Jennings, R-Sr., Liberty RB Conte Cuttino, Jr., Stony Brook WR Dee Brown, Sr., Charleston Southern WR Lynell Suggs, Sr., Stony Brook WR Dobson Collins, Sr., Gardner-Webb TE Scott Fambrough, Jr., Coastal Carolina OL Demario Deese, Sr., Gardner-Webb OL Britt Leggett, R-Sr., Coastal Carolina OL Mike Godsil, Sr., Liberty OL Britt Stone, Sr., Liberty OL Alex Bragg, R-Sr., Charleston Southern DL DL DL DL LB LB LB LB DB DB DB DB PK P LS KR PR 2008 BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL Defending champion Liberty has been selected to repeat as champions in 2008 in the League s annual preseason poll, as voted by the head coaches and media panel. Below are the preseason poll results, with first-place votes in parenthesis: 1. Liberty (12) Coastal Carolina Gardner-Webb Stony Brook Charleston Southern (1) VMI...18 Presbyterian is not playing a full Conference schedule in 2008 and is therefore not eligible for the regular-season championship. DEFENSE Colin Dugan, Sr., Liberty Phillip Oboh, Jr., Coastal Carolina Adam Soivilien, Sr., Stony Brook Jake Killeen, Sr., Charleston Southern Mario Brown, Sr., Gardner-Webb Nick Hursky, Sr., Liberty D.J. Rice, Sr., Coastal Carolina Josh Mitchell, R-Sr., Charleston Southern Marrio Norman, R-Sr., Coastal Carolina Cedric McGowan, Jr., Gardner-Webb Daniel Cooke, Sr., Gardner-Webb Patrick Calvary, Sr., Liberty SPECIAL TEAMS Luke Gaddis, Sr., Stony Brook Michael Hanna, Sr., Gardner-Webb Dan Pope, R-Sr., Liberty Tim Maypray, Jr., VMI Dobson Collins, Sr., Gardner-Webb 2008 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL COACHES TELECONFERENCE - EACH TUESDAY Each Tuesday during the 2008 season -- with the exception of Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Big South head football coaches will participate in a weekly teleconference call, beginning at 10:20am ET. Each call will be recorded and available for playback on the Conference website Tuesday afternoons. The next call is scheduled for tomorrow, Nov. 4. THIS CALL IS OPEN TO MEDIA ONLY. For more information, please contact Mark Simpson at or marks@bigsouth.org. THE BIG SOUTH IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Week of CSU CCU GWU LU PC SBU VMI Preseason --/-- RV/RV --/-- RV/RV --/-- --/-- --/-- Sept. 1 --/-- RV/-- --/-- RV/RV --/-- RV/RV --/-- Sept. 8 --/-- RV/RV --/-- 25/RV --/-- RV/-- --/-- Sept /-- --/-- --/-- 23/25 --/-- --/-- --/-- Sept /-- --/-- --/-- 25/RV --/-- --/-- --/-- Sept /-- RV/-- --/-- 20/21 --/-- --/-- --/-- Oct. 6 --/-- --/-- --/-- 15/16 --/-- --/-- --/-- Oct /-- --/-- --/-- 14/15 --/-- --/-- --/-- Oct /-- --/-- --/-- 20/21 --/-- --/-- --/-- Oct /-- --/-- --/-- 17/17 --/-- --/-- --/-- Nov. 3 --/-- --/-- --/-- 25/25 --/-- --/-- --/-- Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 The Sports Network poll is listed first, followed by the FCS Coaches Poll. RV - Received Votes Notes: Lindy s College Football Preview ranked Liberty at No. 19 and Coastal Carolina at No. 24 in its preseason rankings. Midseason Walter Payton Award Watch List Rashad Jennings, Liberty NFF Draddy Trophy Semifinalist Jacob Rochester, VMI The Sports Network National Offensive Player of the Week Rashad Jennings, Liberty (Sept. 29) The Sports Network National Defensive Player of the Week Dominique Davenport, Coastal Carolina (Sept. 8) The Sports Network National Special Teams Player of the Week Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern (Sept. 8) Preseason Walter Payton Award Watch List Rashad Jennings, Liberty Preseason Buck Buchanan Award Watch List Mario Brown, Gardner-Webb The Sports Network Preseason All-America Rashad Jennings, Liberty (1st team) Dominic Bolden, Liberty (3rd team) Mario Brown, Gardner-Webb (3rd team) 2008 BIG SOUTH NATIONAL HONORS College Sporting News Preseason All-America Mario Brown, Gardner-Webb (1st team) Rashad Jennings, Liberty (3rd team) Britt Leggett, Coastal Carolina (3rd team) Dominic Bolden, Liberty (3rd team) Lindy s Preseason All-America Tim Maypray, VMI (1st team) Mario Brown, Gardner-Webb (2nd team) The Sports Network Positional Rankings Rashad Jennings, Liberty (No. 1 RB) Brock Smith, Liberty (No. 14 QB) Derek Bishop, Liberty (No. 14 FB)

3 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOV. 3, BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Week Choice Hotels Offensive Player of the Week New Balance Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 1 RB Conte Cuttino, Jr., Stony Brook DB Chris Richards, Jr., Stony Brook TD, 7.4 AVG... REC: TT (4-S, 0-A), 1.0 TFL (-2), 2 INT... Set stadium record for INTs Sept. 8 QB Tim Maypray, Jr., VMI DB Dominique Davenport, Jr., Coastal Carolina RUSH: TD, 11.6 AVG... TD runs of 52, PASS: 1-1, 7 YDS 20 TT (11-S, 9-A), 1.0 TFL (-1)... School record for total and solo tackles Sept. 15 QB Zach MacDowall, R-Soph., Coastal Carolina LB Chad Brown, R-Soph., Liberty TD, 65.4 PCT, 233 YDS... RUSH: TT (3-S, 4-A), 2.5 TFL (-14), 1.0 SK (-9), 1 FR at Western Carolina Sept. 22 QB Zach MacDowall, R-Soph., Coastal Carolina LB D.J. Rice, Sr., Coastal Carolina TD, 157 YDS... RUSH: TD... TOFF: 197 YDS, 3 TD 11 TT (3-S, 8-A), 1.0 TFL (-1) vs. Towson... Helped hold Towson to 186 total yards Sept. 29 RB Rashad Jennings, R-Sr., Liberty LB Nick Hursky, Sr., Liberty TD in win at #23 Youngstown State 13 TT (9-S, 4-A), 3.0 TFL (-14), 1.0 SK (-11) in win at #23 Youngstown State Oct. 6 RB Rashad Jennings, R-Sr., Liberty DL Kamalu Umu, Fr., Charleston Southern TD... REC: TD in win at Coastal Carolina 5 TT (1-S, 4-A), 1 QBH, 1 INT (5 YDs)... Ended two drives (4th down stop; INT) Oct. 13 QB Tim Maypray, Jr., VMI LB A.J. Gross, R-Fr., VMI RUSH: TD... PASS: TD, 19 YDS... REC: TT (6-S, 7-A), 5.0 TFL (-27), 3.0 SK (-20)... Tied League game record for TFL Oct. 20 RB Philip Peoples, Jr., Gardner-Webb LB Jeffrey Williams, Soph., Gardner-Webb TD, 11.7 AVG vs. Presbyterian A-PURP YDS 18 TT (11-S, 7-A), 1.0 TFL (-2), 2 INT (24 YDS)... Career-high tackles Oct. 27 QB Devin Campbell, R-Sr., Gardner-Webb LB Jeffrey Williams, Soph., Gardner-Webb TD, 392 YDS, EFF... TOFF: 409 YDS 19 TT (10-S, 9-A), 2.0 TFL (-17), 1.0 SK (-15), 1 QBH Nov. 3 QB Brandon Miley, R-Fr., Presbyterian DB Anthony McKnight, Sr., Presbyterian TD, 301 YDS in win over #17 Liberty... RUSH: TD 14 TT (11-S, 3-A), 0.5 TFL (-4), 0.5 SK (-4) in win over #17 Liberty Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Week Sept SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Special Teams Player KR Jonathan Crawford, Sr., Liberty 76-yard kickoff return TD vs. North Greenville KR Gerald Stevenson, Soph., Charleston Southern (36.4 AVG) at Wofford... Returns included P Mike Larsson, Fr., Liberty 4-158, 39.5 AVG, 1 Inside Punts of 37, 40, 39, 42 YDS P Bryson Summers, Sr., Presbyterian 5-216, 43.2 AVG, 3 Inside Punts of 31, 47, 47, 47, 44 YDS K Ryan Gates, Fr., Gardner-Webb 4-of-4 FG ( ), 3-of-3 PAT = 15 PTS... Tied League FG record P Andy Brown, Fr., Charleston Southern 7-316, 45.1 AVG, 5 Inside 20, 4 Inside 10, no touchbacks, 2-50 yarders P Michael Hanna, Sr., Gardner-Webb , 48.5 AVG, 3 Inside Four 50+ punts (53, 55, 50, 61) K Luke Gaddis, Sr., Stony Brook 2-of-2 FG (37, 25), 2-of-2 PAT = 8 PTS DB Cedric McGowan, Jr., Gardner-Webb 2 blocked kicks vs. VMI yard FG attempt and PAT attempt K Cam Miller, Soph., Presbyterian 1-1 FG (28), 4-of-4 PATs = 7 PTS yard FG was game-winner Week Sept. 1 Freshman Player RB Edwin Gowins, Stony Brook TD, 12.2 AVG... TD runs of 22 and 20 YDS... Long of 57 YDS RB Edwin Gowins, Stony Brook TD, 11.1 AVG... TD run of 72 YDS (stadium record) DB Chris Kuzdale, Charleston Southern 5 TT (5-S), 1 FF, 1 FR at Miami (Ohio) K Greg Stevens, VMI 9 PTS, 9-of-9 PAT vs. Chowan - school record K Matt Bevins, Liberty 7 PTS, 3-of-3 PAT, 1-of-1 FG (Game-winning 24-YD FG) at #23 YSU K Matt Bevins, Liberty 13 PTS, 4-of-5 PAT, 3-of-3 FG (22, 28, 34) K Matt Bevins, Liberty 9 PTS, 3-of-3 PAT, 2-of-2 FG (22, 27)... PUNTS: 4-167, 41.8 AVG, 2 I20 RB Edwin Gowins, Stony Brook 10-97, 9.7 AVG yard run... 5 of 10 carries resulted in 1st downs K Ryan Gates, Gardner-Webb 10 PTS, 4-of-4 PAT, 2-of-2 FG (40, 22) vs. VMI RB Edwin Gowins, Stony Brook TD, 12.3 AVG... Scored 49-yarder and added 57-yard run Sept. 8 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Nov. 24

4 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOV. 3, 2008 BIG SOUTH TELEVISION PACKAGE RESUMES SATURDAY The 2008 Big South Television package resumes Saturday, Nov. 8 with Coastal Carolina at Gardner- Webb live on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) at 3:30pm, with a tape-delay airing later that night on SportSouth at 7:00pm. MATT HOGUE (play-by-play) and RENE NADEAU (analyst) will call the action. MASN will also air the Nov. 15 VMI at Stony Brook tilt. PRESBYTERIAN SCORES HISTORICAL UPSET Presbyterian defeated No. 17 Liberty Saturday, its first-ever win over a nationally-ranked NCAA Division I FCS program. The loss snapped the Flames Big South-record five-game road winning streak. The game was not an official Conference game since Presbyterian is not playing a complete League slate in The victory was the first for the Blue Hose over a Big South team in 2008 and PC is now 3-3 against Big South teams over the last two seasons. JENNINGS NEARING LEAGUE S ALL-TIME RUSHING RECORD Liberty RB RASHAD JENNINGS surpassed VMI s SEAN MIZZER (3,223) for second-place all-time on the Big South s career rushing yards list over the weekend. Jennings now stands at 3,321 and needs 89 yards to break DRE BARNES all-time mark of 3,409. Meanwhile, Jennings season total of 1,188 is fourth-highest in a campaign and 159 yards from equaling the single-season record of 1,347, which was set by Barnes in MMMM, GOOD Gardner-Webb QB DEVIN CAMPBELL is the first player in Big South history to compile 400 yards of total offense in consecutive games, let alone the first with two 400-yard total offense games in a season. In Week 9, Campbell finished with 409 total offensive yards against VMI, and followed that up with exactly 400 this past Saturday at Stony Brook. COAT OF ARMS Gardner-Webb s DEVIN CAMPBELL and Presbyterian s BRANDON MILEY became just the second and third players in Big South history to pass for 300 yards in back-to-back games. Campbell threw for 392 yards in Week 9 vs. VMI and 394 this past weekend at Stony Brook -- the first in League history with consecutive games over 390 yards. Miley had 331 passing yards against Gardner-Webb in Week 8 on Oct. 18, and following PC s bye week on Oct. 25, totaled 301 passing yards in the Blue Hose s upset win over Liberty. AND THE FIRST PLAYER WAS... Former Coastal Carolina QB TYLER THIGPEN owns the Big South record for consecutive games with 300 passing yards at three games. In 2006, Thigpen threw for 306 yards at Gardner-Webb on Nov. 11, 325 against Charleston Southern on Nov. 18 and 351 yards in the Chanticleers playoff game at Appalachian State on Nov. 25. Thigpen also owns the record for most 300-yard passing games in one season (5). LIBERTY S CONFERENCE GAMES WIN STREAK STILL INTACT Liberty s nine-game Conference game win streak is still intact, as the loss against Presbyterian is not an official League contest this season. The Flames have scored at least 30 points in each game and is averaging 42.3 points, while holding its League brethren to 17.6 points. The Flames also have won four of those nine games on the road. CENTURY MAN Liberty RB RASHAD JENNINGS has rushed for 100 yards in a Big South-record nine consecutive games, dating back to last season. The previous high was seven consecutive games set by Liberty s EUGENE GOODMAN from Nov. 15, 2003 to Oct. 2, Jennings has recorded 20 career 100-yard rushing games with the Flames, setting the all-time Conference record and surpassing DRE BARNES previous record of 17 in Week 8. COLLINS CATCHES UP Gardner-Webb WR DOBSON COLLINS, who became the 13th player in Big South history with 100 career receptions in Week 7 at Georgia Tech, is now tied for 7th in Conference annals with 127. He needs 11 catches for sixth-place in history. In his last six games, Collins is averaging 7.5 receptions a contest and 93.7 receiving yards to move into first in the League with 60 receptions and second with 723 yards. BOLTEN BOLDEN Liberty WR DOMINIC BOLDEN is just the third player in Big South history to amass 100 receiving yards in three consecutive games, and the first since former Charleston Southern receiver MAURICE PRICE did it in a Big South-record four-straight games in Former Gardner-Webb wideout WILLIAM ANDREWS JR. was the first player with three consecutive 100-yard receiving games in BIG SOUTH VS. OTHER CONFERENCES TOTAL (.475) Atlantic Coast Miami (Fla.) 0-1 Georgia Tech 0-1 Big Ten Penn State 0-1 Colonial Towson 1-0 Hofstra 0-1 Maine 0-1 Richmond 0-1 William & Mary 0-1 Ivy Brown 0-1 Mid-American Miami (Ohio) 0-1 Ohio 0-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic North Carolina A&T 1-0 Missouri Valley Football Youngstown State 1-0 Northeast Monmouth 1-0 St. Francis (Pa.) 1-0 Ohio Valley Austin Peay 1-0 Tennessee Tech 0-1 Patriot League Colgate 1-1 Lafayette 0-1 Southern Western Carolina 1-1 Appalachian State 0-1 Elon 0-2 Wofford 0-2 Southland Sam Houston State 0-1 FCS Independent Savannah State 1-0 Iona FCS Reclassifying North Carolina Central 2-0 Presbyterian 1-1 Non-Division I North Greenville 3-0 Chowan 1-0 Fayetteville State 1-0 Glenville State 1-0 Tusculum 1-0 Edward Waters

5 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOV. 3, 2008 MORE ON BOLDEN Liberty WR DOMINIC BOLDEN is 171 receiving yards away from becoming the fourth player in Big South history with 1,000 receiving yards in a season. His Big South-leading 829 receiving yards this season rank seventh-highest in a single-season in League annals. Meanwhile, Bolden has a Conference-best eight TD catches and is two touchdown receptions away from becoming the fifth player with 10 in a season. No Liberty player has ever led the Conference in receiving yards or touchdown receptions. DYNAMIC DUO Stony Brook running backs EDWIN GOWINS and CONTE CUTTINO rushed for 100 yards in the same game for the second time this season, as Gowins totaled 185 this past Saturday against Gardner- Webb while Cuttino gained 145 vs. the Bulldogs. The last time the Big South had two teammates rush for 100 yards in a game twice in the same season was in 2004, when Liberty did it six times that year. THREE-PEAT Liberty RB RASHAD JENNINGS leads the Big South in rushing with 1,188 yards, and is the first player in Big South history with three 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Jennings is looking to finish as the League s rushing leader for the first time in his career, and he has fallen short the past two seasons by a combined 11 yards. MMM, GOOD In his past four games, Gardner-Webb QB DEVIN CAMPBELL has gone an impressive 87-of-123 passing ( =70.7 percent) for 1,095 yards, eight touchdowns and no interceptions, in addition to a passing efficiency rating. In his three starts this year, Gardner-Webb is 3-0 and is averaging yards offensively and 38.3 points per game. TWO ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM The Big South Conference season has seen two different types of outcomes this year. In the 10 League games played thus far, six have been decided by seven points-or-less (3.5 average), while three have been decided by an average of 34 points, and no less than 27 points. The most Big South games decided by seven points-or-less in a season is seven in MAYPRAY CLOSING IN ON ANOTHER FIRST VMI QB TIM MAYPRAY is 121 rushing yards shy of becoming the first quarterback in Big South history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. He broke the single-season quarterback rushing record of 656 yards in Week 7. RECORD-SETTING FRESHMAN Stony Brook true freshman running back EDWIN GOWINS is third in the Big South with 782 rushing yards, which is a Big South record for most rushing yards by a TRUE freshman. Liberty s ZACH TER- RELL held the previous mark of 668 yards as a true frosh in In 2003, Coastal Carolina s AUN- DRES PERKINS rushed for 863 yards as a redshirt-freshman for the the Chanticleers. OF THE PEOPLES, BY THE PEOPLES, FOR THE PEOPLES Gardner-Webb RB PHILIP PEOPLES became the 22nd player in Big South history to reach 1,000 career rushing yards when he reached the milestone in Week 9 against VMI. His career total stands at 1,074. STEVENSON BECOMES BIG SOUTH CAREER LEADER IN KICKOFF RETURN YARDS Charleston Southern s GERALD STEVENSON collected 119 kickoff return yards during Week 9 at Liberty to surpass Liberty s DOMINIC BOLDEN as the Big South s career leader in kickoff return yards. Stevenson s career total stands at 1,363, ahead of Bolden s 1,303. Stevenson leads the Big South with 812 kickoff return yards this year, which is already the fourth-highest single season total in League history. Stevenson needs three kickoff returns to tie the Big South career record of 60, set by Liberty s ADRIAN HALL from FLAMES REMAIN IN NATIONAL POLLS Despite their second setback in three games, the Liberty Flames still find themselves in the two national rankings this week. Liberty is No. 25 in both The Sports Network poll and in the FCS Coaches Poll, marking the ninth-straight week that Liberty has been ranked, extending its school record. Liberty entered the national Top 25 the week of Sept. 8 for the first time since 1998, when the Flames were ranked tied for No. 24 with Troy State in the Aug. 31, 1998 preseason ESPN/USA Today Division I-AA poll. BIG SOUTH MISCELLEANOUS STATISTICS 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES 8 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 5 Tim Maypray, VMI 4 Conte Cuttino, Stony Brook 3 Edwin Gowins, Stony Brook 2 Howard Abegesah, VMI 1 Zach Terrell, Liberty 1 Zach Collins, VMI 1 Eric O Neal, Coastal Carolina 1 S.J. Worrell, Presbyterian 1 Arthur Sitton, Coastal Carolina 1 Philip Peoples, Gardner-Webb 200-YARD RUSHING GAMES 1 Rashad Jennings, Liberty CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES 9 Rashad Jennings, LU (11/17/07 - present) 3 Conte Cuttino, SBU (10/18 - present) 2 Tim Maypray, VMI (10/11-10/25) 2 Tim Maypray, VMI (9/6-9/13) 2 Edwin Gowins, SBU (8/30-9/6) 300-YARD PASSING GAMES 2 Tim Webb, Presbyterian 2 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 2 Devin Campbell Gardner-Webb 2 Brandon Miley, Presbyterian 1 Stan Doolittle, Gardner-Webb 1 Brock Smith, Liberty 3-TD PASSING GAMES 2 Brock Smith, Liberty 2 Tribble Reese, Charleston Southern 2 Devin Campbell, Gardner-Webb 1 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 1 Dayne Hoffman, Stony Brook 4-TD PASSING GAMES 1 Tribble Reese, Charleston Southern 300-YARD TOTAL OFFENSE GAMES 2 Tim Webb, Presbyterian 2 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 2 Devin Campbell, Gardner-Webb 2 Brandon Miley, Presbyterian 1 Stan Doolittle, Gardner-Webb 1 Brock Smith, Liberty 400-YARD TOTAL OFFENSE GAMES 2 Devin Campbell, Gardner-Webb 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES 4 Dominic Bolden, Liberty 2 Terrance Butler, Presbyterian 2 Dobson Collins, Gardner-Webb 2 Jonathan Crawford, Liberty 2 Dwayne Eley, Stony Brook 1 Marquel Willis, Coastal Carolina 1 Brandon Clark, Presbyterian 1 Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern 1 James Perry III, Gardner-Webb 10-RECEPTION GAMES 1 S.J. Worrell, Presbyterian 1 Terrance Butler, Presbyterian 1 Brandon Clark, Presbyterian

6 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOV. 3, 2008 YARD MARKERS For the third time this season, two Big South teams combined for 1,000 yards of total offense in a game. This past weekend, Stony Brook (525) and Gardner-Webb (480) combined for 1,005 total offensive yards. It was Gardner-Webb s second combined 1,000-yard game, as the Bulldogs (514) and Presbyterian (492) combined for 1,006 yards on Oct. 18. Earlier this season on Oct. 4, Coastal Carolina (534) and Liberty (531) combined for a Conference game record 1,065 yards. SECOND-AND-TEN Walter Payton Award candidate RASHAD JENNINGS has scored 15 touchdowns this season (13 rushing and two receiving), and is just two TDs away from tying his Big South season record of 17, which was set last year. Jennings is the second player in Big South history with three 10-touchdown seasons, and is the third in history with 42 career trips to the end zone. Coastal Carolina s AUNDRES PERKINS is the Big South s career touchdown leader with 47, followed by JEROME SIMPSON with Gardner-Webb s DOBSON COLLINS is the fourth player in Big South history with back-to-back 50 reception seasons. He joins former teammate DUVAUGHN FLAGLER (three times), VMI s ZOHN BUR- DEN (two) and Charleston Southern s MAURICE PRICE (two) with consecutive seasons with 50 catches. Collins 60 receptions this year are a career-high and ninth-most in a season in Big South history. TEETER-TOTER Gardner-Webb s DOBSON COLLINS and Liberty s DOMINIC BOLDEN each surpassed the 1,000 career receiving yard mark in Week 5, and have been within yards of each other on the all-time list since then. Bolden s 1,554 career yards rank 12th all-time and moved him past Collins, who has 1,531 and stands in 13th. Charleston Southern senior WR MARKUS MURRY moved into 10th-place in League history over the weekend with exactly 1,600 career receiving yards. Former Gardner-Webb receiver AUSTIN GAINES fell to 11th at 1,599. TAKING THEIR TREASURE Gardner-Webb s DOBSON COLLINS leads the Big South with 60 catches and is looking to become the first Bulldog since WILLIAM ANDREWS JR. in 2002 to lead the Big South in receptions. Andrews shared the League lead that season with Charleston Southern s AARON DUNKLIN. Charleston Southern s annual run of producing the top wide receiver in the Big South is in jeopardy this season, as Bucs leading receiver GERALD STEVENSON is currently 27 receptions away from the top spot. Stevenson s 33 catches this season rank ninth in the League. A Charleston Southern receiver has led or shared the Big South lead in receptions every year of Big South football. BIG MAC Coastal Carolina QB ZACH MacDOWALL is closing in on the League s all-time Top 10 in passing yards. He has thrown for 1,564 yards this season, just 367 away from the No. 10 position, which is held by Liberty s BROCK FARREL at 1,931. MacDowall s 12 touchdown passes are also just four away from the all-time leaders. Teammate WILLIAM RICHARDSON is 10th in League history with 16 touchdown passes. POINT OF ORDER Coastal Carolina has scored a point in all 65 games in its history, extending its Big South record for consecutive games with a point. VMI (46) and Liberty (36) also have extended their respective scoring streaks. In addition, Presbyterian has not been shutout in its last 27 games. A CLOSER LOOK AT VMI S SCORING STREAK VMI s 46-game scoring streak is the longest run in the 118-year history of the program. The previous record was a 43-game stretch from Earlier this year, the Keydets scored 30 points in backto-back games for the first time since SPEAKING OF POINTS... Gardner-Webb has scored 30 points in a game six times this season, the most for the Bulldogs since reaching the 30-point plateau seven times in JENNINGS CLIMBING SCORING LADDER Liberty RB RASHAD JENNINGS, who became the sixth player in League history with 200 career points when he surpassed the milestone in Week 6 at Coastal Carolina, is fourth all-time in career scoring with 254 points. Jennings total is third-most by a non-kicker, trailing Coastal Carolina s AUNDRES PERKINS (286) and JEROME SIMPSON (264). BIG SOUTH MISCELLEANOUS STATISTICS MULTI-TOUCHDOWN GAMES Player Total Rashad Jennings, LU Gerald Stevenson, CSU Dominic Bolden, LU Patrick Hall, GWU 2 2 Dobson Collins, GWU 2 2 Jonathan Crawford, LU 2 2 Edwin Gowins, SBU 2 2 Philip Peoples, GWU 2 2 Howard Abegesah, VMI 1 1 Dwayne Eley, SBU 1 1 Terrance Butler, PC 1 1 Chetyuane Reeder, PC 1 1 Tim Maypray, VMI 1 1 Zach Collins, VMI 1 1 Clayton Coffman, CSU 1 1 Gabe Itoka, VMI 1 1 William Richardson, CCU 1 1 Marquel Willis, CCU 1 1 S.J. Worrell, PC 1 1 Chaz Jones, VMI 1 1 M. Rainey-Wiles, VMI 1 1 Josh Wine, VMI 1 1 Conte Cuttino, SBU 1 1 TEAMMATES w/100-yards RUSHING, SAME GAME 2 Stony Brook (Gowins 147, Cuttino 104-8/30) (Gowins 185, Cuttino /1) 1 VMI (Maypray 116, Collins 112-9/6) TEAMMATES w/100-yards RECEIVING, SAME GAME 2 Liberty (Bolden 150, Crawford /18) (Crawford 124, Bolden /25) UPCOMING BIG SOUTH EDGE WEB VIDEO STREAMING &TELEVISION SCHEDULE Saturday, Nov. 8 Coastal Carolina at Gardner-Webb MASN, SS (TD) Liberty at VMI The EDGE Presbyterian at Charleston Southern The EDGE Saturday, Nov. 15 VMI at Stony Brook MASN Gard.-Webb at Liberty WTLU *, MASN, The EDGE Edward Waters at Charleston Southern The EDGE Coastal Carolina at Presbyterian The EDGE Saturday, Nov. 22 Elon at Liberty WTLU *, MASN, The EDGE Presbyterian at VMI The EDGE Charleston Southern at Coastal Carolina The EDGE * - Simulcast on FamilyNet (satellite) and WSET- TV digital (Lynchburg, VA) Key: MASN - Mid-Atlantic Sports Network SS - SportSouth TD - same-day tape-delay on SportSouth WTLU - Liberty campus TV airing Flames Television Network production

7 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOV. 3, 2008 REAL ESTATE BROKERS VMI s TIM MAYPRAY and Liberty teammates RASHAD JENNINGS and DOMINIC BOLDEN are the Big South s active players with more than 3,000 all-purpose yards. Maypray passed DRE BARNES (3,782) this past Saturday for second all-time at 3,797. VMI s SEAN MIZZER is the Big South s career leader at 4,621 all-purpose yards. Jennings is at 3,777 and is just six yards shy of Barnes total. Bolden s career total of 3,180 is sixth all-time. RUNNING FOR A PURPOSE Charleston Southern s GERALD STEVENSON is challenging the Big South single-season record for allpurpose yards. His total of 1,463 is fifth-most in a season, and at his current per game clip of 162.6, he would finish at 1, just short of the record of 1,975, which was established by TIM MAYPRAY last season. Stevenson would need to average all-purpose yards in the final three games to break the mark. NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING IN A RUSH VMI s season rush average of yards per game continues to lead the Big South and is second in the nation. The Keydets are well ahead of their Big South record of rushing yards per game set last season, and need 417 team rushing yards to break their League record of 3,115 yards established in VMI is on pace for 3,711 rushing yards this season. PLAYING WITH FIRE Through three League games, Liberty has allowed 38 points (all vs. Coastal Carolina) and has two shutouts. The Big South record for fewest points allowed in a Conference season is 59, set by Gardner- Webb during a four-game League schedule in Liberty s 12.7 scoring defense average in Big South games this season is pacing ahead of the League record of 14.8, which is held by the 2003 Gardner-Webb Runnin Bulldogs. CUTTING THROUGH THE CLUTTER Stony Brook junior CONTE CUTTINO surpassed 2,000 career rushing yards on his third carry of the game in Week 8 vs. Charleston Southern. He recorded his career-best third consecutive 100-yard rushing game of the season with 145 yards vs. Gardner-Webb to move into second-place all-time at Stony Brook with 2,372 rushing yards. Cuttino, who has 10 career 100-yard rushing games, is fourth in the Big South in rushing this season with 757 yards. IF THERE S A WILL, THERE S A WAY Gardner-Webb sophomore LB JEFFREY WILLIAMS has recorded 46 tackles in his last three games, pushing his season total to a Big South-leading 90. He is looking to become the first Gardner-Webb player to lead the Big South in tackles since MARIO WILLIAMS in 2002 (120). In 20 career games, Williams has 210 career tackles, a 10.5 per game career average. THIRD BROCK FROM THE SUN Liberty QB BROCK SMITH is 298 passing yards away from moving into third-place on the Big South s career passing yards list. He stands at 6,301 and is chasing former Coastal Carolina QB TYLER THIG- PEN, who had 6,598 passing yards during his career. Smith also needs two touchdown passes to tie NICK ROBERTS for third-place with 48. Smith ranks fourth all-time in pass attempts (744), fourth in completions (443), fourth in TD passes (46) and fourth in total offense (6,401). THREE S COMPANY Liberty is 3-0 in the Big South for the just the second time. The Flames opened the 2007 League slate 3-0 en route to a perfect 4-0 Conference record. Every team that has started Big South play 3-0 has gone on to win the Conference championship (2005 co-champion Charleston Southern opened 0-1). GOLDEN GATES BRIDGE Gardner-Webb freshman kicker RYAN GATES leads the Big South with 13 field goals made, which is a freshman record and fourth-most in a single-season in League history. Gates is four makes away from tying the season record of 17, set by VMI s MATT SHARPE in Gates has made two field goals in a game five times this season, and has made five field goals from 40 yards-or-longer. ZERO TOLERANCE Liberty blanked Charleston Southern 42-0 in Week 9, marking its second consecutive shutout of a Big South opponent this season. It is the first time in League history that a member has recorded two shutouts during the Conference season, let alone consecutively. In fact, Liberty has shutout three of its last four League opponents, dating back to last year s 31-0 win over Gardner-Webb in the season finale. The Flames have recorded a League-best six shutouts since Big South football began in BIG SOUTH IN THE NCAA STATISTICS The following individuals rank in the top 50 in the NCAA football statistical report following Week 10: OFFENSE Scoring 3. Rashad Jennings, Liberty Dominic Bolden, Liberty Ryan Gates, Gardner-Webb Rushing 4. Rashad Jennings, Liberty Tim Maypray, VMI Edwin Gowins, Stony Brook Conte Cuttino, Stony Brook Howard Abegesah, VMI Passing Efficiency 6. Devin Campbell, Gardner-Webb Brock Smith, Liberty Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina All-Purpose Yards Per Game 11. Rashad Jennings, Liberty Gerald Stevenson, Charleston So Dominic Bolden, Liberty Receptions Per Game 13. Dobson Collins, Gardner-Webb James Perry III, Gardner-Webb Receiving Yards Per Game 18. Dominic Bolden, Liberty Dobson Collins, Gardner-Webb Dwayne Eley, Stony Brook Total Offense 42. Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina Brock Smith, Liberty DEFENSE Tackles For Loss Per Game 20. A.J. Gross, VMI Tackles Per Game 22. Jeffrey Williams, Gardner-Webb Sacks Per Game 37. Damiso Alexander, VMI SPECIAL TEAMS Punt Returns (min. 1.2, returns per game) 2. Dominic Bolden, Liberty Dobson Collins, Gardner-Webb Field Goals Per Game 9. Ryan Gates, Gardner-Webb Justin Durham, Coastal Carolina John Paglia, Charleston Southern Kickoff Returns (min. 1.2 returns per game) 14. Jonathan Crawford, Liberty Brandon Jackson, Gardner-Webb Gerald Stevenson, Charleston So Dominic Bolden, Liberty Tyson Petty, Gardner-Webb The NCAA does not list reclassifying teams in its overall statistics listings, therefore, Presbyterian will not be ranked in the NCAA statistics this season.

8 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOV. 3, 2008 HE S JUST BEING MILEY Since replacing the injured TIM WEBB vs. North Greenville in Week 6 (Oct. 4), Presbyterian redshirtfreshman BRANDON MILEY is 80-of-123 passing ( = 65.0 percent) for 881 yards and five touchdowns. He posted career-highs of 34 completions and 331 passing yards at Gardner-Webb in Week 8. ELEY DAN Stony Brook WR DWAYNE ELEY hauled in six passes for 120 yards and three touchdowns at Coastal Carolina in Week 9, becoming just the sixth player in Big South history to tally three touchdown catches in a game. He is now the third player to have three touchdown receptions in a Conference game, joining Gardner-Webb s WILLIAM ANDREWS JR. (Oct. 18, 2003 at VMI) and Charleston Southern s GERALD STEVENSON (Oct. 18, 2008 at Stony Brook). CATCH US IF YOU CAN Liberty receiving duo DOMINIC BOLDEN and JONATHAN CRAWFORD became the first teammates in Big South history to amass 100 receiving yards in the same game in consecutive weeks. Crawford totaled 124 receiving yards vs. Charleston Southern in Week 9, while Bolden had 117. In Week 8 vs. Lafayette, Bolden posted 150 receiving yards while Crawford finished with 106. HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FORD LATELY? Coastal Carolina senior RB JAMIE FORDHAM is the fifth player in school history over the 1,000-yard rushing mark, joining TYLER THIGPEN (1,638), MIKE TOLBERT (1,670), PATRICK HALL (2,214) and AUNDRES PERKINS (2,343). Fordham s career total stands at 1,308 yards, which ranks 16th all-time in Big South history. BIG SOUTH 1,000-YARD RUSHING CLUB The Big South s 1,000-yard career rushing list stands at 22 members, including seven active players. The 1,000-yard career rushing list appears below. 1. 3,409 Dre Barnes, Liberty 2. 3,321 RASHAD JENNINGS, Liberty 3. 3,223 Sean Mizzer, VMI 4. 2,385 ZACH TERRELL, Liberty 5. 2,343 Aundres Perkins, Coastal Carolina 6. 2,214 Patrick Hall, Coastal Carolina 7. 1,952 Jermaine Boston, Gardner-Webb 8. 1,769 Eugene Goodman, Liberty 9. 1,670 Mike Tolbert, Coastal Carolina 10. 1,638 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 11. 1,579 HOWARD ABEGESAH, VMI 12. 1,555 Chris Foster, Gardner-Webb 13. 1,550 TIM MAYPRAY, VMI 14. 1,409 George Pressley, Gardner-Webb 15. 1,374 Sam Gado, Liberty 16. 1,308 JAMIE FORDHAM, Coastal Carolina 17. 1,280 DAVID MONTGOMERY, Gardner-Webb 18. 1,251 Robert Adams, Charleston Southern 19. 1,182 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 20. 1,144 Travis Mays, Charleston Southern 21. 1,108 Nat Jackson, VMI 22. 1,074 PHILIP PEOPLES, Gardner-Webb MIDSEASON HONORS The Sports Network released its mid-season Walter Payton Award Watch List Oct. 16 and Liberty s RASHAD JENNINGS remained among the 16 candidates who are up for the award s consideration at the halfway point of the year. Jennings was one of 13 holdovers from the original 16 preseason watch list members released on Aug. 29. The Sports Network will revise the Walter Payton Award Watch List two more times before voting commences. The list of 16 candidates will be reviewed early in November, before the finalized list will be handed over to the voting panel at the conclusion of the regular season. The top three finalists will be announced on Dec. 1. USAIN BOLDEN? With 237 punt return yards this season, Liberty return specialist DOMINIC BOLDEN needs 62 more yards to break the Big South s single season record. Former teammate WYNTON JACKSON set the mark of 298 in Bolden s 16.9 punt return average is pacing just ahead of the single-season League record of 16.5, which was established by Gardner-Webb s KORY ALSTON in BIG SOUTH IN THE NCAA STATSITICS The following teams rank in the top 50 in the NCAA football statistical report after Week 10: OFFENSE Rushing Offense 2. VMI Liberty Coastal Carolina Stony Brook Total Offense 7. Liberty VMI Gardner-Webb Coastal Carolina Passing Efficiency 9. VMI Liberty Gardner-Webb Scoring Offense 16. VMI Liberty Passing Offense 26. Gardner-Webb Liberty DEFFENSE Turnover Margin 13. Gardner-Webb Liberty Rushing Defense 24. Liberty Gardner-Webb Scoring Defense 24. Liberty Gardner-Webb Pass Defense 25. Coastal Carolina Charleston Southern Total Defense 35. Liberty Gardner-Webb Pass Efficiency Defense 38. Liberty Gardner-Webb SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff Returns 9. Liberty Charleston Southern Gardner-Webb Punt Returns 21. Liberty Net Punting 33. Stony Brook The NCAA does not list reclassifying teams in its overall statistics listings, therefore, Presbyterian will not be ranked in the NCAA statistics this season.

9 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT TEAM NOTEBOOKS NOV. 3, 2008 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN BUCCANEERS (4-5, 2-2 BIG SOUTH) Head Coach: Jay Mills (6th year, 31-33) Football Contact: Blake Freeland SID Phone: SID * Charleston Southern meets Presbyterian Saturday in the 16th meeting between the schools. The Bucs have won the last two meetings. * Charleston Southern has won three consecutive home games for the first time since its Big South-record 12-game home winning streak during the seasons. * The Buccaneer defense held the VMI Keydets to more than 100 yards below their season average, and forced three turnovers. * The 311 total yards allowed was the thirdfewest this season, behind North Greenville (120) and Savannah State (250). * Freshman ANTWAN IVEY had 101 all-purpose yards vs. VMI, collecting 53 rushing yards and 48 receiving yards. He caught a 50-yard TD pass to put CSU up by 10 in the third quarter. * Charleston Southern amassed a season-high 431 total yards in the win over the Keydets. * GERALD STEVENSON was the Bucs leading rusher with 80 yards and top receiver with seven catches for 71 yards against VMI. * QB TRIBBLE REESE finished the VMI game 19-of-25 passing for 243 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed 11 times for 25 yards and a score SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 28 at Miami (Fla.) L, 7-52 Sept. 6 at #13 Wofford L, Sept. 13 at Miami (Ohio) L, Sept. 27 NORTH GREENVILLE W, 27-0 Oct. 4 GARDNER-WEBB * W, Oct. 11 at Savannah State W, Oct. 18 at Stony Brook * L, Oct. 25 at #20 Liberty * L, 0-42 Nov. 1 VMI * W, Nov. 8 PRESBYTERIAN 1:30pm Nov. 15 EDWARD WATERS 1:30pm Nov. 22 at Coastal Carolina * 6:00pm * - Big South Conference game HOME GAME IN ALL CAPS COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS (4-5, 0-3 BIG SOUTH) Head Coach: David Bennett (6th year, 43-22) Football Contact: John Martin SID Phone: SID jamartin@coastal.edu * Coastal Carolina meets Gardner-Webb Saturday in the sixth meeting between the schools. The Chants lead the series, 4-1 and have won four consecutive meetings. * The Chanticleers are 0-3 in League play since their inaugural 2003 season. Coastal Carolina has lost more Conference games this year than in the previous four seasons combined. * ZACH MacDOWALL posted 386 yards of total offense against SBU and was responsible for three TDs (two passing, one rushing). * MacDowall s 14 rushing attempts and 80 rushing yards vs. SBU were both career highs. * BRANDON AUTRY recorded a career-high 14 tackles, including 10 solos and 1.0 TFL against Stony Brook. * Autry also forced a fumble at the goal line late in the fourth quarter, resulting in a touchback that gave Coastal Carolina back the ball with a chance to win. * JAMES PALLASSINO made his first career field goal attempt, a 30-yarder in the fourth quarter against Stony Brook that gave the Chanticleers a lead. * Coastal Carolina has held three opponents to less than 100 yards on the ground this season, and has won all three games SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 30 at Penn State (#22) L, Sept. 7 COLGATE L, Sept. 13 at Monmouth W, 26-7 Sept. 20 TOWSON W, 31-3 Sept. 27 at North Carolina A&T W, 20-7 Oct. 4 #20 LIBERTY * L, Oct. 11 at VMI * L, Oct. 18 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL W, Oct. 25 STONY BROOK * L, Nov. 8 at Gardner-Webb * 3:30pm Nov. 15 at Presbyterian 1:30pm Nov. 22 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 6:00pm * - Big South Conference game HOME GAME IN ALL CAPS GARDNER-WEBB RUNNIN BULLDOGS (5-4, 2-1 BIG SOUTH) Head Coach: Steve Patton (12th year, 77-52) Football Contact: Marc Rabb SID Phone: SID mrabb@gardner-webb.edu * Gardner-Webb meets Coastal Carolina Saturday in the sixth meeting between the schools. GWU s lone win in the series came in * Gardner-Webb has won three consecutive games for the first time since * DEVIN CAMPBELL led Gardner-Webb on two fourth quarter touchdown drives to negate a deficit at Stony Brook, going 12-of-14 passing for 123 yards during the span. * Gardner-Webb has allowed more combined rushing yards in its past two games (637) than it allowed in the first seven games this season (417). * JAMES PERRY III caught a career-high nine passes for 153 yards and a touchdown at Stony Brook. * TE JOSH MILLER caught a career-high four passes at SBU for 65 yards and a score. * Reserver CB JERMAINE GRANDISON registered a career-best nine tackles (seven solo) in the win over the Seawolves. * Campbell became just the sixth QB in Gardner-Webb history to top the 5,000-yard passing mark in a career. * Freshman LYNDREZ LESLIE had five tackles (four solo) and an interception at SBU SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 28 at Tennessee Tech L, Sept. 6 TUSCULUM W, Sept. 13 at Austin Peay W, Sept. 27 SAM HOUSTON STATE L, Oct. 4 at Charleston Southern * L, Oct. 11 at Georgia Tech L, 7-10 Oct. 18 PRESBYTERIAN W, Oct. 25 VMI * W, Nov. 1 at Stony Brook * W, Nov. 8 COASTAL CAROLINA * 3:30pm Nov. 15 at Liberty * 7:00pm * - Big South Conference game HOME GAME IN ALL CAPS

10 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT TEAM NOTEBOOKS NOV. 3, 2008 #25 LIBERTY FLAMES (7-2, 3-0 BIG SOUTH) Head Coach: Danny Rocco (3rd year, 21-10) Football Contact: Todd Wetmore SID Phone: SID * Liberty meets VMI Saturday in the eighth meeting between the two teams. The Flames lead the series, 4-3. * Liberty finished a game with 400-or-more total offensive yards for the sixth-straight game and eighth time this year with 424 vs. Presbyterian. * The Flames remain the national leader in third-down conversions with a 54.6 success rate (65-of-119). * Liberty s defense held Presbyterian to 89 team rushing yards, marking the sixth time this year the Flames have held an opponent under 100 rushing yards. * The Flames are now No. 24 in the nation in rushing defense, holding foes to a Big Southbest yards per game. * RASHAD JENNINGS 20 career 100-yard rushing games is tied with DRE BARNES for the most in school history. * DOMINIC BOLDEN became the fourth player in school history to post three consecutive 100-yard receiving games. His 829 receiving yards this season rank as the sixth-highest single-season receiving total in program history. * PATRICK CALVARY snared his eighth career interception Saturday, tying for fifth on the Big South s career list SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 30 NORTH GREENVILLE W, Sept. 6 GLENVILLE STATE W, Sept. 13 at Western Carolina W, Sept. 27 at #23 Youngstown State W, Oct. 4 at Coastal Carolina * W, Oct. 11 STONY BROOK * W, 33-0 Oct. 18 LAFAYETTE L, Oct. 25 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 42-0 Nov. 1 at Presbyterian L, Nov. 8 at VMI * 1:30pm Nov. 15 GARDNER-WEBB * 7:00pm Nov. 22 ELON 1:00pm * - Big South Conference game HOME GAME IN ALL CAPS PRESBYTERIAN BLUE HOSE (4-5) Head Coach: Bobby Bentley (2nd year, 10-10) Football Contact: Brian Hand SID Phone: SID bahand@presby.edu * Presbyterian meets Charleston Southern Saturday in the 16th meeting between the two teams. The Blue Hose lead the series, * PC is looking for its first road win of the season. The Blue Hose are 4-1 at home and 7-1 under head coach BOBBY BENTLEY at Bailey Memorial Stadium. * The Blue Hose had nine different players with a reception against Liberty. * ANTWAN THOMAS finished the Liberty game with 13 tackles and is now tied for third all-time in the PC football annals with 336 career stops. * Freshman JUSTIN BETHEL had two key pass break-ups to help secure PC s win over Liberty. He broke up Liberty s final two pass attempts in the end zone. * RB S.J. WORRELL is sixth in the Big South with 488 rushing yards. * ADAM McKINNEY is first in the Big South with 6.5 sacks. * Presbyterian ranks first in the League in passing yards per game at and in net punting at * PC has recovered a Big South-best 13 fumbles this season SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 30 at #13 Wofford L, Sept. 6 FAYETTEVILLE STATE W, Sept. 13 at #18 Elon L, Sept. 20 WESTERN CAROLINA L, Sept. 27 at #3 Appalachian State L, Oct. 4 NORTH GREENVILLE W, Oct. 11 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL W, Oct. 18 at Gardner-Webb L, Nov. 1 #17 LIBERTY W, Nov. 8 at Charleston Southern 1:30pm Nov. 15 COASTAL CAROLINA 1:30pm Nov. 22 at VMI 1:30pm HOME GAME IN ALL CAPS STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (3-6, 2-2 BIG SOUTH) Head Coach: Chuck Priore (3rd year, 14-17) Football Contact: Phil Hess SID Phone: SID philip.hess@stonybrook.edu * Stony Brook meets Iona Saturday in the seventh meeting between the two schools. The series is tied, 3-3. * The game will be Stony Brook s only road game in its home state of New York. * A win at Iona would give the Seawolves back-to-back road wins for the first time since * If Stony Brook can win its final two games, the Seawolves will finish with at least five wins for the fourth-straight year. * SBU has recovered six fumbles in its last three games. * Stony Brook s 525 yards of offense was the most for the Seawolves since the 2007 season opener against Georgetown when SBU gained 530 yards. * DONALD LEE caught a career-high five passes against Gardner-Webb. * DAYNE HOFFMAN has completed over 50 percent of his passes in each of the last four games and is just 80 yards short of reaching the top 10 in passing yards in a season at Stony Brook. * DWAYNE ELEY is now second all-time in school history with 148 career receptions. LYNELL SUGGS is five catches behind Eley SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 30 COLGATE W, Sept. 6 #17 ELON L, Sept. 13 at Maine L, Sept. 20 at Brown L, 7-17 Sept. 26 HOFSTRA L, 3-43 Oct. 11 at #15 Liberty * L, 0-33 Oct. 18 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, Oct. 25 at Coastal Carolina * W, Nov. 1 GARDNER-WEBB * L, Nov. 8 at Iona 1:00pm Nov. 15 VMI * 3:30pm * - Big South Conference game HOME GAME IN ALL CAPS

11 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT TEAM NOTEBOOKS NOV. 3, 2008 VMI KEYDETS (3-5, 1-2 BIG SOUTH) Head Coach: Sparky Woods (1st year, 3-5) Football Contact: Wade Branner SID Phone: SID * VMI meets Liberty Saturday in the eighth meeting between the two teams. The Keydets last win in the series came in 2005 (W, 10-7 in Lynchburg). * Junior QB TIM MAYPRAY was held to a season-low 38 rushing yards at Charleston Southern. * R-Freshman TYLER REEDY returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown at CSU, becoming the first VMI defender to pick off a pass and return it for a score since MAR- CUS BROWN against Gardner-Webb in * Against the Buccaneers, VMI was held to a season-low 239 yards rushing. * Junior QB KYLE HUGHES missed his secondstraight game last week with an injury. * HOWARD ABEGESAH posted his seventh career 100-yard rushing game with 102 yards at Charleston Southern. * VMI has picked off nine passes in 2008 after getting just two interceptions all last year. * Freshman kickoff return specialist RAJAH JENKINS has returned 24 kicks for 547 yards for the seventh-highest season total on the Keydet record books. * The Keydets are looking to win two-straight home Big South games for the first time SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Sept. 6 ST. FRANCIS (Pa.) W, 49-0 Sept. 13 at William & Mary L, Sept. 20 CHOWAN W, Sept. 27 at Ohio L, Oct. 4 #6 RICHMOND L, Oct. 11 COASTAL CAROLINA * W, Oct. 25 at Gardner-Webb * L, Nov. 1 at Charleston Southern * L, Nov. 8 #25 LIBERTY * 1:30pm Nov. 15 at Stony Brook * 3:30pm Nov. 22 PRESBYTERIAN 1:30pm * - Big South Conference game HOME GAME IN ALL CAPS TOP 10 CAREER RUSHING LEADERS RUSHING YARDS 3409 Dre Barnes, Liberty 3321 RASHAD JENNINGS, Liberty 3223 Sean Mizzer, VMI 2385 ZACH TERRELL, Liberty 2343 Aundres Perkins, Coastal Carolina 2214 Patrick Hall, Coastal Carolina 1952 Jermaine Boston, Gardner-Webb 1769 Eugene Goodman, Liberty 1670 Mike Tolbert, Coastal Carolina 1638 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina ATTEMPTS 647 Sean Mizzer, VMI 573 RASHAD JENNINGS, Liberty 563 Dre Barnes, Liberty 504 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 449 ZACH TERRELL, Liberty 439 Jermaine Boston, Gardner-Webb 432 Aundres Perkins, Coastal Carolina 363 Patrick Hall, Coastal Carolina 354 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 345 Tyler Thigpen Coastal Carolina RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 46 Aundres Perkins, Coastal Carolina 38 RASHAD JENNINGS, Liberty 29 ZACH TERRELL, Liberty 22 Sean Mizzer, VMI 21 Mike Tolbert, Coastal Carolina 19 Eugene Goodman, Liberty 19 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 18 Patrick Hall, Coastal Carolina 17 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 15 Dre Barnes, Liberty 15 Sam Gado, Liberty 15 Jermaine Boston, Gardner-Webb 15 Robert Adams, Charleston Southern TOP 10 CAREER PASSING LEADERS PASSING YARDS 9768 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 6690 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 6598 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 6301 BROCK SMITH, Liberty 5096 Jonathan Wilson, VMI 5034 DEVIN CAMPBELL, Gardner-Webb 2922 STAN DOOLITTLE, Gardner-Webb 2166 Jeremy Martin, Gardner-Webb 2124 WILL RICHARDSON, Coastal Carolina 1931 Brock Farrel, Liberty TOUCHDOWN PASSES 73 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 53 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 48 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 46 BROCK SMITH, Liberty 37 DEVIN CAMPBELL, Gardner-Webb 28 Jonathan Wilson, VMI 19 KYLE HUGHES, VMI 17 Jeremy Martin, Gardner-Webb 17 STAN DOOLITTLE, Gardner-Webb 16 WILL RICHARDSON, Coastal Carolina COMPLETIONS 833 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 597 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 486 Tyler Thigen, Coastal Carolina 443 BROCK SMITH, Liberty 419 Jonathan Wilson, VMI 395 DEVIN CAMPBELL, Gardner-Webb 291 STAN DOOLITTLE, Gardner-Webb 193 Jeremy Martin, Gardner-Webb 175 WILL RICHARDSON, Coastal Carolina 155 Brock Farrel, Liberty TOP 10 CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS RECEPTIONS 202 Maurice Price, Charleston Southern 188 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 161 Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina 151 Zohn Burden, VMI 143 Wynton Jackson, Liberty 138 Brandon Turner, Liberty 127 Kory Alston, Gardner-Webb 127 Austin Gaines, Gardner-Webb 127 DOBSON COLLINS, Gardner-Webb 124 Aaron Dunklin, Charleston Southern RECEIVING YARDS 2720 Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina 2552 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 2429 Maurice Price, Charleston Southern 1936 Zohn Burden, VMI 1923 Wynton Jackson, Liberty 1886 Brandon Turner, Liberty 1748 Aaron Dunklin, Charleston Southern 1743 Kory Alston, Gardner-Webb 1660 William Andrews Jr., Gardner-Webb 1600 MARKUS MURRY, Charleston Southern TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS 44 Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina 31 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 21 William Andrews Jr., Gardner-Webb 19 Maurice Price, Charleston Southern 17 Kory Alston, Gardner-Webb 15 DOMINIC BOLDEN, Liberty 12 Aaron Dunklin, Charleston Southern 12 Wynton Jackson, Liberty 12 DOBSON COLLINS, Gardner-Webb 11 Zohn Burden, VMI active players listed in BOLD CAPS active players listed in BOLD CAPS active players listed in BOLD CAPS