Georgia Southern football hosts Marshall on Saturday: Kickoff, how to watch and more
The Georgia Southern Eagles (5-5, 2-4 Sun Belt) are seeking their first win in November and sixth overall victory, which would make them bowl eligible. They have two games remaining in the regular season, beginning Saturday with the Marshall Thundering Herd (6-4, 3-3 SBC), which has won two consecutive games. Here's how to watch and listen to the game, and more.
What time do the Georgia Southern Eagles play the Marshall Thundering Herd?
Kickoff: 6 p.m. ET, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
Location: Paulson Stadium (capacity 25,000), Statesboro
How to watch Marshall at Georgia Southern on TV
Danny Waugh (play-by-play) and Cole Neely (analyst) and Emily Grace McWhorter (sidelines) will have the call on the ESPN+ online streaming service.
Radio for Marshall at Georgia Southern
Danny Reed (play-by-play), Terry Harvin (analyst), Russ Brown (analyst) and Frank Sulkowski (sidelines) have the call on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. The pregame, in-game and postgame shows can be heard in Savannah on WIXV 95.5 FM and on the network's flagship station WPMX 94.9 FM in Statesboro.
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Betting: Over/under & point spread
As of Friday morning, Marshall was a 4-point favorite, according to the Tipico Sportsbook. The over/under was 52.5. The moneyline was Marshall -200 and Georgia Southern +165.
Series history
The series is renewed with Marshall's entry this year into the Sun Belt Conference. The teams have met six times, with Georgia Southern winning in 1989 and 1990, and Marshall winning the next four (1993-96) for a 4-2 advantage.
The Thundering Herd is 2-1 against the Eagles in Statesboro, and also played the 1991 NCAA Divison I-AA national championship game at Paulson Stadium, losing to Youngstown State.
Game notes
Georgia Southern is dealing with injuries, particularly at wide receiver, where standout Derwin Burgess Jr. (leg bone injury) is out for the season. Burgess, long snapper Mark Langston (ACL) of Savannah and defensive lineman Latrell Bullard (meniscus tear) all were hurt in the loss last week at Louisiana and are out for the rest of 2022.
Another starting receiver, Jeremy Singleton, has been limited by a low ankle sprain. On a much brighter note, senior Khaleb Hood caught six passes at Louisiana to move into first place in GS program history for single-season receptions (66) and career catches (140). Hood, who wears No. 7, is ranked seventh in the SBC in receiving (75.3 yards per game; 66 receptions for 753 yards and two TDs).
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Sixth-year quarterback Kyle Vantrease connected with true freshman Marcus Sanders Jr. on a touchdown pass in the loss to the Ragin' Cajuns. Vantrease, in his first season at GS, extended his school record with at least one TD pass in 10 games.
Vantrease likes to spread the ball around, and with Sanders' score, eight different Eagles have at least one receiving TD this season.
While Vantrease leads the Sun Belt in passing at 330.7 yards per game, Marshall's Khalan Laborn leads the league with 125.3 rushing yards per game. In 10 games, he has 253 carries for 1,253 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Georgia Southern's Jalen White is sixth in rushing at 77.1 yards per game (149 carries, 771 yards, 10 TDs).
The Thundering Herd's Owen Porter is third in the SBC in sacks (0.75 average; 7.5 sacks in 10 games) and sixth in tackles for loss this season (1.10 aveverage).
His teammate Micah Abraham is tied for first in the league with five interceptions.
Eagles redshirt-freshman offensive lineman Ethan Ingram (6-foot-4, 300 pounds) redshirted last season at Marshall before entering the NCAA transfer portal in February and transferring to GS in the summer.
Marshall boasts of the No. 1 scoring defense (16.1 points per game) and total defense (276.4 yards a game) in the SBC. The Herd is second in the league in rushing offense (193.4 ypg), rushing defense (82.4 yards per game) and passing defense (194.0 ypg).
Georgia Southern boasts of the No. 1 total offense (475.2 ypg), passing offense (334.6 yards per game), fewest sacks allowed (five), first downs (25.8 average) and third-down conversions (49.4%).
On the other side, the Eagles are 14th of 14 SBC teams in total defense (479.6 ypg), rush defense (224.9), opponents' first downs (24.0 average) and sacks by (16 total), and 12th in passing defense (254.7).
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They said it
Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton on Marshall:
"I think they really play to their defense. I think they do a tremendous job of protecting the football. They are run, RPO-based first- and second-down team that will take shots. I think the quarterback does exactly what they want him to do, take the advantage throws when they're there. They lean on that really good run game that they have, and they play to a stellar defense."
Georgia Southern sixth-year defensive end Justin Ellis on the urgency to win:
"We have to go 1-0 every week. That's what we think about. I'm not thinking ahead at all about App State (on Nov. 26) or anything like that. It's what are we doing this week to go 1-0 and win this game. Being honest, being a defensive player on the team the past two weeks, we've gotten embarrassed in the run game. ... That's going to have to change this week. If we can shut down the run, we'll win this game. That's what it'll come down to."run, we'll win this game.
Twitter follows
Follow Georgia Southern beat writer Nathan Dominitz of the Savannah Morning News/savannahnow.com @NathanDominitz for Eagles updates. Follow Marshall beat writer Luke Creasy of the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West Virginia @LukeCreasy.
You can follow the teams' official Twitter accounts at @GSAthletics_FB and @HerdFB
Podcast
Listen to the new and previous episodes of the "Georgia Southern Extra" podcast at https://omny.fm/shows/georgia-southern-extra/playlists/podcast
Nathan Dominitz is the Sports Content Editor of the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com. Email him at ndominitz@savannahnow.com. Twitter: @NathanDominitz
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