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WEEVILS
OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY SATURDAY AGAINST REDDIES
September 18, 2008
Contact: Brian Ramsey, UAM Sports Information
GAME NOTES (UAM vs.
HSU)
 MONTICELLO
– For the University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils,
the quest for a Gulf South Conference championship begins
Saturday with a 6 p.m. kickoff from Carpenter-Haygood Stadium in
Arkadelphia, Ark. against the Henderson State Reddies.
Unlike the Reddies, who have already opened their GSC season
with a 45-20 loss at North Alabama last weekend, the Weevils
still remain 0-0 in the GSC win-loss column.
However, the Weevils (2-1, 0-0 GSC) did sustain their first loss
of the season against GSC member Delta State last weekend by a
final outcome of 37-31, in a game where the Statesmen won the
last two minutes of the contest, including a 65-yard winning
touchdown toss with less than a minute remaining.
Since the match up with the Statesmen was a non-conference
contest, the Weevils keep their hopes alive of a GSC
championship. Those hopes rest heavily on the results of this
weekend. A loss puts the team in a difficult situation. Since
the turn of the millennium, only twice has the GSC title been
taken by a team who has not gone undefeated in GSC games.
Saturday’s opponent, Henderson State (1-2, 0-1 GSC), holds a
40-30-2 all-time series record against UAM in a series that
dates back to 1914.
Like UAM, Henderson State also played and beat Arkansas-Pine
Bluff this season, with a 34-0 throttling at home in
Arkadelphia. HSU opened its season with a 38-14 loss at Central
Arkansas, followed by the UAPB win and most recently the loss to
North Alabama.
Since joining the GSC in 1995, UAM sports a 6-7 record in
conference-openers. The last time was in 2006, when the team
beat Ouachita Baptist 27-6 in Monticello. The only time the
Reddies and Weevils have met to open UAM’s conference season was
in 1995. UAM won 23-18 in Arkadelphia.
The game can be heard live on the radio at KHBM-FM 93.7, which
will be streamed live over the Internet at uamsports.com. The
pre-game coach’s report starts at approximately 5:30 p.m. with
kickoff to follow at 6 p.m. |
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