July 29 Football Fun Fact:

Georgia State will play 11 opponents during its Inaugural Season.

Let's take a quick look at the third opponent on Saturday, Sept. 18, at 1:00 p.m., at the Georgia Dome.

Jacksonville State University has been playing football since 1903 with an all-time record of 472-328-40 as it closes in on its 850th all-time game.

The Gamecocks are members of the Ohio Valley Conference, but were previous conference members with Georgia State in the TAAC/Atlantic Sun. The school is just over the border in Alabama in the town of Jacksonville, Ala. JSU has 9,000-plus students and a home football field that seats 24,000.

Coach Jack Crowe returns for his 10th season at JSU and led the team to an 8-3 mark last season. This year's team returns 46 letterwinners and 13 starters. Jacksonville State averaged 35 points a game last year and held their opponents to just 17 per game.

The offense returns four starting offensive linemen, all at 290 pounds or larger. A pair of running backs who combined for 1,152 yards and 10 TD's return (Calvin Middleton and Alphonso Freeney). A new QB will take over for LSU-transfer Ryan Perrilloux, who passed for 23 TD's last year.

On defense, CB T.J. Heath's six pass interceptions give the team confidence for pass defense.

JSU opens this season at Ole Miss on Sept. 4, after opening at Georgia Tech and at Florida State last year to start the 2009 season.

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