Football 11/5/2007 9:00:00 AM Presbyterian College Athletics

PC-Charleston Southern Game Notes

SATURDAY'S GAME: Presbyterian College guaranteed itself a winning season with a dominating home win over Chowan in its last game. The Blue Hose will try to end their first NCAA Division Football Championship Subdivision season two games above .500 and 3-1 against Big South teams in 2007 with a win over Charleston Southern.

COACHES: Presbyterian ? Head coach Bobby Bentley is in his first season in charge of the Presbyterian College football program. A 1990 alumnus of PC, Bentley is 6-4 as a college head coach. Charleston Southern ? Jay Mills is in his fifth season in charge of the Buccaneers football program. Since his arrival, Mills has changed the fortunes of the CSU football program, leading it to a share of the 2005 Big South regular season championship. Mills is 26-27 entering the Bucs' game with PC at Charleston Southern. He is 29-48 overall in almost eight years as a head coach.

SERIES: PC and Charleston Southern will play for the 15th time this Saturday. The Blue Hose have dominated the series at 12-2 since it began in 1993, but the Buccaneers enter the game having downed PC 21-13 in PC's home season opener in 2006. Prior to CSU's win last year the Blue Hose had won 12 straight in the series, downing CSU every year from 1994-2005. Charleston Southern's two wins against PC are currently the bookends of the series as the Bucs won the series opener 17-16 in 1993 and claimed the victory in the last game between the two teams last year.

RECORD-BREAKING: PC broke the school single season record for team total offense in the win over Chowan, ending the game with 4,934 total yards in 2007. The 4,934 yards acquired by PC so far this season broke the old record of 4,771 yards set in the 2001 season.

MORE TO COME?: The Blue Hose can break the all-time school record for total passing yards in season with 345 yards passing in the CSU game. The Blue Hose currently have 3,603 yards passing in 2007. The school record is 3,948 yards passing set in the 2001 season.

RECORDS BROKEN UNDER BENTLEY: The Blue Hose have tied or broken six individual or team school records since his arrival. Tim Webb in his record-setting performance against North Greenville accounted for a great deal of the records. Webb's 648 yards passing in the game are a PC school record for individual and team passing yards in a single game. Webb hurled seven touchdowns in the game to set the individual record in the department and tie for the team single game record singlehandedly. Webb and Grayson Mullins also combined to tie the team record for most touchdowns with seven in the Pikeville game. The Blue Hose have also set the record for the most yards of total offense in a season with one game left and broken the record for total offense in a single game with 795 picked up in the win over Pikeville.

ABOVE .500: The Blue Hose guaranteed themselves a winning record in their inaugural FCS season with a victory over the Hawks of Chowan University. PC enters the game with CSU 6-4 overall on the year.

GOING BIG: The Blue Hose are not officially eligible to be included in the Big South Conference standings in 2007, but the Blue Hose are now 2-1 against their future league foes in their current campaign. PC will play four of the five current Big South teams in 2007.

A FIRST: The Blue Hose ended their first FCS season against first time opponents a perfect 5-0 with victories over Pikeville, NCCU, VMI, Coastal Carolina and Chowan.

NO PLACE LIKE IT: The 52-point win over the Hawks saw the Blue Hose end their home slate a perfect 3-0 with wins over Chowan, North Greenville and Pikeville. The Blue Hose scored 186 combined points in the three wins at Bailey Memorial Stadium and averaged 705 yards of total offense in the three wins. The Blue Hose in contrast are 3-4 on the road and have scored 194 points in the seven games.

LAST TIME OUT: On senior day at Bailey Memorial Stadium, Presbyterian College concluded its 2007 home season with a dominating 62-10 win over Chowan University. PC broke the school single season record for team total offense in the win over Chowan, ending the game with 4,934 total yards in 2007. The 4,934 yards acquired by PC so far this season broke the old record of 4,771 yards set in the 2001 season. The Blue Hose with the win are now guaranteed a winning season, ending the Chowan game 6-4 on the year. Chowan ends the game 1-9 on the year entering their final game against Newport News Apprentice. The 52-point win over the Hawks saw the Blue Hose end their home slate a perfect 3-0 with wins over Chowan, North Greenville and Pikeville. The Blue Hose scored 186 combined points in the three wins at Bailey Memorial Stadium and averaged 705 yards of total offense in the three wins.

STRONG FOUR YEARS: Presbyterian College's 10 seniors were honored before the win over Chowan on Saturday. The senior class has been a part of one of the most successful four-year spans in program history. The Blue Hose after the Chowan victory have acquired 29 total wins in the time period, winning a South Atlantic Conference championship and participating in the NCAA Division II Playoffs. The senior class has the chance to tie for the most wins in a four-year span with a victory against Charleston Southern. The Blue Hose won 30 games from 1998-2002.

T-BIRD: Terrance Butler tallied his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season in the Chowan win, finishing with six catches for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Butler, who entered the game fifth in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision in total receiving yards, now has 1,019 yards receiving and 62 catches on the season. He has a career-high five 100-yard receiving games in 2007.

THE GENERAL: One of three Blue Hose captains and in his final game in a Blue Hose uniform at home, Sherman Burnett acquired five tackles and a sack to end the Chowan victory with 204 tackles in his career, which is a rare feat for a defensive lineman. Burnett with his sack in the Chowan victory overtook Antwan Thomas for the team lead in total sacks with five. Thomas has four in 2007.

CATCHING ON: The Offensive Player of the Week for PC after the Coastal Carolina game, Justin Durant concluded the Chowan win with his fourth touchdown in the last three weeks. Durant had his best overall game of the 2007 season against Liberty, catching six passes for a 103 yards. It marked the first time this season and the third time in the last two years that Durant had tallied a 100-yard receiving game.

FRANCHISE PICK?: S.J. Worrell finished the Chowan game with one rushing touchdown to acquire his fifth touchdown in the last three games and his seventh in the last four PC games.

WHAT A RUSH: The Blue Hose had a season-high 12 players rush the football in the Chowan game led by Grayson Mullins, who was 13 yards shy of his first career 100-yard game, finishing with 87 yards and one touchdown on the ground. Including Mullins, four Blue Hose student-athletes had rushing touchdowns in the game. In total on the year, the Blue Hose, who finished with 222 yards rushing in the win over Chowan, are 3-0 in games in 2007 in which they rush for 200 or more yards.

THEY DO NOT CALL IT THE SPREAD FOR NOTHING: PC had 12 Blue Hose catch pass in the Chowan victory, marking the fifth time in the 2007 season that nine or more Blue Hose had caught a pass in a single PC contest. Four Blue Hose had touchdown receptions in the game.

STADIUM RECORD: Terrance Butler and Grayson Mullins connected on the longest pass play of the year for the Blue Hose in the second quarter of the Chowan game when Mullins found a streaking Butler for an 86-yard touchdown reception. The 86-yard completion was the longest touchdown pass reception in the history of Bailey Memorial Stadium.

THE BALL HAWK: Antwan Thomas concluded the Chowan game with a team-best 65 total tackles on the year. Thomas and college roomate Sherman Burnett are the only two Blue Hose with double-digit tackles for loss totals in 2007 as Thomas has 11.5 on the year, while Burnett enters the final game of the year with 10.5 tackles for loss.

DAYDREAM BELIEVER: The Blue Hose are 5-1 in games played during the day. The Blue Hose and Buccaneers kick off at 1:30 p.m. from CSU Stadium.

CAREER YEAR: Mullins' 296 yards passing in the Liberty game left him with 1,276 passing yards on the season, marking the first time in his career that the he has thrown for over 1,000 yards. He threw for 269 yards in the Chowan win to enter the CSU game with 1,545 yards passing. He needs 252 yards passing against CSU to surpass Tim Webb and end the year with the most passing yards on the team in 2007. Webb ended his 2007 season with 1,797 yards passing.

ALL YEAR: The Blue Hose have put up 300 or more yards of total offense in every game that they have played in 2007. PC has put up 500 or more yards in four of their 10 games, including the Chowan victory where they finished with over 600 yards (654) of offense for the third time in 2007.

WINNING STREAK: The Blue Hose began the year 1-3, but reeled off four straight wins before losing to Liberty. The four-game winning streak bests last year's season high of three straight wins. The Blue Hose will try and end their year on a winning streak with a victory over CSU.

INSIDE BLUE HOSE FOOTBALL: The Inside Blue Hose Football Television show will be shown throughout the 2007 football season at 1 p.m. on Friday's on CSS. The show will feature Coach Bentley along with host Brian Hand analyzing highlights from PC games.

KEEP GOING INSIDE: The Inside Blue Hose Football Television Show can also be watched by those within the Laurens County community on Charter Channel 15. Inside Blue Hose Football Studio Manager Doug Wallace plays the 30-minute program on Channel 15 at 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Wednesday's and Thursday's throughout the football season.

BENTLEY RADIO SHOW: Presbyterian College and Real Radio 860 WLBG, the flagship station of PC athletics, debuted the Bobby Bentley Show live on Monday, Aug. 27 from FATZ Caf? on I-26 at Exit 54 next to the Hampton Inn. For the rest of the season the show will be heard live from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. The show features WLBG's John Avery joining Coach Bentley and several members of the team and coaching staff. The show can be heard throughout Laurens County on Real Radio 860 WLBG. It will also be simulcast on WLBG's website, www.wlbg.com.

DEFENSIVE: The Blue Hose defense allowed only 63 yards passing to Chowan on Saturday. The 63 yards passing accumulated by Chowan marked the first time since the Bronze Derby win over Newberry in the final game of the 2006 season that the Blue Hose has allowed less than 100 yards passing.

IN THE 30s: The Blue Hose are 6-0 on the season when scoring 30 or more points.

TAKE THE LEAD: The Blue Hose are 5-0 in games in 2007 when they lead at halftime and after the third quarter.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN RADIO COVERAGE: WLBG along with PC College station WPCX-FM 97.1 will kick off coverage of the Charleston Southern game with a tailgate show from CSU Stadium beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday. In Laurens, PC fans should tune their dials to 860 AM to hear the play-by-play of Doug Holiday along with color analyst and former PC Football player Stan Reid break down break down PC's game with the Buccaneers. The duo will be joined by former Western Carolina standout and former Thornwell High School coach Walter Geary, who will prowl the sidelines for the Presbyterian College Sports Network during the 2007 football season. In the Clinton area Blue Hose fans should turn their dials to 97.1 WPCX, the official student radio station of Presbyterian College to hear the Presbyterian College Sports Network broadcast. The broadcast can also be heard online at www.wlbg.com, which can also be linked to directly or from www.GoBlueHose.com. To link to the broadcast from GoBlueHose.com click on the WLBG Real Radio 860 logo on the main page of the website to the far right.

IN-STADIUM: Blue Hose fans traveling to Charleston will be able to pick up the Presbyterian College Sports Network Broadcast inside of CSU Stadium by tuning your dials to 101.1 FM.

CAREER DAY: Torrell Funderburk tallied a career-high seven total tackles in the Chowan game to tie Antwan Thomas for the overall team lead in the department in the victory.

BIG SOUTH TELECONFERENCE: The Big South Conference will hold their weekly coaches teleconference every Tuesday throughout the football season. Coach Bentley is scheduled to discuss Blue Hose football every Tuesday from 11-11:10 a.m. If you are an accredited media member and you would like to learn more please contact the Presbyterian College sports information office or the Big South Conference Public Relations Office.

THREE IS A CHARM: PC's move into NCAA Division I marks the third classification of football that the Blue Hose have been a part of in the last 20 years. The Blue Hose along with the South Atlantic Conference left the NAIA in 1992 to join the NCAA Division II ranks.

LAST TIME OUT FOR CHARLESTON SOUTHERN: Charleston Southern scored 30 second-half points, combining that with a defensive shut out in the fourth quarter to come from behind to beat VMI 37-28 at Foster Stadium. The two teams combined for over 1,000 total offensive yards, setting numerous Big South records in the process. Despite the losing effort, VMI's Tim Maypray shattered the Big South record for all-purpose yards, tallying 346 yards, including the third 200-yard receiving performance (209 yards on five catches) in the Conference. For Charleston Southern, it was Sidney Bryant who again took the bulk of the snaps, completing 12 of his 20 pass attempts for 253 yards, a career-high and his first 200-yard performance of his career. It was Dee Brown that continued to dominate the conference receiving, gathering nine receptions for 177 yards and two scores. Defensively for the Bucs, it was the linebacking duo of Jada Ross and Jonna Lee that each reached double figures with game highs of 15 and 12 tackles, respectively.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Sherman Burnett: DB; 6' 0"; Senior

#1 Terrance Butler: WR; 5' 9"; Junior

#7 Justin Durant: WR; 6' 11"; Senior

#35 Torrell Funderburk: WR; 6' 0"; Freshman

#12 Grayson Mullins: QB; 6' 0"; Junior

#11 Antwan Thomas: ILB; 5' 10"; Junior

#15 Tim Webb: QB; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#31 S.J. Worrell: RB; 5' 7"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#3 Sherman Burnett
: 6' 0"; Senior
: DB

#1 Terrance Butler
: 5' 9"; Junior
: WR

#7 Justin Durant
: 6' 11"; Senior
: WR

#35 Torrell Funderburk
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: WR

#12 Grayson Mullins
: 6' 0"; Junior
: QB

#11 Antwan Thomas
: 5' 10"; Junior
: ILB

#15 Tim Webb
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: QB

#31 S.J. Worrell
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: RB