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The Presbyterian College football team, fresh off its season-opening, 45-10, win over Brevard this past weekend, travels to Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, Sept. 8, to take on its third ACC opponent since 2010. The Blue Hose face Georgia Tech in a 7 p.m. kick-off at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The game is being aired live on ESPN3.
The Blue Hose played at Clemson and Wake Forest in 2010, marking the first trek to ACC country since PC jumped to NCAA Division I in 2007.
The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 20-17 overtime loss to Virginia Tech in their season-opener this past Monday night.
Extra Points
- PC travels to Georgia Tech for its first meeting with the Yellow Jackets since 1937 ... GT holds a 3-0 record over the Blue Hose, having scored 149 points to PC's 0 ...
- Georgia Tech will be the third ACC opponent the Blue Hose have faced since the 2010 season ... PC traveled to Wake Forest and Clemson that season ...
- Both coaches have a Georgia Southern connection ... Paul Johnson was the head coach of the Eagles from 1997-2001 after serving as an assistant coach from 1883-1986 ... Harold Nichols was an assistant coach there from 1992-95 ...
- The 45-10 win over Brevard marked the first time the Blue Hose have won their season-opening game since a 10-0 victory over West Georgia in 2006, its last year in NCAA Division II ...
- The margin of victory, 35 points, was the largest since a 62-10 win over Chowan in 2007 ... l The Blue Hose returned the game's opening kick-off for a touchdown, marking just the second time PC has scored off a kick return ...
- Demarcus Rouse recorded three rushing TDs in the game against Brevard ... his three TDs were not only personal records, but they tied PC's Division I single-game record for most rushing TDs, as well as most total TDs ... Rouse's 18 points is tied for first as well in most points ...
- Cedric Byrd ran back five punts for 33 yards against the Tornados ... the five punt returns broke PC's Division I record for most in a single game ...
- In a game of records, the four rushing TDs is tied for second in PC Division I record books ...
- With Lance Byrd's 109 rushing yards against Brevard, he became the first PC player in Division I history to break the 2,000-career yard mark, finishing with 2,058 ... he is already the school's leading rusher ... He is just 271 yards from catching teammate Michael Ruff for the all-purpose yardage record ... Ruff has 2,616 ...
- Redshirt Freshman Tamyn Garrick had a solid opening performance, going 11-for-16 for 120 yards and one TD ...
- Michael Ruff led off the 2012 season with a bang, returning the opening kick-off 92 yards for a touchdown ... It was the longest in PC's Division I history and the first score from the opening kick for the Blue Hose ... It was the second kick-off returned for a TD by PC in PC's Division I history ... Ruff finished with over 100 all-purpose yards for the game (109), earning him College Football Performance Awards National Kickoff Returner of the Week, as well as Big South Special Teams Player of the Week ...
- Patrick Morgano was named to the 2012 College Football Performance Awards Punter Award watch list ... A Big South All-Conference selection in 2011, Morgano was also named CFPA Positional Performer of the Week ... He averaged 40.7 punts in 2011 and put 21 of them inside the 20-yard line, with 10 of them over 50 yards in distance ...
- The Blue Hose were picked to finish fourth in the Big South in 2012 ... The top three pre-season picks all come to Clinton this season with Liberty coming to town Oct. 13, Stony Brook Oct. 27 and Coastal Carolina Nov. 10 ...
Record Watch
Several players are close to career milestones at PC ... Lance Byrd is just 11 away from 400 rushing attempts for his career, while Michael Ruff needs just 25 yards for 1,000 pass reception yards and is just 235 from moving to second in that category ... He also needs to five receiving TDs to become the PC Division I leader ... His 13 total TDs is tied for third, just four away from the top spot ... With 95 total points, kicker Aaron Mayes is just 11 points from second in career total points scored ... Ruff has 67 kick returns, which is only four from the top spot ... Justin Bethel may hold the career mark for interceptions but Antarius Terrell is closing in with four of his own ... Cedric Byrd has a pass breakup against Brevard, moving him to fourth on the career list, just six from Bethel's 16 ...
