GAME CENTRAL
SSU Tigers vs. Troy Trojans at Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy, Ala., 6 p.m.)
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The Game
Savannah State
The Savannah State Tigers are looking to bounce back from a 9-77 loss to Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga.
Last week the Tigers had a rough outing but managed to find some bright spots. Backup quarterback Zach Hutcheson entered the game in the third quarter and threw for 128 yards and one touchdown. Receiver Cantrell Frazier led the team with three receptions for 39 yards while Sheldon Barnes ran for 13 yards.
Marquis Smith led the defense with a game-high 13 tackles followed by Trevion Ashford's 11 stops and Justin Dixon's 10 tackles.
Against Troy, SSU will look to it's "Air Raid" attack to put points on the board. Head coach Earnest Wilson said he will play both Hutcheson and Leon Prunty at quarterback, but the starter this week will be a game time decision. The Tigers will look to senior playmaker Simon Heyward to have a big game against the Trojans. He finished with two receptions for 54 yards last week.
Defensively, SSU will count heavily on its defensive backs to hamper Troy's air attack. Senior cornerback John Wilson leads the DB's with six tackles and one breakup.
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Troy
Troy, a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision, is coming off a 34-31 overtime victory against visiting Alabama-Birmingham last Saturday. The Trojans entered the fourth quarter trailing, 31-17, but Will Scott kicked a 30-yard field goal to win the game.
Troy quarterback Corey Robinson, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior from Paducah, Ky., set an NCAA record (minimum 30 completions) with his 30-of-32 passing performance (93.8 percent) against UAB. He broke Steve Sarkisian's record of 91.2 percent set in 1995.
Robinson, a four-year starter nicknamed the "Bazooka from Paducah," threw for 319 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown pass. He entered this season as the FBS' returning leader in career passing yardage with 10,258 yards and 61 touchdowns.
Troy head coach Larry Blakeney is in his 23rd season at the helm and he is the Trojans' all-time winningest coach with a 170-98-1 record. The field at Veterans Memorial Stadium is named in his honor.
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Notes
Across State Lines
SSU assistant head coach/offensive line coach Willard Scissum and defensive back Twun Bonner are both from Alabama. Scissum is from Guntersville while Bonner is from Birmingham.
Location, Location, Location
The SSU roster is made up of players from 11 states plus the District of Columbia and the country of Samoa. The 11 states are Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.
State of Alabama Ties
SSU assistants Corey Barlow, Willard Scissom and Michael Wallace all have coached or played on the college level in Alabama. Barlow played and was an assistant at UAB; Scissom played at Alabama and has coached at Alabama, Alabama A&M and Alabama State; Wallace has coached at Stillman.
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