Sept. 23, 2008

Game Notes

Date: Sept. 27, 2008
Kickoff: 11 a.m. (CDT)
Location: Memorial Stadium, Terre Haute, Ind. (12,764)
Affiliations: Indiana State, FCS. Missouri Valley Football Conference, SE Missouri St., FCS, Ohio Valley Conference
2007 Records: Indiana State 0-11, 0-6 (MVFC), SE Missouri St. 3-8, 2-6 (OVC)
2008 Records: Indiana State 0-3, SE Missouri St. 1-3
Coaches: Trent Miles is 0-3 in his 1st year at Indiana State, Tony Samuel is 8-18 in his 3rd year at SE Missouri St.
Radio: Southeast Radio Network anchored by K-103 FM in Cape Girardeau. Other network stations include Team 1380 in St. Louis, KSIM in Sikeston, KWOC in Poplar Bluff and KMAL in Malden. Erik Sean will do play-by-play with Ron Hines offering analysis.
Internet: Southeast Radio Network broadcast can be heard over the internet at www.k103fm.com.

THE TEAMS: Southeast Missouri is 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the OVC. The Redhawks have a win over Southwest Baptist and losses to Missouri, Tennessee Tech and Missouri State. Indiana State is 0-3 with losses to Eastern Michigan, Eastern Illinois and Northern Illinois.

THE COACHES: Tony Samuel is 8-18 in his third season at Southeast. He is 42-75 in 11 years as a head coach including eight seasons at New Mexico State. Trent Miles, an Indiana State alum, is 0-3 in his 1st year as head coach of the Sycamores.

THE SERIES: The series is tied 3-3. The Redhawks won last season at Houck Stadium and the Sycamores won the last game played at Memorial Stadium, 34-13 in 1999.

ABOUT INDIANA STATE: The Sycamores are 0-3 this season and have a 17 game losing streak dating back to 2006. They have lost 41 of their last 42 games. Indiana State has failed to scored a touchdown this season and has been outscored 138-6.

LAST SEASON: The Redhawks won 13-10 in Cape Girardeau. Doug Spada had field goals of 38 and 25-yards and Miles Edwards scored on a 23-yard pass from Houston Lillard.

LAST WEEK: The Redhawks fell behind Missouri State 21-0 in the first half and battled back with 28 second half points only to come up short in a 45-28 loss. Indiana State lost to FBS Northern Illinois, 48-3.

McGUIRE'S RETURN: Southeast defensive coordinator Tim McGuire is a former head coach at Indiana State. He coached the Sycamores from 1998 to 2004 with a record of 24-55. From 1993 to 1998 he was defensive coordinator at Indiana State. His son Paul, now a center with the Redhawks, played for Sycamores in 2005.

FIRST QUARTER WOES: The Redhawks have been outscored 52-0 in the first quarter this season. In the first half, opponents have outscored Southeast 97-20.

IN THE NATIONAL STATS: Southeast ranks fifth in the nation (FCS) in net punting with 40.65 yards per game. The Redhawks are 12th nationally and tops in the OVC in passing offense with 295 yards per game.

SPADA 2nd NATIONALLY IN PUNTING: Redhawks junior punter Doug Spada is the national leader in punting with an average of 47.18 yards per punt, tops in the OVC. He is also tied for 21st nationally in field goals per game with 1.25. Spada, who was an honorable mention All-American and first team all-OVC selection last season when he averaged 42.5 yards per punt while converting 14-23 field goals and 21-23 PAT's. As a prep player in Shelby, North Carolina, he was MVP of the soccer team and trained for soccer in England with the prestigious Chelsea Football Club.

CALVIN TIED FOR 23rd NATIONALLY IN INTERCEPTIONS: Junior corner Eddie Calvin is tied for 23rd nationally in interceptions with 0.75 per game. He had three first half interceptions in the Southwest Baptist game but has had no interceptions since.

STAUFFER 10th NATIONALLY IN TACKLES: Senior linebacker Nick Stauffer is tenth nationally in tackles with 12.50 per game. He had a career high 16 tackles in the SW Baptist game and had 13 tackles in the Tennessee Tech and Missouri State games.

OVC HONORS: Senior quarterback Houston Lillard and junior cornerback Eddie Calvin (were awarded the Ohio Valley Conference Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week Awards after the season opener against Southwest Baptist.
Lillard was 27-39 passing for a career-high 387 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Southeast comeback final play of the first half. Calvin had three pass interceptions in the first half to keep the Redhawks in the game. He also added seven tackles and broke up a pass in the game.
Sophomore running back Henry Harris, a transfer from the University of Memphis, was chosen as the co-OVC Newcomer of the Week after rushing 14 times for 70 yards against Tennessee Tech. He also returned a kickoff 22 yards and had a reception to account for 96 all-purpose yards on the night.

CAPTAINS: The football team has elected five captains for the 2008 season. Quarterback Houston Lillard and wide receiver Mike Williamson will captain the offensive unit while the defensive captains will be linebacker Nick Stauffer, tackle Nick Ketelsleger and cornerback Kendall Magana.

INJURIES: Backup linebacker Patrick Maloney (foot) and defensive back Kris Cottner (knee) will not play at Indiana State. Fullback Nick Grassi (leg) and running back Mike Jones (ankle) were injured in the Missouri State game and are questionable this week. Offensive lineman Matt James (leg) and center Paul McGuire (ankle) are probable this week.

HOLLOMAN OUT: Pre-season all-OVC running back Timmy Holloman remains suspended and will not play again until the Jacksonville State game on Oct. 4.

REDHAWKS IN THE NFL: Four former Redhawks players are on NFL rosters going into the first game of the season. Eugene Amano is an offensive lineman with the Tennessee Titans , Can Connolly is an offensive lineman with New England Patriots and Dimitri Patterson is a defensive back for Kansas City while Edgar Jones is a tight end on the practice squad at Baltimore.

NEBRASKA CONNECTION: Eight Southeast coaches have ties to Nebraska. Head coach Tony Samuel played and coached at Nebraska. New outside linebackers coach Troy Dumas was an All-American linebacker for the Huskers, wide receivers coach Lorenzo Brinkley, defensive backs coach Kenny Wilhite, defensive coordinator Tim McGuire and offensive line coach Brian Boerboom all played for the Huskers. Running backs coach Chris Norris played under Tom Osborne when Samuel was an assistant in Lincoln and the father of offensive tackles/tight ends coach Justin Kramer had Samuel as a position coach.

COACHING CHANGES: There are minimal coaching staff changes for the 2008 season. Eric Ravellette has left the staff after two seasons to become an assistant coach at Ferris State. Graduate assistant Matthew Vincent has taken a job as a compliance assistant at Central Michigan.
Justin Kramer, who was director of football operations and defensive line coach, will move to the offense as tackles and tight ends coach. Kramer, who was an offensive lineman during his playing days at Southern Illinois-Carbondale, will also be recruiting coordinator.
Doug Brady, a former quarterback for Tony Samuel at New Mexico State, has joined the staff as a graduate assistant. He will work with the quarterbacks. Pat Christian, a defensive lineman for the Redhawks last season, will be a student assistant working with the defensive line that will be tutored by head coach Tony Samuel.
Adam Schwent, a linebacker for Southeast last season, is assisting defensive coordinator Tim McGuire. Francisco Perez, an offensive tackle for the Redhawks last year, is helping out offensive line coach Brian Boerboom.
Creston Moore is the new director of football operations for the Redhawks. He worked with the team video last season.

NEW STRENGTH COACH: Jeff Lee became the new strength and conditioning coach for all sports at Southeast on Sept. 1. Lee spent last season at Canisius College and was also head stgrength coach at Yale from 2005-2007. He is a graduate of Western Illinois University with a Master's Degree from The Citadel. Lee replaces Clete McLeod who resigned to accept a job as football strength coach at Oregon State.

FBS TRANSFERS: The Redhawks have two new FBS transfers. Running back Henry Harris is a transfer from the University of Memphis and Ashton Farmer is a transfer from Arkansas State. Both will be eligible this season.
Harris, 5-8, 185, played in four games at Memphis last season. As a prep star at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, he rushed for 1,579 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior.
Farmer, 6-7, 240, played basketball at Arkansas State the past two seasons. He played in 62 basketball games at ASU. Farmer was a prep football and basketball player at Charleston High School. He caught 39 passes for 658 yards as a high school senior.

REDHAWKS AGAIN HAVE ST. LOUIS RADIO STATION: The Southeast Missouri Football Radio Network will again include 1380 ESPN Radio in St. Louis. The network, operated by Mississippi River Radio will be anchored by 100,000-watt K-103 FM in Cape Girardeau. Other network stations include KSIM, Sikeston; KWOC, Poplar Bluff and KMAL, Malden. Erik Sean will be the play-by-play voice of Redhawks football with former quarterback Rick Wieser adding commentary for home games and Ron Hines, Sports Information Director, handling commentary on road games. Todd Bonacki will be a sideline reporter for home games.

REDHAWKS FOOTBALL WITH Tony Samuel: Samuel will have a weekly 30-minute television show on The Heartland's CW, WQWQ-TV. The show will air at 11:05 p.m. on Mondays and will be hosted by KFVS-TV sports director Todd Richards. The show will also be shown on Charter Cable Channel 11 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday's at 8 p.m. It will also be run on the KFVS-TV/Southeast Weather Channel (Charter Channel 113) on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m. OVC SPORTS.TV: The Indiana State game will be video streamed on the Ohio Valley Conference's premium website, OVCSports.tv which can be accessed by logging on to the league's official website, OVCSports.com. Subscriptions are available on an annual, seasonal and per event basis.

KFVS 12 WEBCAST: All Southeast home games are WebCast on KFVS12.com. Randy Ray handles the play-by-play with Todd Richards adding color commentary.

NEXT WEEK: The Redhawks return to OVC play at Jacksonville State. The kickoff will be at 6 p.m.