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Thursday, 6:05 p.m.

TV/RADIO COVERAGE

Television: Live on Blue Ridge TV Digital 113 at 6 p.m.; Tape Delay on Blue Ridge TV-13 at 10:30 p.m. Play-by-play man Chris Doty, in his 22nd season, is joined in the booth by Jim Riley (fourth season), along with Mike Remish on the sidelines.

ESU Warriors All Access: The "All Access" broadcast will stream at the same time as the tape delay broadcast at 10:30 p.m. Archived video will be available on Friday or Saturday. For more information on ESU Warriors All Access, please CLICK HERE.

Radio: Live on WVPO 840 AM and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 23rd season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 11th year providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 5:30 p.m.

THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University opens the 2011 season under the lights at Eiler-Martin Stadium with its second-ever meeting with Pace. The Warriors are coming off a 3-8 season that included five losses by a touchdown or less, tied for the most in program history, while outscoring their opponents by 80 points for the season. Pace was 0-9 (0-8 vs. Northeast-10) in its first season under Chris Dapolito.

SEASON OPENERS: ESU is 26-11 in its previous 37 season openers under head coach Denny Douds. The Warriors have won three straight and 10 of their last 12 season openers, including last year's 57-0 victory over Pace for their second-largest margin of victory in a season opener. ESU is 51-31-1 all-time in its first game of the season entering its 84th year of varsity football.

UNDER THE LIGHTS: ESU is 4-2 in night games at Eiler-Martin Stadium since lights were installed in 2007. This is the Warriors' second Thursday night season opener; they knocked off No. 25 Virginia Union, 14-11, to kick off the 2009 campaign. ESU had won four straight night games before last year's 23-17 loss vs. IUP.

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63) holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 229-154-3 record entering his 38th season as head football coach at ESU. His 386 games as head coach are 83 more than the second-most in PSAC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese (1966-73), he has coached in 454 of the 754 games - 60.2 percent - in program history.

Douds is in his 46th season at ESU overall and is second among active Division II coaches and seventh among all active college football coaches in career victories. He has led the Warriors to nine PSAC titles and four NCAA Playoff appearances. For more on Coach Douds, please see page 11 of the game notes.

Chris Dapolito (Duke '05) is in his second season as head coach at Pace. The Setters were 0-9 in his first season as head coach after spending the previous two seasons as offensive coordinator, assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach. Dapolito played quarterback at Duke from 2001 through 2004.

ESU vs. THE NORTHEAST-10: The Warriors are 17-4-1 against current members of the Northeast-10 Conference, including a 55-33 win over Southern Conn. State in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Playoffs.
American International: 3-0    Bentley: 1-1    Pace: 1-0    Southern Conn. State: 12-3-1

TOUGH LUCK WARRIORS: ESU's 2010 season (3-8), which opened with rankings in the AFCA (No. 25) and D2football.com (No. 16) preseason polls, included five losses by a touchdown or less, tied for the most in school history. The Warriors' strength of schedule through the first seven games was the 10th-toughest in Division II (out of 136 schools), and their six straight losses from Sept. 11 through Oct. 16 matched the third-longest streak in school history. ESU faces the same 11 schools on the schedule this season.

The Warriors' three wins featured a combined margin of victory of 180-28 - Pace (57-0), Millersville (65-14) and Cheyney (58-14). In their eight losses, they were outscored 243-171.

ESU's near-misses:
• Sept. 11 (L 23-17 vs. IUP) - led 10-0 in 1st quarter, outscored 23-0 until last 30 seconds
• Sept. 18 (L 45-20 at Cal) - trailed 21-20 at halftime, outscored 24-0 in second half
• Sept. 25 (L 35-31 vs. WCU) - rallied from 35-16 4th-quarter deficit, final drive ended at 7 with 1:00 left
• Oct. 2 (L 26-13 at Bloom) - trailed 10-6 after 1st possession of 3rd quarter, Bloom scored 16 straight points)
• Oct. 9 (L 38-31 vs. Kutztown) - trailed 38-10 in 4th quarter, scored 21 straight points to close margin
• Oct. 16 (L 28-17 at C.W. Post) - trailed 22-17, had ball inside 50 with less than 3:00 left (Int. return for TD)
• Nov. 6 (L 20-17 vs. Ship) - led 17-3 at halftime, Ship threw GW 15-yd TD pass on 4th-and-7 with 0:24 left
• Nov. 13 (L 28-25 at Edinboro) - led 17-14 at halftime, gave up TD drive in 3rd and Int. for TD in 4th

WHO'S BACK: ESU returns 12 starters, seven on offense and five on defense, plus record-setting So. K Taylor Groff for the 2011 season.

On offense, the returners are led by an offensive line that brings back all five starters who have combined for 107 career starts. R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey was 2nd team All-PSAC East and has started all 34 games of his career. R-Sr. Zach Sarginger, R-Jr. Seve Rivers and R-Jr. Wrenton Wright II all enter their third year as starters. Jr. TB Kendrick Williams was also 2nd team All-PSAC East last season, running for 668 yards and 9 TDs. R-Jr. WR Jordan Hallman started 6 games and is one of four veteran receivers on the roster.

On defense, the Warriors bring back five senior starters in DT Cody Berry, DT Rudy Cerami, LB Mike Bergey, LB Taylor Cave and CB Shawnte Carroll. Four of the seniors were redshirted in 2007, while Bergey was the only player in his class to play as a true freshman in 2008.

Groff set the school record with 16 field goals last season, going 16-for-21, including a perfect 12-for-12 mark from inside 40 yards. He was named to the Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award, which will be presented to the nation's top kicker in Division II, III, NAIA or NJCAA following the season.

WHO'S GONE: QB Matt Marshall, WR Ed Kiser and WR Jeff Giglio all made their mark on ESU's record book. Marshall started 25 career games, led ESU to the NCAA Playoffs in 2009, and ranks 3rd at ESU in career total offense (7,057) and 4th in passing yards (6,403) and TD passes (61). Kiser, 2nd team All-PSAC East with 57 catches for 860 yards last season, is 8th with 2,109 career receiving yards. Giglio ranks 11th with 1,901 receiving yards and is tied for 7th with 18 receiving TDs.

OLB Matt Freed, the first 3-time All-America in school history, ranks 3rd at ESU with 399 career tackles and 5th with 22.5 sacks after going over 120 tackles for three straight seasons. Freed was the only defensive player among the regional finalists for the Harlon Hill Award and was also a 2-time Academic All-American.

CB David Castillo made 38 career starts and was named 1st team All-PSAC East and FS Herschel Thornton (82 tackles) was on the 2nd team. OLB Mark Kalo and LB Kevin Schafer were both starters and four-year letterwinners and DE Alex Figueroa and DE Brett Moss combined for 21.5 TFL and 14.0 sacks last season.

5TH YEAR SENIORS: Three ESU 5th-year seniors will make their first career start against Pace:

OLB Bryan Billger - replaces Matt Freed
• 31 career games on special teams/backup LB
• 27 of 37 career tackles on special teams
• President of ESU's Student Athlete Advisory Committee

DE Jon Weber - replaces Alex Figueroa/Brett Moss
• 19 career games, including all 11 last season
• came to ESU as QB/FS and moved to DE in 2007

QB Ray Wagner - replaces Matt Marshall
• 14 career games, including 7 last season
• Career: 34-63, 571 yds, 4 TD, 3 Int.
• 2010: 23-43, 343 yds, 1 TD, 3 Int.
• 2010 at Edinboro (season finale): 13-22, 178 yds, 2 Int.

EVERYBODY LOVES RAY: Ray Wagner will be the 29th player to start a game at QB in the Warriors' 38th season under head coach Denny Douds.

Wagner follows Matt Marshall, who made 25 career starts, after serving as the backup the last two seasons. This marks the first time since 1980-81 that a senior has started the season opener in back-to-back seasons. Barry Kennedy was in his 3rd year as a starter in 1980, and Brian Marshall (Matt's father) started 8 games, including the season opener, in 1981.

Wagner came to ESU from Susquehanna Township HS (Harrisburg area), where he was a 3-year starter and was 2nd team All-State after leading his team to the Mid-Penn AAA championship and a 10-2 record as a senior. He threw for 1,500 yards and 18 TDs and ran for 800 yards and 14 TDs in 2006.

He takes the controls of an ESU offense that has led the PSAC in passing in 6 of the last 9 years. In each of those years, an ESU QB has ranked in the top 3 in the PSAC in total offense - Jeremy Palm (2002), Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06), Tim Roken (2007-08) and Marshall (2009-10).

ESU QB's IN THEIR FIRST CAREER STARTS
Of the 28 QB's to start a game under Douds since 1974, 6 have thrown for at least 200 yards in their first career start, including the last two (Roken and Marshall):

2008 - Matt Marshall vs. Cheyney (17-26, 314 yds, 3 TD)
2007 - Tim Roken at Lock Haven (17-31, 260 yds, 4 TD)
2003 - J. Terwilliger vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (14-18, 251 yds, 4 TD)
1995 - Damian Poalucci vs. AIC (25-39, 429 yds, 4 TD)
1993 - James Franklin at Kutztown (15-25, 234 yds, 3 TD)
1983 - Charlie Diskin vs. Montclair (19-26, 220 yds, 1 TD)

ABOUT THE BACKUP: R-So. QB Nate Daniels moves into the backup role after serving as the No. 3 QB the last two seasons. A 2nd team All-State (AAAA) selection from Muhlenberg HS, Daniels was the only QB in Berks County history to have two 2,000-yard seasons and had 4,724 career passing yards and 43 TD. At ESU, he is a member of the school's ROTC program.

IN THE FRONT ROW: R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey, a 2nd team All-PSAC East selection who has started all 34 career games, leads an offensive line that brings back all 5 starters and has combined for 107 career starts.

R-Sr. Zach Sarginger (22 starts) is the returning starter at LT, where he started the last 6 games last season after moving over from RT. He started 11 games at RG in 2009 and was an Academic All-District selection.

R-Jr. Wrenton Wright II (22 starts) is the returning starter at RT and started 10 games (5 at LT, 5 at RT) last season. He started all 12 games at RT as a R-FR in 2009.

R-Jr. Seve Rivers (20 starts) started all 11 games last season, 9 at LG and 2 at RG. He started the first 9 games at LG as a R-FR in 2009 before missing the last 2 due to injury.

R-So. Greg Blue (9 starts) was in the lineup at RG last season. He started the first 5 games, missed 2 due to injury, and returned for the final 4 games of the season.

THE RUNNING GAME: Jr. TB Kendrick Williams, a 2nd team All-PSAC East selection, leads a stable of backs that also includes Jr. TB Eric Deery and R-So. TB Joe Klebon.

Williams (2010): 124 car, 668 yds, 9 TD; 10 rec, 78 yds, TD
• 453 yds, 9 TD over the final 5 weeks
• week 7 - 70 yds, TD at C.W. Post
• week 8 - 127 yds, 4 TD (t-school record) at Millersville
• week 9 - 93 yds, 3 TD vs. Cheyney
• week 10 - 119 yds, TD vs. Shippensburg
• week 11 - 44 yds at Edinboro
Career: 223 car, 1,104 yds, 12 TD; 22 rec, 323 yds, 2 TD
• 100+ all-purpose yds in 6 of 17 career starts
• 2009 (7 games): 99 car, 436 yds, 3 TD; 12 rec, 245 yds, TD

Deery (2010): 55 car, 180 yds, 2 TD; 13 rec, 81 yds, TD
• 2 100-yd rushing games as FR (first ESU FR since 1997)
• 2009: 51 car, 277 yds; 2 rec, 10 yds
• 15-121 at Cheyney, 18-102 vs. Millersville

Klebon (2010): 29 car, 99 yds, 2 TD; 15 rec, 245 yds, 3 TD
• 3rd in PSAC in KR avg. (23.8 - 25 ret., 594 yds)
• led ESU with 938 all-purpose yds
• 256 all-purpose yds at Bloomsburg (24 rush, 62 rec)

THE FULLBACKS: So. Darius Jackson and R-So. Thomas Tippett give the Warriors two veterans at fullback. Brent Jones ran for 7 TDs from the FB spot the last 2 years.

Jackson started 4 games and had 7 catches for 74 yards and 2 TDs and 9 carries for 56 yards last season. Tippett played in 10 games on special teams and short-yardage offense.

THE WIDE RECEIVERS: ESU brings back four proven wide receivers in R-Jr. Jordan Hallman, R-Jr. Wade Williams, R-So. Robert Bleiler and So. Dusty Reed.

Hallman (2010): 10 rec, 165 yds
• 23 games and 9 starts over the last two seasons
• 2009: 29 rec, 359 yds, 6 TD
• game-winning TD in 4th quarter at West Chester

Williams (2010): 31 rec, 262 yds, 2 TD
• tied for 2nd on team in catches, 3rd in yards
• caught at least 2 passes in 8 straight games
• 2009: 1 rec, 13 yds (started vs. Edinboro in NCAA Playoffs)

Bleiler (2010): 12 rec, 147 yds
• 6 games (5 starts) - missed last 5 games due to injury
• 5 rec, 57 yds at Pace in season opener

Reed (2010): 31 rec, 377 yds, 6 TD
• 1st on team in TD, 2nd in yards, tied for 2nd in catches
• caught at least 2 passes in 9 of 11 games
• came to ESU as TB and moved to slot receiver

WARRIORS OFFENSE IN 2010
ESU threw the ball on 54.2 percent of its offensive plays last season, the 2nd-highest rate in school history behind Damian Poalucci's record-setting passing attack in 1996.
• 30+ pass attempts in 9 of 11 games (57 vs. Kutztown)
• 13 players caught at least 7 passes
• 10 players caught at least 10 passes
• 10 players caught at TD pass
• 8 players had at least 147 receiving yards
• 10 players caught a pass vs. Pace and Kutztown

THE TIGHT ENDS: R-Fr. Steven Jones replaces 6th-year senior Matt Brown as the starter at tight end. Brown started 6 games and caught 9 passes last season. Jones was 2nd team All-State in La Salle College HS's AAAA state championship team in 2009.

FAST STARTERS
• ESU scored on its first possession in 7 of its 11 games last season, including the final 5 (TD, FG, TD, TD, TD)
• Scored on first 3 at Millersville (FG, TD, TD) and Cheyney (TD, TD, TD)
• Warriors didn't score on their first 6 possessions at Pace

TIME OF POSSESSION
• ESU was 15th of 16 schools in the PSAC in time of possession last season (26:19), less than 25:00 in 6 games
• 6th in the PSAC in 2009 with a margin of 30:09, its first year over 30:00 since 2002

IN THE RED ZONE
• ESU has led the PSAC in red zone offense in two of the last three seasons
• 88% (44-50, 31 TD) in 2010; 91% (44-48, 32 TD) in 2008
• K Taylor Groff was 13-of-14 on field goals during red zone opportunities last season
• Warriors have scored TDs on at least 60% of their trips in the last 3 seasons (89 TDs in 141 trips, 63%)

THIRD DOWN OFFENSE
• 11th in PSAC on 3rd downs (34.3%)
• Ranked 6th in 2009 and 2nd in 2008
• Converted just 56% (10-18) on 3rd-short (1-2 yards)
• 68% (25-37) in 2009 and 72% (26-36) in 2008

TURNOVER MARGIN
• Tied for 12th in PSAC in turnover margin (-0.36) with 27 giveaways and 23 takeaways
• +4 margin in three wins; -8 in eight losses
• Led PSAC and tied for 7th in DII (+0.83) in 2009
• +13 margin in eight wins; -3 in four losses

PRESSURE DEFENSE
• ESU has created 3+ turnovers in 12 of 23 games over past two years
• 0 or 1 takeaways in 8 of last 12 losses
• 33 takeaways in 2009 (8 more than 2nd-most in PSAC)

WARRIORS SPECIAL TEAMS
• Led PSAC in kickoff coverage last season with an average drive start at the 26-yard line
• So. K Taylor Groff had 11 touchbacks on 65 kickoffs
(17% - rest of PSAC averaged less than 5%)
• ESU was 4th in PSAC, 38th in DII in net punting at 34.2
• Led DII at 39.7 in 2008, 128th of 148 schools in 2009
• Douds has coached 14 1st-team kickers and 13 1st-team punters in 37 seasons

WARRIORS PUNTERS
• Fr. Jordan Bair opens the season as ESU's punter
• Greg Knauss was 4th in PSAC (38.2) last season
• Nick Krut led PSAC and DII with 46.0 avg. in 2008

RECORD-SETTING KICKER
• So. K Taylor Groff set ESU's school record with 16 field goals last season
• Member of Watch List for Mitchell Award - top kicker in DII, DIII, NAIA or NJCAA
• 16-for-21 and was one of two DII kickers to make a field goal in every game
• 12-for-12 inside 40 yards
• t-5th in DII with 1.45 field goals per game
• Led PSAC, 9th in DII in points per game by kicker (7.9)
• 87 points were 2nd-most in school history
• Career long 48-yarder near end of 1st half vs. Kutztown
• Made 7 of last 8 FG (season-high 3-for-4 vs. Cheyney)

VETERANS ON DEFENSE
• ESU lost its three All-PSAC selections (OLB Matt Freed, CB David Castillo, FS Herschel Thornton) and 4 of its top 5 tacklers from last year's team
• Warriors still return 5 starters, all seniors, and will start 7 seniors on defense in the season opener
• ESU returns just 10 of its 22 defensive players on the depth chart for the season finale at Edinboro

RETURNING STARTERS
DT - R-Sr. Cody Berry, R-Sr. Rudy Cerami
ILB - Sr. Mike Bergey, R-Sr. Taylor Cave
CB - R-Sr. Shawnte Carroll

PROJECTED FIRST-YEAR STARTERS
DE - R-Sr. Jon Weber, R-So. Scott Brimmer
OLB - R-Sr. Bryan Billger, So. Derek Brown
CB - Jr. Curtis Culbreath
FS - Fr. Kevin Antol

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (DT)
• Cerami has started 22 games the last two years (23 career starts) and Berry started all 11 games last season (13 career starts)
• Cerami: 51 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 1.0 sacks last season
85 tackles, 10.5 TFL, 4.0 sacks in career
• Berry: 38 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 4.0 sacks last season
98 tackles, 16.5 TFL, 10.5 sacks in career
started a game at DE in both 2008 and 2009
• R-Jr. Sam Hull (9 career games) and R-Fr. Bryan Thomson should also see action

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (LB)
• Cave has started all 23 games the last two years (24 career starts) and Bergey has started 9 games
• Cave: 70+ tackles the last two years (72 last season)
164 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, 4 Int. in career
• Bergey: 51 tackles in 2010, 70 tackles in 2009
128 tackles, 9.0 TFL, 4.5 sacks in career

MANNING THE CORNER
• Carroll has started 22 games the last two years
(23 career starts)
• 5 Int. in 2009
• ESU record 4 Int. vs. Slippery Rock
• Tied DII record with 3 in 4th quarter (2 returned for TD)
• 5 career Int., 15 pass breakups, 87 tackles

• Culbreath replaces David Castillo (1st team All-PSAC East), who made 38 career starts and had 9 career Int. and 36 pass breakups
• Transfer from Lackawanna College
• 39 tackles, 8 pass breakups, 1 Int. last season
• Half-brother of Herschel Thornton

SAFETY FIRST
• Antol, a true freshman, will start at safety in the season opener
• Recruited to ESU as WR and moved to safety before the beginning of camp
• 2-time All-Lancaster-Lebanon WR and DB at Cocalico and All-Section in basketball
• Honorable mention All-State at WR
• First true freshman to start in the secondary since David Castillo and Kevin Schafer in 2007

DEFENSIVE ENDS
• Weber has played in 19 career games and will make his first career start
• Brimmer did not play in a game as a R-FR
• R-Fr. Brandon Gattelli, R-Fr. Sam Trunzo and Jr. Waverly Harris (Hudson Valley CC) should also see action
• Warriors replace Alex Figueroa and Brett Moss, who combined for 21.5 TFL and 14.0 sacks

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
• Billger has played in 31 career games and will make his first career start
• Brown played in first 4 games last season (13 tackles) before suffering season-ending injury
• Warriors replace 3-time All-American Matt Freed and 2-year starter/4-year letterwinner Mark Kalo

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Two members of the Warriors have fathers who also played for Coach Douds:
• R-Jr. DL Sam Hull - father Chris, four-year letterwinner at DE from 1984-87
• Fr. QB Matt Soltes - father Andy lettered at QB in 1982, threw game-winning TD at West Chester

At least six other father-son combinations have earned letters since Douds arrived in 1966:

• Falcone - Michael, LB '73; Bryan, LB '00-02
• Jackson - Steven, C '69-71; Greg, TE '98-99
• McNamee - Doug, DB/WR '64-66, Todd, K/P '85-88
• Stem - Willard, FS '72-75; Drew, WR '05-08
• Terwilliger - Mike, QB '74-77 (Douds' first 4 seasons, entering 34th year as asst. coach); Jimmy, QB '03-06 (Harlon Hill Award in 2005)
• Marshall - Brian, QB '81; Matt, QB '08-10

WARRIORS FROM 2000-09
• The Warriors wrapped up their winningest decade in school history in the 2000's, going 77-34 for a .694 winning percentage
• They had nine winning seasons in 10 years, made three NCAA Playoff appearances, won PSAC East titles in 2002 and 2003, and had a school-record 11 wins in 2005
• ESU has an all-time record of 445-290-19 (.616)

GREGORY-DOUDS FIELD AT EILER-MARTIN STADIUM
• Field renamed to honor coaches Jack Gregory and Denny Douds after ESU's 58-14 win vs. Cheyney on Oct. 30, 2010
• Gregory had 49-11-2 (.806) record from 1959-65 and won 1964 and 1965 PSAC championships
• Douds has been ESU's head coach since 1974
• Eiler-Martin Stadium has been the home of the Warriors since 1938
• John R. Eiler was an outstanding athlete at the school in the early 1930s and later athletic director and a championship soccer coach
• Gene Martin was the Warriors' head football coach from 1942-57 and the school's long-time Dean of Men

Renovations include:
• New home bleachers were added in 1960
• The current press box was installed in 1988
• The track was resurfaced and expanded to 8 lanes in 2005
• Lights were added prior to the 2007 season
• FieldTurf was installed prior to the 2008 season

The Warriors have a 118-66 home record (.641) under Douds and a 37-23 home record (.617) since 2000.

UNDER THE LIGHTS
• ESU is 4-2 in night games since lights were installed in 2007
• The Warriors' 23-17 loss vs. IUP was the only night game in 2010

9-15-07 - L 23-38 vs. IUP
8-28-08 - W 14-11 vs. Virginia Union
9-6-08 - W 23-10 vs. Gannon
9-27-08 - W 52-12 vs. Cheyney
9-12-09 - W 45-31 vs. Clarion
9-11-10 - L 17-23 vs. IUP

ESU IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS
• ESU has played in the NCAA Division II Playoffs four times, most recently in 2009 when they fell to Edinboro, 31-16, in the first round
• The Warriors have also played in the postseason in 1991, 2004 and 2005, when they advanced to the national semifinals
• ESU has a 4-4 record in four postseason trips

PSAC PRESEASON POLL
• ESU was picked to finish 5th in the 2011 PSAC East Coaches Poll
• The Warriors were selected behind Bloomsburg, Kutztown, West Chester and C.W. Post and ahead of Shippensburg, Millersville and Cheyney
• California was named the preseason favorite in the PSAC West and split the eight first-place votes with defending PSAC champion Mercyhurst
• IUP and Slippery Rock are tied for 3rd, followed by Gannon, Edinboro, Clarion and Lock Haven
• The 2011 season will mark the fourth year of the PSAC State Game, which was held annually from 1960-1987 and returned in 2008

WARRIORS ON RADIO
• WVPO 840 AM is in its 49th season broadcasting ESU football and will once again carry all 11 games in 2011
• Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award winner, is in his 23rd season as the voice of the Warriors
• He is joined in the booth by Bob Brittain, who is in his 11th year providing the color commentary

WARRIORS ON TV
• Blue Ridge TV-13 will broadcast ESU football for the 24th year this season, with all six home games airing live across the region
• Play-by-play man Chris Doty (22nd year) is joined by color commentator Jim Riley (4th year) and sideline reporter Mike Remish (2nd year)
• ESU will also have three games broadcast through a partnership with PA SPORTSfever, which has broadcast 10 games over the last four seasons
• Games at West Chester (Sept. 24), at Shippensburg (Nov. 5) and vs. Edinboro (Nov. 12) will be broadcast live and tape-delay, please check later for more broadcast information

ESU WARRIORS ALL ACCESS
• All six broadcasts on Blue Ridge TV-13 will be available online through ESU Warriors “All Access” at www.esuwarriors.com
• The single-season package ($24.95) gives access for all football content, live and archived, through August 31, 2012
• The single-day package ($6.95) gives access for a 24-hour period

PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
• ESU has won a share of nine PSAC titles under head coach Denny Douds, and 12 in school history
• The most recent championships came in 1991, 2002 and 2003, when the Warriors won the PSAC East championship
• Overall PSAC titles came in:
1942, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1982
• ESU has a 210-105-1 (.668) record in PSAC games for the 3rd-best winning percentage since the first on-the-field title was awarded in 1960

AND WE GO TO...OVERTIME
• ESU is 4-6 all-time in overtime contests and has won its last two games in OT, 27-20 at Kutztown in 2009 and 44-41 vs. Shippensburg in 2008
• The win vs. Shippensburg gave head coach Denny Douds the PSAC record with his 213th career victory

OVERTIME GAMES
1991 - L 34-33 vs. Shippensburg (NCAA Playoffs)
1996 - W 27-20 vs. Kutztown
1999 - L 33-27 at Shepherd (2OT)
2000 - W 35-28 vs. Shepherd
2000 - L 33-26 vs. Millersville
2000 - L 17-14 vs. Shippensburg
2004 - L 38-37 vs. West Chester
2005 - L 31-24 vs. Bloomsburg
2008 - W 44-41 vs. Shippensburg
2009 - W 27-20 at Kutztown

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES
• ESU has produced 45 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selections over the last four years
• ESU led the PSAC with 15 selections in 2010-11 and 10 selections in
2007-08 and 2008-09
• 2 student-athletes were Academic All-America selections in 2010-11 — Matt Freed and Rose Mascoli (women's cross country/track & field)

The football program has had 5 Academic All-Americans:
2010 - Matt Freed, LB, 1st team
2009 - Matt Freed, LB, 1st team
2004 - Matt Crispell, DB, 1st team
1992 - Ed Detwiler, P, 2nd team
1984 - Ernie Siegrist, TE, 1st team
1979 - Warren Brown, LB, 2nd team