Who:

East Texas A&M Lions

VERSUS

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks

When: Saturday, October 26, 6 PM

Where: Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium, Commerce, TX

Weather: Rainy and 71 Degrees at Kickoff, Wind NW @ 7 MPH

Watch/Listen/Stats-

LIVE AUDIO: Lion Sports Network – KETR 88.9 FM (http://www.ketr.org) Charlie Chitwood (Play By Play), Brock Callaway (Color/Analysis)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ | https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/c3b5c29b-3712-4ec4-a73f-03972308c9ff
LIVE STATS: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=605086

Projected Starters-

Offense-Spread

QB-Ron Peace, 6’2, 210 LBS, SR, Malakoff, TX OR Eric Rodriguez, 5’10, 200 LBS, JR, Houston, TX

RB-KJ Shankle 5’10, 206 LBS, SR, Richmond, TX

WR-Christian Jourdain, 5’10, 178 LBS, SR, New Orleans, LA

WR-Paul Odidi, 6’4, 175 LBS, SR, Mansfield, TX

WR-Dayan Bilbo, 5’10, 170 LBS, SR, VanCleave, MS

TE-Preston Kilgore, 6’4, 228 LBS, SOPH, Terrell, TX

OL-Romello Watson, 6’2, 326 LBS, JR, Arlington, TX

OL-Chandler Donoway 6’3, 283 LBS, JR, Klein, TX

OL-Billy Thursland, 6’0, 294 LBS, SR, Houston, TX

OL-Ike Ojukwou, 6’5, 349 LBS, SR, Allen, TX

OL-Jadin Jones, 6’3, 325 LBS, SR, Killeen, TX

Defense-3-5-3

DL-Devante Keys, 6’4, 262 LBS, SR, Houston, TX

DL-Jacory Brown, 6’1, 301 LBS, SR, Garland, TX

DL-Micah Owens, 6’1, 307 LBS, SR, Forney, TX

JACK- Dorian Gates-6’4, 224 LBS, JR, Spring, TX

MIKE-Kyree Anderson-5’11, 230 LBS, SR, Cypress, TX

ROVER-Tramar Gilbert, 6’2, 226, SOPH, Peaster, TX

WILL-Koby-Sebasyan King, 6’1, 230 LBS, SR, Houston, TX

STAR-Cinque Williams, 5’11, 187 LBS, SR, Southlake, TX

DB-Lavon Williams, 5’11, 195 LBS, JR, San Antonio, TX

DB-Javon Gillespie 5’11, 180 LBS, SOPH, Camden, NJ

DB-Kaleb Miles 5’11, 190 LBS, SOPH, Prosper, TX

Specialists-

Placekicker-Ozlo Rigby, 6’0, 190 LBS, JR Panama City, FL

Punter-Ben Mehan, 6’0, 196 LBS, FRESH, Downington, PA

Storylines-Homecoming is always a great time and great game typically. This game is about a big as you can get with storylines you would have to make up if it was not true. A Lion team fighting tooth and nail to stay in the conference race and have a winning season, a head coach fighting to keep his grip on the program and proving that he can and will win the big game, add to that a team coming to town that has conference championship aspirations on their mind, coached by a man that led ET to their most recent national title in football and is to thank for so much of the program’s success of the past decade, who was defeated by that very coach who was one of the best quarterbacks in program history in a nail biter last year. The Lions played an inspired game and after so many close games where mistakes cost them close games, that same team finds themselves having won 2 of their last 3 games and 2-1 in conference. A win would do so much for the program as they are trying to make a name for themselves in Division I FCS level football, and doing it against a team that is playing very well right now and wants revenge for last year’s upset loss en route to trying to win their own championship. Just like last week, so much is at stake, and if the Lion offense can continue to hit on all cylinders and play stingy defense, this one could turn out to another interesting and intense game.