Thursday Quick Hitters - 8.26.10

Yes we are only 7 days away folks!!!! Here are the quick hitters for today:

-Ticket Sales Update: 4,200 season tickets have been sold and we're approaching 2,000 individual tickets sold for the Shorter game.  You could have as many as 8,000 student in the building and   I've been told by multiple sources that 20,000 fans is realistic for next Thursday night.  If you don't have your tickets, you need to get them.  There is only one first game! Don't miss it!  Full GSU Sports Article

-The AJC Sunday Section will feature a pull out section of more than 34 pages.  It includes us (as we are apart of the "Big 3").  Pick up a copy or two.

-Dominant ILB Evan Bostic gets a shout out from his local paper in the Shelby NC Star.

-OL Michael Davis is head to see his knee surgeon this morning.  Everybody lift up a prayer and keep him your thoughts today. 

-RB Travis Evans may be a game week decision vs. Shorter.  He has a hamstring issue that has been giving him issues and has been limited in practice.

-Funny moment via social media (get on Twitter and follow your boy @GStateBen):  Multiple players were convinced that there would be a white out for Sept. 2nd's game with Shorter.  The trouble is that Shorter's colors are Blue and White as well and they are the road team.  They'll be wearing white.  I think it's been corrected and they bottom bowl will be a sea of blue.

-Speaking of the players: How ready are they to play?

**RB Rosevelt Watson: We got 7 days left til I 1st game, Too amped! WE ready to make    History! 
**DB Brandon Jones: Greatness is the next step for GSU Football.
**OL Ramell Davis: 7 days till the game I'm more focused then ever I must stop my mental mistakes and stop thinking about everything and just do it.

10 Questions Before We Kick: Can We Stay Healthy?

This is a huge question and no one knows the answer.  We've already lost LB Rontaverous Aribo (who was likely a gunner on special teams) and OL Michael Davis (possible rotation at guard) to season ending injuries.  We've emerged from camp with only minor knicks and bumps.  Can we stay healthy on the D-Line and O-Line?

What do you think?

Fall Practice #6 & 7- 1st Two-a-Days

CBC Shouting Instructions with CB Parker Stevens in the background

Photo Courtesy of Georgia State Sports Communications

CBC: “I’ve learned that most of our guys will fight through the fatigue and the pain,” said head coach Bill Curry after the second of two practices Tuesday. “Football may be the most uncomfortable game in the world. Some people can’t handle it, but most of our men are at least trying. We’ve got light years to go in terms of execution and details, but I’m proud of the effort, for the most part.”

Bad News: The offensive line did suffer a loss as Curry announced that guard Michael Davis is out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee. The redshirt freshman from Lithonia, Ga., and Chamblee High School injured the knee in practice and will undergo surgery in a few weeks.

“That’s a tremendous blow to our football team,” said Curry. “He is one of our best leaders, one of our best players and one of our most upbeat people. We’re all in agony about it, but that’s football and that’s life.”

Junior college transfers Gabriel Hampton and Ladeven Kirkland have stepped in to replace Davis at left guard.

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