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GSU students organize suicide prevention walk

Hundreds in the Georgia Southern University community gathered on campus Saturday morning for the "Out of the Darkness" campus walk for suicide prevention.

April 27, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Local

Source: Georgia Southern to name new men's head basketball coach

Georgia Southern has hired Mark Byington as the new men's basketball head coach, a source close to the program said on Friday.

March 29, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Sports

Source: Eagles to join Sun Belt Conference

The Georgia Southern Eagles are moving to the Sun Belt Conference, a Football Bowl Subdivision conference, a source confirmed Monday. The university is expected hold an official announcement on Wednesday morning. No official timetable has been confirmed for Georgia Southern's full membership in the Sun Belt, but the Eagles will play their announced football schedule in 2013. It has not been confirmed whether or not the Eagles will ...

March 25, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Georgia Southern

Eagles take on Tech in Atlanta

When Georgia Southern took two of three games from Samford over the weekend, the Eagles showed they could win in a number of different ways. The biggest proof of that was Saturday's 18-14 win against the Bulldogs. Today, the Eagles (12-7, 5-1 Southern Conference) face No. 11 Georgia Tech, a team certainly capable of putting a lot of runs on the scoreboard. The Yellow Jackets (17-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) have ...

March 18, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Georgia Southern

Yoshida joins the flock

Clifford Yoshida has been around the block –-just ask him how long he's been coaching college football defenses. "A long time, a long time," he laughed on Thursday, the second day of spring practice. Yoshida joined the Georgia Southern football staff during the offseason. He will coach the defensive line with assistant coach Victor Cabral. During his career, which is approaching 42 years, Yoshida has coached at Duke, Virginia Tech, Wake ...

March 14, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Georgia Southern

Eagles face first road SoCon test

For two years, the Southern Conference title has gone through this weekend's marquee matchup. Over the course of the last two seasons, Samford has won the regular season series both times, but the Bulldogs have split with Georgia Southern when it has counted the most - Southern Conference championship games. "It has turned into a rivalry," GSU coach Rodney Hennon said. "All the games we've been involved in with each other have ...

March 14, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Georgia Southern

GSU fires men's basketball coach

Charlton Young, Georgia Southern's head basketball coach for the past four seasons, was fired after a meeting with GSU athletics director, Tom Kleinlein, Monday afternoon.

March 12, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Sports

Eagles come crashing down

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - While Georgia Southern was busy beating Wofford on Friday in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament at the U.S. Cellular Center, No. 1 seed Davidson was resting. When GSU met the Wildcats Saturday afternoon, it was obvious. Davidson drained 10 first-half 3 pointers and turned a 23-point halftime lead into an 86-59 win over the Eagles to eliminate GSU in the quarterfinals. Georgia Southern (14-19) made ...

March 09, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Georgia Southern

Davidson rains 3-pointers on GSU

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – While Georgia Southern was busy beating Wofford on Friday in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament at the U.S. Cellular Center, No. 1 seed Davidson was resting. When GSU met the Wildcats Saturday afternoon, it was obvious. Davidson drained 10 first-half 3-pointers and turned a 23-point halftime lead into an 86-59 win over the Eagles to eliminate GSU in the quarterfinals. Georgia Southern ...

March 09, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Sports

GSU names athletic director

After 132 days of searching for a director of athletics, Georgia Southern University President Brooks Keel introduced Tom Kleinlein, the deputy athletic director at Kent State University, Monday evening at a press conference in the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center.

November 13, 2012 | Matt Yogus | Sports

GSU students to vote on activity fees

On Tuesday, Georgia Southern University students will cast votes that could change the course of the institution forever.

September 22, 2012 | Matt Yogus | Local

No substitute for experience

The Georgia Southern Eagles went into the 2012 season with sky-high expectations, a boatload of talent and two huge concerns - the secondary and the kicking game.

September 10, 2012 | Matt Yogus | Georgia Southern

Bulldogs pull off the upset

CHARLESTON, S.C. - In 2011, The Citadel's Ryan Sellers missed a 37-yard field goal and allowed Georgia Southern to escape with a two-point win at Paulson Stadium. This time, it was GSU's turn. Freshman kicker Ryan Nowicki missed a 31-yard field goal as time expired, and The Citadel escaped with a 23-21 win over the third-ranked Eagles Saturday at Johnson-Haygood Stadium. The Eagles (1-1, 0-1 Southern Conference) replaced ...

September 08, 2012 | By MATT YOGUS | Georgia Southern

Quarterbacks still battling

The biggest storyline throughout fall camp for the Georgia Southern Eagles has been the battle between junior Jerick McKinnon and sophomore Ezayi Youyoute for the starting quarterback role. Saturday morning, when fall camp came to an end with a scrimmage at Paulson Stadium, everybody answered the question the same way. "I have no idea," said Youyoute, who had a 57-yard rushing touchdown in the scrimmage. "Me and Jerick are just ...

August 18, 2012 | Matt Yogus | Georgia Southern

GSU soars into quarterfinals

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Everybody knew what was coming, they just couldn't stop it. Georgia Southern combined for 59 carries and 423 yards on the ground and ran away from No. 2 seed William and Mary in the second half as the Eagles advanced to the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Playoffs with a 31-15 win Saturday afternoon at Zable Stadium. Trailing 15-14 at the break, the Eagles (9-4) had only three ...

December 04, 2010 | By MATT YOGUS | Local

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My Take: The biggest win in GSU history

Georgia Southern's 26-20 win over the Florida Gators at the Swamp on Saturday was the biggest win in program history. Not the football program's history - the history of the whole athletics department.

November 25, 2013 | By MATT YOGUS | Local

An exuberant exit

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Georgia Southern Eagles are the most storied program in the history of the Football Championship Subdivision.

November 23, 2013 | Matt Yogus | Local

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