Southern Utah
at South Alabama
Thursday, Aug. 29, 6:35 p.m.
Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peeples Stadium
(33,471, FieldTurf)
Internet: ESPN3
Series History: First Meeting.
The Coaches: Southern Utah’s Ed Lamb is 26-29 entering his sixth season with the Thunderbirds…Joey Jones is 25-14 entering his fifth season with South Alabama. He is 28-21 in six seasons at the collegiate level, having gone 3-7 in 2007 at Birmingham-Southern.
Notes: Southern Utah is entering its second season as a member of the Big Sky Conference…Southern Utah went 3-3 on the road last season, winning three of its final four away from Cedar City…South Alabama was picked to finish seventh out of eight teams in the Sun Belt Conference….Southern Utah will play two FBS games this season. After playing South Alabama, SUU will play at Washington State on Sept. 14…South Alabama went 2-10 in 2012, its first season in the Sun Belt Conference…South Alabama has lost six straight games entering the 2013 season…South Alabama went 2-4 at home last season…South Alabama started its football program in 2009...Aaron Cantu, a JC transfer, is expected to start at QB for SUU. He replaces NFL Draft pick Brad Sorensen...SUU LB Zak Browning tallied 115 tackles as a true