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1/ "Until very recently, Austin Peay football and history hadn’t gotten along so well. Milestones usually had been the wrong kind. From 2013 to 2016, the Governors were the nation’s worst program, going 1-45, starting a losing streak that reached 29 games https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/2019/11/23/austin-peay-football-mark-hudspeth-fcs-playoffs-ovc-title/4250212002/
2/ in 2017.
Ah, but that was a long time ago.
Austin Peay coach Mark Hudspeth gathers his players around to thank them for the season after beating Eastern Illinois on Sat.
No need to worry. No more a football laughingstock, Austin Peay is now a champion, and these Govs are the
Ah, but that was a long time ago.
Austin Peay coach Mark Hudspeth gathers his players around to thank them for the season after beating Eastern Illinois on Sat.
No need to worry. No more a football laughingstock, Austin Peay is now a champion, and these Govs are the
3/ best football team this school ever has produced.
Players, coaches, fans, students, family members, they all celebrated at Fortera Stadium well after Sat’s 35-7 victory over E Illinois.
The win that was required to secure Austin Peay's first FCS playoff bid. It also meant the
Players, coaches, fans, students, family members, they all celebrated at Fortera Stadium well after Sat’s 35-7 victory over E Illinois.
The win that was required to secure Austin Peay's first FCS playoff bid. It also meant the
4/ program’s first nine-win season & its first OVC title since 1977. Austin Peay (9-3, 7-1 OVC) will host Furman (8-4) at noon Saturday in a first-round FCS playoff game.
Some teams might shrug off a regular-season co-championship with playoffs yet to come. Not this team.
Some teams might shrug off a regular-season co-championship with playoffs yet to come. Not this team.
5/ No, this was a party. Who could tell Austin Peay’s players or fans to act like they’d been there before? Clearly, they hadn’t. No one could tell them – especially the older players – that they hadn’t earned the right to wildly celebrate an accomplishment that few cld
6/ understand w/o having endured such a turnaround themselves.
The emotion spilled over before the game ended, and more than a few hard-nosed tough guys were openly weeping in joy on the sideline.
One was senior QB JaVaughn Craig, the game’s star on a day that happened also to be
The emotion spilled over before the game ended, and more than a few hard-nosed tough guys were openly weeping in joy on the sideline.
One was senior QB JaVaughn Craig, the game’s star on a day that happened also to be
7/ his birthday. He threw for three TDsand ran for two more. Ab those tears, “It’s been happening all day,” Craig said. He’d been a freshman on an AP team that went 0-11.
'When I committed here,' Craig said, 'everybody was like, ‘What are you thinking about? There’s no way you’re
'When I committed here,' Craig said, 'everybody was like, ‘What are you thinking about? There’s no way you’re
8/ going to win. There’s no way you shld go there.’ … Just v emotional. A lot of hard work and a lot of trials and disappointments and some success, all that just being let out in that moment.'
- "Players dumped a bucket of water on Hudspeth’s head in the final moments of Sat's
- "Players dumped a bucket of water on Hudspeth’s head in the final moments of Sat's
9/ game. 'It had been awhile,' the coach said, so much that he hadn’t been looking for it."
Coach: "This program has been through a lot,' first-year. And to finally see this program, it’s almost like we’ve recovered from where we were, and now we’ve gotten our program closer to
Coach: "This program has been through a lot,' first-year. And to finally see this program, it’s almost like we’ve recovered from where we were, and now we’ve gotten our program closer to
10/ where we want to get to, and that’s a program that competes every year for championships.”
