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Football Arrives in Montgomery to Begin Bowl Week Preparation
12/11/2018 7:05:00 PM | Football
EMU's first day in Alabama included the bowl press conference
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University football team arrived in Montgomery, Ala. Tuesday, Dec. 11, to get ready for the 2018 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl. After traveling for the better part of the day, Eastern capped day one of bowl week with an introductory press conference.
EMU will play its first bowl game on United States soil in 31 years when it participates in the fifth annual Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Saturday, Dec. 15, after finishing the regular season with a 7-5 mark and 5-3 record in Mid-American Conference play.
"This is a huge deal to Eastern Michigan University and Eastern Michigan football," Head Coach Chris Creighton said. "We are very excited. If you paid any attention to the home stretch of the season, our team was willing to dance and sing to try and make it to a bowl game because it just hasn't happened at our university very often. We don't take this likely. We are extremely excited about it."
Eastern will meet the Georgia Southern University Eagles in a matchup of the Mid-American Conference against the Sun Belt Conference. GSU is making its second bowl appearance in program history after finishing the regular season 9-3 and 6-2 in conference play. Georgia Southern last played in the postseason in 2015 when it knocked off MAC foe Bowling Green, 58-27, in the GoDaddy Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
Kickoff from the historic Cramton Bowl is set for 4:30 p.m. CT and the contest will be broadcast on ESPN. Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia will be in the booth, while Lauren Sisler reports from the sideline. The game will also be aired on WEMU (89.1 FM) with veteran broadcasters Matt Shepard and Rob Rubick calling the action on the field. WEMU's special 30-minute pregame show from the stadium begins at 5 p.m. ET.
EMU will play its first bowl game on United States soil in 31 years when it participates in the fifth annual Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Saturday, Dec. 15, after finishing the regular season with a 7-5 mark and 5-3 record in Mid-American Conference play.
"This is a huge deal to Eastern Michigan University and Eastern Michigan football," Head Coach Chris Creighton said. "We are very excited. If you paid any attention to the home stretch of the season, our team was willing to dance and sing to try and make it to a bowl game because it just hasn't happened at our university very often. We don't take this likely. We are extremely excited about it."
Eastern will meet the Georgia Southern University Eagles in a matchup of the Mid-American Conference against the Sun Belt Conference. GSU is making its second bowl appearance in program history after finishing the regular season 9-3 and 6-2 in conference play. Georgia Southern last played in the postseason in 2015 when it knocked off MAC foe Bowling Green, 58-27, in the GoDaddy Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
Kickoff from the historic Cramton Bowl is set for 4:30 p.m. CT and the contest will be broadcast on ESPN. Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia will be in the booth, while Lauren Sisler reports from the sideline. The game will also be aired on WEMU (89.1 FM) with veteran broadcasters Matt Shepard and Rob Rubick calling the action on the field. WEMU's special 30-minute pregame show from the stadium begins at 5 p.m. ET.
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