2006 OVC Football Blog Games of the Year

The results are in, and our readers obviously are looking forward to seeing the pre-season conference favorite play. Eastern Kentucky is featured in all three of the games chosen by our readers in the 2006 OVC Games of the Year polls. Here are the winners and the results of voting.

OVC Game of the Year

Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky, Oct. 14

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels, the pre-season pick of conference coaches and sports information directors to win the league, play host to the defending champions, the Eastern Illinois Panthers.

Jacksonville State @ Eastern Kentucky, Sept. 30: 34%, 21 votes
Eastern Illinois @ Eastern Kentucky, Oct. 14: 48%, 29 votes
UT-Martin @ Murray State, Nov. 18:16% 10 votes
Jacksonville State @ Eastern Illinois, Nov. 18: 2%, 1 vote

OVC vs. I-AA Game of the Year

Western Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky, Sept. 9

The Colonels host their hated arch-rivals from cross-state, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers of the Gateway Football Conference, in the Battle of the Bluegrass. An EKU win in this game could be a shot in the arm for the entire conference.

Jacksonville State @ Furman, Sept. 2: 29%, 9 votes
Western Kentucky @ Eastern Kentucky, Sept. 9: 52%, 16 votes

Eastern Illinois @ Illinois State, Sept.: 16: 19%, 6 votes

OVC vs. I-A Game of the Year

Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati, Sept. 2

The Colonels make a short trip up Interstate 75 to take on the Cincinnati Bearcats of the Big East Conference. Some are calling this game one of I-AA's best shots at an upset against a I-A team.

Eastern Illinois @ Illinois, Sept. 2: 20%, 7 votes
Eastern Kentucky @ Cincinnati, Sept. 2: 46%, 16 votes
Tennessee Tech @ Middle Tennesse, Sept. 14: 6%, 2 votes
Tennessee State @ Vanderbilt, Sept. 23: 29%, 10 votes

So, what's all this mean? Here at the blog, we'll feature each of these games in our covereage the week they're played. I won't be able to make it to the games myself, but I'll recruit some of our regular readers to act as correspondents for the day, giving us first-hand accounts, photos, and perhaps even up-to-the minute score reports.

Thanks to all who voted for and nominated games, and of course, thanks for reading.