Thursday gameday news

There's one game set for tonight in the OVC; Eastern Kentucky visits Tennessee Tech, for a contest to be televised live on ESPNU. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Here's the news from around the league:

The (Clarksville, Tenn.) Leaf Chronicle takes a lok at Jason Vanatta and David Haskins, a pair of defenders for Austin Peay State who each have 22 tackles for the Govs over their first three. games.

The Richmond (Ky.) Register says Eastern Kentucky players & staff didn't get much time to reflect on Saturday's loss to Western Carolina before it was time to start prepping for tonight's game.

The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader picks the EKU-TTU matchup as its top football story from among the "state colleges" lineup today.

The Anniston (Ala.) Star (sorry, subscribers only) looks at JSU linebacker Alex Henderson ... or is that defensive back, or rover or fullback? Different JSU publications list him at all those positions, and there's a nugget of truth in each. But Henderson, who walked on two years ago with the Gamecocks, is firmly entrenched now at linebacke; he had seven tackles in Saturday's win over Southeast Missouri State, including one for a loss.

The (Nashville) Tennessean says Tennessee State's crop of I-A transfers should help them measure up better against Vanderbilt on Saturday than they otherwise would.

The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun says running back Donald Chapman will play for UT-Martin agaisnt Jacksonville State on Saturday. The star missed last week's game against Gardner-Webb with an ankle sprain. With No. 2 back Josh Chapman serving a one-game suspension, Marcus Dawson got a lot of carries. The paper says Dawson was the OVC's newcomer of the week, but I haven't seen a release yet from the league about players of the week. I wonder who the rest of them are?