Saturday gameday news

Morning, folks. Here's what's in store around the Ohio Valley Conference today:

Samford at Jacksonville State, 11 a.m., live on CSS
Eastern Kentucky at UT-Martin, noon
Eastern Illinois at Tennessee Tech, 1:30 p.m.
Southeast Missouri at Tennessee State, 2:30 p.m.

Also, Austin Peay Plays at Morehead State at 2 p.m.

And now, the news:

Austin Peay's matchup with former conference foe (and erstwhile OVC member) Morehead State is something of a rivalry, the (Clarksville, Tenn.) Leaf Chronicle notes.

Senior EIU cornerback Ben Brown is hoping for a little revenge today at Tennessee Tech, according to the (Charleston, Ill.) Journal Gazette/Times-Courier. Two years ago he lined up offsides on a late, crucial play, helping Tech to an overtime win and dashing EIU's playoff hopes.

The Birmongham (Ala.) News says Samford brings an improved defense into today's game at Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks' always-good defense is even better this year, the paper says.

Antonio Heffner may miss today's game for Tennessee State, but that's not what's got the offense off kilter. It's all the other players, the staff says, according to The (Nashville) Tennessean.

The (Cookeville, Tenn.) Herald-Citizen also reviews the past in anticipating the potential for an exciting game today etween EIU and TTU. Here's a link to the HC sports section. From there, click on the headline to read the story.