Georgia Southern Feasibility Study

Many may not know that Georgia Southern University is conducting a feasibility study to determine what is needed to move up to football bowl subdivision ( FBS) the former 1A from football championship subdivision (FCS) formerly 1AA. Georgia Southern has a short but rich history in the last twenty seven years after restarting the program that was dormant since 1941. Since the first press conference when former UGA defensive coordinator Coach Erk Russel was hired to be the head coach for the eagles, Georgia Southern has won six 1AA National Championships, eight Southern Conference Championships, and made sixteen playoff appearances. The last championship was in2000 against Montana. In 1999 The Eagles,  coached by  Paul Johnson defeated Youngstown State coached by Jim Tressel  59-24.  Adrian Peterson, the junior running back from Georgia Southern was awarded the 1999 Walter Payton Award as the Nation's top 1AA offensive player.