Sunday, November 11, 2012

Blazers tabbed No. 1 seed in Super Region 2

QB Cayden Cochran and the VSU Blazers were tabbed the
No. 1 seed in Super Region 2 Sunday evening.
(Ed Hooper | the VDT)
VALDOSTA — The Valdosta State football team should be well rested when it takes the field Nov. 24 in the second round of the Division II playoffs.

The Blazers (8-2) were tabbed the No. 1 seed in Super Region 2 Sunday evening, securing the top-seed in the region along with a first round bye. Twenty-three days will pass between Valdosta State's regular season finale against Texas A&M-Kingsville and its playoff game, which will be against either West Alabama or Miles.

"It says a lot for these kids, being 2-2 and reeling off six in-a-row and getting the respect we got; To be the No. 1 team in the region, it says a lot about what they've done," Valdosta State head coach David Dean said. 

UWA and Miles will meet Saturday (Nov. 17) in the No. 4 versus No. 5 matchup. Lenoir-Rhyne was tabbed the three-seed and will host the sixth-seed Fort Valley State. Carson-Newman, which beat Mars Hill Saturday, was tabbed the second seed in the region and will host the winner of the Lenoir-Rhyne-Fort Valley State game.

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