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Can the Panthers catch a break?
This year’s Famous Idaho Potato Bowl will mark Utah State’s fifth overall appearance in the Boise-based game, but the blue turf is brand-new territory for the Georgia State Panthers.
GSU will be just the second Sun Belt Conference team to take the blue turf in the postseason, but the Panthers are arguably the weakest of the seven teams that the Mountain West will face as part of its bowl slate. They head to Idaho on a substantial slide and with key on-field contributors out the door, so the pressure will be on to find an upper hand against the unpredictable Aggies and finish the year on a high note.
Here’s what Utah State fans need to know about the Panthers.
2023 Georgia State Panthers — Team Profile
Conference: Sun Belt
2023 Record: 6-6 (3-5 Sun Belt)
SP+ ranking: 101st
FEI ranking: 102nd
Sagarin rating: 112th
Head coach: Shawn Elliott (seventh year, 42-49 overall).
2023 in a nutshell: For a brief time, it looked like the Panthers might be in position for a real breakthrough this fall. The team opened 6-1, the lone blemish a stumble at home against Troy, but the realities of the super-competitive Sun Belt Conference pulled GSU back to earth. After scoring those six wins by an average of 12.8 points, they dropped the final five games of the year by an average of 23.2.
Best wins: at Coastal Carolina (7-5), at Louisiana (6-6), vs. Marshall (6-6)
Key Players
Darren Grainger, QB
Georgia State football has only existed for a little over a decade, but Grainger might already be the best quarterback in the program’s young history. He already owns team records for career total offense and career total touchdowns and, in 2023, completed 67% of his…
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Author : Mountain West Wire
Publish date : 2023-12-14 13:00:11
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