By now you know that Kevin Ellison, the Georgia Southern quarterback and the essence of the Willie Fritz offense, is academically ineligible and will miss the season’s first two games. That’s a shame. Oh, it might be a relief for you and Tony Gibson, because Ellison is really, really good in that offense, but the game would be more fun with Ellison in it. He not only misses the opener, but he’s out for the following week’s game against Western Michigan, which has immense potential to be one of the most entertaining non-conference games of the season.

In his place will be Favian Upshaw, who is not Ellison, but who’s a bit more veteran and experienced than you might think. He’s on the small side, but Georgia Southern has a highly regarded quarterbacks coach/offensive coordinator in Doug Ruse, and Ruse really likes Upshaw. It doesn’t hurt that Upshaw likes Upshaw, as well. “I’ve had some pretty good days,” Upshaw said. “I’ve been rolling lately. Hopefully, I can keep it going into West Virginia.”

But that’s not why we’re here. The Eagles, it turns out, have depth at kicker, too. Alex Hanks will be the main man again, but watch out for Younghoe Koo, the backup kicker, the kickoff specialist and the guy who can do this.

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