Carrollton, GA - Everything is on the line this week in Barron Stadium. The playoffs, a nine-win season and the continuation of a storybook beginning to the Will Hall era at UWG as the Wolves face-off with the Shorter Hawks in the regular season finale Saturday at 11 a.m. in Rome, Ga.
- For the third straight week, the Wolves enter the weekend as the 6th-ranked team in the region with a solid shot a making the playoffs, but standing in the way is a Shorter program that is playing in its first offiical season in Division II. West Georgia is coming off of a huge 49-35 victory over Florida Tech last week in a battle between two regionally ranked opponents, while the Hawks fell by a 45-7 tally at the hands of the North Alabama Lions on the road.
- West Georgia is coached by Will Hall, who is in his first season at West Georgia. He has an overall record of 33-13 in his fourth year as a head coach. The head coach at Shorter is Phil Jones who is in his ninth year as coach of the Hawks.
- This week's game will likely be a ground battle between the top rushing offense in the Gulf South Conference of the Wolves (258 ypg) and the triple-option attack of the Shorter Hawks, a team that is third in the GSC in rushing with 228 yards per game on the year.
- This will be the fourth game this year where UWG has faced a team that runs the triple option, but at the center of that offense is Shorter's Eric Dodson, who has been a mainstay for the three years that Shorter has been in the league. The Wolves are 3-0 against the triple option teams and have allowed just 171 yards per game against that attack.
- Coincidentally, the UWG offense throws it right back at the triple-option teams, as the Wolves are averaging 291 yards per game on the ground in the three games this season against Clark
Atlanta, West Alabama and Mississippi College. That average includes a 400-yard effort against the Choctaws two weeks ago.
- The UWG defense will look to continue their success against the triple option as well, as West Georgia has allowed just 3.6 yards per carry in those three games. The Wolves also forced nine turnovers in those three games while turning the ball over just three times.
