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The most anticipated matchup of the 2013 Gulf South Conference Football season is just one day away.

All eyes will be on Livingston, Ala., this Thursday when defending NCAA Champion and No. 1 ranked Valdosta State travels to defending GSC Champion and No. 14 West Alabama for game seven of the GSC-TV LIVE Game of the Week package.

Last year, the rivals split a pair of contests in Valdosta with UWA earning a 39-28 regular-season decision before VSU ended the Tigers' season in the Second Round of the Division II Playoffs, 49-21.  West Alabama snapped the Blazers' 24-game series streak in the lone GSC-TV meeting between the schools in 2010 at UWA, 24-21.

Saturday's slate is headlined by the only other Conference battle this week when North Alabama hopes to celebrate its Homecoming versus West Georgia.  Provisional member Shorter seeks its first win of the season when No. 18 South Atlantic Conference foe Carson-Newman comes to town.  Florida Tech also steps out of GSC action, traveling to in-state NAIA rival Ave Maria.


#1 Valdosta State (4-0, 2-0) @ #14 West Alabama (4-1, 2-0), 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Tiger Stadium, Livingston, Ala.
Series: VSU leads 29-3
Last Meeting: @ VSU 49, UWA 21 (2012 NCAA Playoffs)
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The matchup that GSC fans have pointed during the pre-season before the season even started is on tap this Thursday when defending NCAA Champion, No. 1 Valdosta State goes to defending GSC Champion, No. 14 West Alabama in the seventh 2013 GSC-TV LIVE Game of the Week.

Thursday marks just the second all-time GSC-TV meeting between the schools after UWA celebrated a 24-21 triumph the last matchup inside Tiger Stadium in 2010.  West Alabama hosts its second straight GSC telecast, and third of the season, after topping Clark-Atlanta on September 7 and Delta State last Thursday.  VSU returns to GSC-TV for the second time this year after clipping Angelo State at home on September 28.  The Blazers own the best GSC-TV win-loss record of any league member (13-6), while UWA is 12-8.
               
Valdosta State leads the all-time series, 29-3, but the rivals have traded victories in the last five meetings.  They faced off twice in Valdosta in 2012 with UWA earning a 39-28 decision during the regular season, only to see VSU record a 49-21 win in the NCAA Playoffs.  The Blazers are also 12-2 inside Tiger Stadium dating back to 1983.

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#18 Carson-Newman (4-1) @ Shorter (0-5), 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Barron Stadium, Rome, Ga.
Series: 0-0  --  Last Meeting: First meeting
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Provisional member Shorter returns home, seeking its first victory when No. 18 South Atlantic Conference foe Carson-Newman enters Barron Stadium.
               
SU hosts its second SAC member this season after suffering a 41-30 setback to Mars Hill in GSC-TV action in its second game.  C-N faced MHU last week, earning a 43-27 road win.  Overall, the Hawks are 0-2 versus SAC squads after falling at Newberry in 2012, 17-14.  Shorter is 0-2 at home in 2013, while the Eagles are 2-0.
 

Florida Tech (1-4) @ Ave Maria (2-2), 12:00 pm CT
Location: AMU Football Field, Ave Maria, Fla.
Series: 0-0  --  Last Meeting: First meeting
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GSC newcomer Florida Tech seeks to put the brakes on its four-game skid, traveling to in-state NAIA Ave Maria.  FIT is 1-0 versus in-state, non-conference foes this year after opening 2013 with a 20-13 home, triumph over NCAA Division I-FCS Stetson.  A FIT victory would push the GSC's record against NAIA squads to 2-0.
 
West Georgia (4-1, 1-0) @ North Alabama (2-2, 1-1), 6:00 p.m. CT  --  HOMECOMING
Location: Braly Municipal Stadium, Florence, Ala.
Series: UNA leads 19-11  --  Last Meeting: @ UWG 38, UNA 23 (2012)
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West Georgia plays just its second Conference game of the season, traveling to border-rival North Alabama for the Lions' Homecoming.
               
UWG and UNA each posted their lone league victories at Shorter with the Wolves earning a 31-14 decision two weeks ago and the Lions blanking SU a week ago, 41-0.  North Alabama leads the all-time series, 19-11, and is also 10-4 at home versus West Georgia.  UWG snapped a seven-game losing streak at home to UNA a year ago, 38-23, and its last triumph inside Braly Municipal Stadium came in 2004, 38-21.