Start Time: 6 p.m. EST, Sept. 8
Location: Allen E. Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Ga.
Records: Georgia Southern (1-0), UMass (1-1)
Weather: 85 degrees at kickoff, 35 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms
TV: ESPN+
Betting Line: Georgia Southern -2
Georgia Southern Outlook
Being optimistic about this game is easy for a Georgia Southern fan, because it would be hard pressed to top how pitiful its performance was in 2017 when the Eagles dropped to 0-6 behind a 55-20 loss to the Minutemen, a beating so bad that GS showed former head coach Tyson Summers the door the very next day.