BULLDOGS SEEK A WIN AT JEWELL BEFORE THE FIRST REGIONAL RANKINGS

The Truman State football team will try to add to their resume when they make the trip to Liberty to play William Jewell on Saturday. At 6-1, the Bulldogs are one of 10 teams with one loss or less in the NCAA Super Region 3 and the first regional rankings come out on Monday. The ‘Dogs latest win came on a Josh Scheiderer 28-yard field goal with seven seconds left to beat Missouri S&T 41-39 in a thriller last Saturday. Jaden Barr engineered a 13-play, 64-yard drive in the final two minutes to set up the winning boot. Coach Gregg Nesbitt says the coaching staff focused well in quick decision-making…..

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The Bulldogs are 3-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. William Jewell has lost six in a row after a season-opening victory over Southwest Baptist. First-year Cardinals coach Chuck Lliteras says his young team is trying to battle through adversity….

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Returning Jewell quarterback Will Schneider is second in the GLVC in total offense accounting for 273 yards per game. Coach Nesbitt says the dual threat QB will be hard to defend….

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Nesbitt’s signalcaller, Barr, went over 6,000 yards passing and over 8,000 total offense yards for his career last week becoming only the second Bulldog all-time to reach those levels. Truman has only trailed for 2:29 in seven games. You can hear the Bulldogs at William Jewell this Saturday starting with the Truman Tailgate at 2:20 on Superstation KRES and centralmoinfo.com.