Truman Home Opener With Hillsdale Is Part Of GLVC-GMAC Saturday 1

After 2,400 miles of travel to-and-from Michigan to pick up a pair of wins, Truman State gets to play a team from the Wolverine State at home when Hillsdale comes to Stokes Stadium on Saturday. It’s part of two weekends where teams from the Great Lakes Valley Conference play opponents from the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

The Chargers have lost their first two games by a total of eight points, including a 35-31 close call against 12th ranked Indianapolis. Bulldog head man Gregg Nesbitt says Hillsdale is well-coached….

Chargers head coach Keith Otterbein will be without two-year starting quarterback Luke Keller, due to Covid protocol….

Nesbitt says the Bulldog special teams units produced a significant amount of hidden yards to swing their game at Wayne State last week….

Jaylen Jefferson was named the GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week. Even though these teams haven’t played since 1966, Coach Otterbein says he is familiar with Truman while scouting for their annual games with Indianapolis…..

Hillsdale won the GMAC as recently as 2018 and finished 6-5 in 2019. The Bulldogs are looking for their ninth straight non-conference victory. You can hear Saturday’s game on Superstation KRES and centralmoinfo.com starting with the Truman Tailgate at 11:15. Former Bulldog head coach Eric Holm will join Brad and Hank for the broadcast.