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NATIONALLY TELEVISED
Thursday's game will be nationally televised live at 8 p.m. on the CBS Sports Network with an announcing crew of Brent Stover (play-by-play), Corey Chavous (color) and Lisa Byington (reporting). For full fan information, click the Fan Information Central link above.

GHOULS OF GOLD
Bloomsburg University is getting in the spirit of Halloween on Thursday, sponsoring a Halloween costume contest for all students. The winner receives $1,000 in on-campus dining dollars. For more information, click here.

QUICK SIX
-Thursday's game features the top two pass rushers in the PSAC - Shippensburg's Jake Metz has 10 sacks while Bloomsburg's Larry Webster (Hagerstown, MD/Elkton) has nine.
-Bloomsburg ranks second in the PSAC in scoring (43.1 points/game) while Shippensburg stands third (39.3).
-The Huskies lead the PSAC in team rushing by over 100 yards per game – Bloomsburg averages 339.8 yards on the ground while second place Mercyhurst records 235.3 per contest.
-Bloomsburg ranks fourth in the nation with success in the red zone – the Huskies have scored in 32 out of 34 trips to the red zone with 25 touchdowns. The only two "failures" came when
running out the clock vs. Stonehill and at Gannon.
-Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) leads Division II with 1,520 yards rushing this season.
-Danny Fisher (Liverpool/Central Dauphin) enters Thursday with 176 career PATs made, just three off the PSAC record of 179 set by Alex Walsh of West Chester between 2005-08.

THE MATCHUP
PSAC East rivals Bloomsburg and Shippensburg meet on Halloween Night on national television, renewing their rivalry dating back to 1917. For the Huskies, Thursday's game has been circled on the calendar since the Raiders ended their season last November in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs. Bloomsburg enters the game riding an eight-game winning streak to begin the year while Shippensburg looks to bounce back from a last-second loss to West Chester at home last Saturday. The Raiders opened the season ranked in the top 10 of many national polls, but started slowly with losses at Shepherd (W. Va.) and Slippery Rock. Ship responded with five straight wins before last week's defeat. Thursday's game pairs two electric offenses with both teams averaging over 39 points per game, led by two of the most dynamic offensive talents in the region. Defending Harlon Hill-winning quarterback Zach Zulli (2,423 yards passing, 24 touchdowns) leads Shippensburg against BU's 2012 Harlon Hill finalist Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) (1,520 yards rushing, 22 touchdowns).

LAST YEAR'S MEETINGS
Bloomsburg and Shippensburg met twice last season at Ship, including a meeting in the first round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs. In the regular season matchup, Shippensburg raced out to a 35-7 lead at halftime, but the Huskies would roar back in the second half to tie the game at 42-42 with 2:39 to play. The Raiders answered by driving 83 yards in 14 plays to score the game-winning touchdown, a 2-yard pass from Zach Zulli to Bryan Barley, with four seconds remaining.

In the playoff rematch, Bloomsburg started strong, leading 14-13 at halftime. The second half belonged to Shippensburg, however, as the Raiders marched off 45 unanswered points behind 479 yards passing by Zulli. Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) had 199 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Husky offense.

RECORDS READY TO FALL
Senior running back Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) seemingly sets new records on a weekly basis these days and has a great opportunity to write his name atop the PSAC and school record books again on Thursday. He needs one touchdown to tie the PSAC and BU record of 85 overall touchdowns held by Huskies alum Jamar Brittingham set between 2004-07. Quiteh is also three rushing touchdowns off the school and conference mark of 83 held by Brittingham. Entering Thursday, he has at least two rushing touchdowns in 10 straight games and in 15 of the last 16.  Quiteh is also 12 points away from Brittingham's PSAC career record of 516. Further, he needs six carries to break the all-time PSAC record of 943 held by Gerald Thompson (Edinboro, 1995-98).

THAT WAS THEN
Shippensburg swept a pair of games from the Huskies last year, winning a 49-42 shootout during the regular season before racing to a 58-20 win in the NCAA Playoffs on its home turf. The common thread in both games was Ship quarterback Zach Zulli and the Raiders passing game. Zulli tossed for 496 yards and seven touchdowns in the first meeting and then threw for 479 yards and three scores in the playoff win. Those performances were highlights for Zulli's Harlon Hill-winning resume last season as he finished with 4,747 yards and 54 touchdowns passing in the most prolific season in Shippensburg history a year ago.

DOUBLE DIPPING
Bloomsburg will play two games in the span of a week following its Week 8 victory vs. Cheyney last Saturday and now Thursday's Week 9 tilt vs. Shippensburg. The last time Bloomsburg played two football games in six days happened 67 years ago in 1946 when the Huskies played Mansfield on a Monday and Lock Haven the following Saturday.

HARLON HILL FINALISTS HEAD-TO-HEAD
Thursday's game features two of the three 2012 Harlon Hill finalists as Shippensburg quarterback Zach Zulli won the award last year and Bloomsburg's Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) finished third in the balloting. Quiteh has enjoyed much personal success against the Raiders – in four career games, he averages 172 yards per game and has scored nine career touchdowns in the series. Zulli, meanwhile, has posted a 2-1 record vs. the Huskies and has been outstanding in the rivalry, averaging 431 yards per game through the air with 12 total touchdowns.

THEY KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING
The 2013 season is the 40th in the history of Redman Stadium. Bloomsburg has won its last 10 games at home, not tasting defeat on home turf since a 24-21 loss to LIU Post on Oct. 29, 2011.  In 2012 Bloomsburg was 5-0 at home, the 10th year the team has been undefeated.  The Huskies all-time record in Redman Stadium is now 138-66-4.

IRONMAN STECK
Senior center Chris Steck (Mt. Carmel/Mt. Carmel) has turned in a tremendous career anchoring the often dominant Bloomsburg offensive line. The Mt. Carmel product stepped in as a freshman in 2010 and hasn't missed a beat, starting 44 straight games. That longevity is believed to be a school record. The multi-time All-PSAC East as well as 2012 NCAA All-Super Region I selection has been a key player in Bloomsburg's ability to record 315.8 yards per game on the ground last season and over 340 yards per contest this year and has been in the lineup for all of Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West)'s record-setting career at running back.

HUTTON HEADS UP RECEIVING CORPS
Senior wide receiver Glenn Hutton Jr. (Sicklerville, NJ/Paul VI) has been the veteran leader of the Huskies young receiving corps as the only BU receiver with starting experience entering the season. Hutton has served as quarterback Tim Kelly (Camp Hill/Cedar Cliff)'s favorite receiver this season, leading the team with 29 receptions. Last week vs. Cheyney, he led the team with five catches – Hutton, a former quarterback, has paced the Huskies in receptions the past five weeks. He's also set career highs in receptions (29), yards (468) and touchdowns (6).

BREAKING UP THE PARTY
Redshirt sophomore safety Donovan Morris (Philadelphia/George Washington) came in with a field goal block on a 20-yard attempt from Cheyney last week. The block was the Huskies' field goal block since Cole Parkinson (Boyertown/St. Pius X) had one vs. Millersville on Oct. 6, 2012, and was the first of Morris' BU career. He's also tied for first in the PSAC in pass breakups with eight this year.

MR. EFFICIENT
Quarterback Tim Kelly (Camp Hill/Cedar Cliff) threw for a season-high 238 yards while completing 17 of 22 pass attempts with one touchdown through the air and one on the ground in the Week 7 win at ESU. Kelly's rushing touchdown came on a bootleg that resulted in a career-long 41 yard scamper down the sidelines. Entering the Shippensburg game, Kelly leads the PSAC and is eighth in the nation in passing efficiency at 171.4 – he's completed 85 of 131 attempts for 1,245 yards and 13 touchdowns with four interceptions in his second season as the starter. Kelly also recently moved into seventh place in school history with 35 career touchdown passes and ninth in passing yards with 3,038.