How to Watch Central State at Grand Valley State: Stream College Football Live, TV Channel

No. 4 Grand Valley State opens its season at home against Central State under the lights on Thursday night.

Grand Valley State opens its 2024 season ranked No. 4 in the D2Football.com poll, moving up a spot from its preseason position. The Lakers host Central State (0-1) at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale, Michigan, on Thursday night, looking for a fourth straight trip to the Division II playoffs. The Marauders haven’t reached the postseason since bringing back their football program in 2005, but enter the new campaign coming off a 5-5 season that included a season-ending four-game winning streak.

How to Watch Central State at Grand Valley State in College Football Today:

Game Date: Sept. 5, 2024

Game Time: 7 p.m. ET

TV: MyNetworkTV

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Central State comes off a tough 17-10 loss at FCS opponent Morehead State on Aug. 29. The Marauders never led in the game, tying the score in the second quarter on a one-yard run by Kendall Boney and knotting the contest again with nine seconds left in the first half when Jose Chaires booted a 31-yard field goal. The Eagles got the game-winning score early in the fourth quarter.

Boney was 11-of-31 passing for 119 yards and tossed an interception, while scoring CSU’s lone touchdown on the ground. Javarus Leach netted 59 yards for the Marauders on six carries, while the defense held Morehead State to 283 total yards in the loss.

Grand Valley State fell at eventual national champion Harding in last year’s region final 7-6 and have to replace quarterback Cade Peterson, the two-time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year. The offense will operate with 10 returning starters and a new coordinator in Ian Shoemaker. Senior Avery Moore will get the first opportunity to replace Peterson.

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