SIU Football Fall 2021

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Blankenship had that bad torn muscle from the spring. Don't know if he is fully recovered. 

I was just looking over the roster. Is that the case that our 6th year seniors, whose first year in the program would've been 2016, were recruited to SIU by Lennon and staff, not by Hill?

K State looked very good against Stanford today with a 24-7 win in Dallas. They have a great run game and their defense looks good. I think we will be able to pass against them, but their run game may give us fits. Might have to score a lot to beat them!

KState ran all over Stanford. They have a very good running game.  Hope our D is ready. And we are going to have to do some serious scoring.

Posted by: @carrcar

FOOTBALL - NORTH versus SOUTH

Women's Accessories:

NORTH: Chap Stick in back pocket and a $20 bill in the front pocket.

SOUTH: Louis Vuitton duffel with lipstick and waterproof mascara. Dressing up for the game like it’s a date, because it is

Stadium Size:

NORTH: College football stadiums hold 20,000 people.

SOUTH: High school football stadiums hold 20,000 people.

Fathers:

NORTH: Expect their daughters to understand Sylvia Plath.

SOUTH: Expect their daughters to understand pass interference.

Campus Decor:

NORTH: Statues of founding fathers.

SOUTH: Statues of Heisman trophy winners.

Homecoming Queen:

NORTH: Also a physics major.

SOUTH: Also Miss America.

Getting Tickets:

NORTH: 5 days before the game you walk into the ticket office on campus.

SOUTH: 5 months before the game you walk into the ticket office on campus, make a large financial contribution and put name on a waiting list for tickets. Students order their Sports Pass so they never miss a game!

Friday Classes After a Thursday Night Game:

NORTH: Students and teachers not sure they're going to the game, because they have classes on Friday.

SOUTH: Teachers cancel Friday classes.

Parking:

NORTH: An hour before game time, the University opens the campus for game parking.

SOUTH: RVs sporting their school flags begin arriving on Wednesday for the weekend festivities. The really faithful arrive on Tuesday.

Game Day:

NORTH: A few students party in the dorm and watch ESPN on TV.

SOUTH: Every student wakes up and rushes over to where ESPN is broadcasting 'Game Day Live' to get on camera and wave to the students up north who wonder why 'Game Day Live' is never boadcast from their campus.

Tailgating:

NORTH: Raw meat on a grill, drinks with lime in it, listening to local

radio station with truck tailgate down.

SOUTH: 30-foot custom pig-shaped smoker fires up at dawn. Cooking

accompanied by live performance from the Dave Matthews Band,... who come over during breaks and hangout.

Getting to the Stadium:

NORTH: You ask 'Where's the stadium?' When you find it, you walk right in.

SOUTH: When you're near it, you'll hear it. On game day it is the state's

third largest city.

The Smell in the Air After the First Score:

NORTH: Nothing changes.

SOUTH: Gunpowder (from the cannon in the end zone).

Commentary (Male):

NORTH: 'Nice play.'

SOUTH: 'Tackle him and break his legs.'

Commentary (Female):

NORTH: 'My, this certainly is a violent sport.'

SOUTH: 'Tackle him and break his legs.'

After the Game:

NORTH: The stadium is empty way before the game ends.

SOUTH: Another rack of ribs goes on the smoker, Dave Matthews plays on, and planning begins for next week.

Mostly true, but I guess you've never been to Columbus, OH on game day - land of the Scarlet and Gray van! LOL

Missouri St and UNI look very good this year. 

@mr_woogers Oh yes, I've been there. My brother's kids went to school at THE OSU. If you know Columbus, you may have heard of Longaberger Baskets. My brother(Tom) was safety engineer there for several years. One of his friends gave him tickets to an Illinois vs Iowa FB game, knowing my brother came from Illinois on the Mississippi river border with Iowa. Tom asked him how he got such good tickets and his buddy said, " Oh, we try to buy season tickets at all the away FB game schools to make sure we can get in." And yes this guy did have a red and grey motorhome.

Hero Sports bracketology as of 9-28:

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2021-playoff-predictions-3-bzbz/

win at Tere Huate and win remaining home games.  that puts us at 8-3 and should host 1ts ever

playoff game @Salukistadium

Somewhat good news on the injury front. Neither Cox or Francis are done for the year. Hill said he thought Francis was out for at least this week. Wasn't sure about Avante, but sounds like a possibility we get him back for SDSU. Having Cox would be huge, but hopefully don't rush him back to get hurt worse, b/c we'll need him later this year.

Nice to see Youngstown upset Mo State today and NDSU take down UNI. Long way to go, but this win was obviously huge for our title hopes. Feels like the schedule is set up pretty well from here on out.

Alright, here's our remaining schedule:

• 10/6: North Dakota
• 10/30: @Northern Iowa
• 11/6: Missouri State 
• 11/13: @Indiana State
• 11/20: Youngstown State

Pretty big opportunity ahead of us, but we need to avoid a let down, especially next week against UND who isn't as bad as their record suggests. We need to give them payback for that bad L last year. 

Huge game at UNI after the bye week. Hopefully we can get Cox back for that one. 

The back-end of the schedule is then pretty friendly for us, but there are no cupcakes. 

UNI and NDSU appear to be our biggest threats, but they both have trips to SDSU remaining.

FCS Nation Radio appreciated our win this weekend. 

https://twitter.com/FCSNationRadio1/status/1447546071517782022?s=20

Posted by: @saluki44

FCS Nation Radio appreciated our win this weekend. 

https://twitter.com/FCSNationRadio1/status/1447546071517782022?s=20

Is this someone that has an actual vote for the FCS poll?  When is the last time that SIU had a first place vote?  I'd like us to come in at a #2-3 ranking this week with the losses at the top.