Week 9 in the MVFC (and other games of interest)

Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:15 am

Here's the games this week in the conference and among our non-conference opponents.
And my preview of them: http://thefcswedge.com/mvfc/mvfc-week-9-preview/
South Dakota State @ Illinois State - 2 PM
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State - 2 PM
Indiana State @ Youngstown State - 3 PM
North Dakota State @ Northern Iowa - 6 PM

I think NDSU @ UNI is the most interesting one. I thought it wouldn't be that close, until UNI found an offense last week, so I'm really curious to see if that game was just a fluke against a bad team, or if they're actually really good and will do well...probably not 61-points "well", but better than they had been...against a very good Bison defense.

Outside our conference:

Eastern Illinois @ Jacksonville State - 2 PM (EIU has dropped a bit, but this could still be huge for playoff positioning)
Northern Arizona has a bye this weekend
Northern Illinois moves into the "weird scheduling" portion of the MAC season, playing at home against Bowling Green this coming Tuesday. Then their next 2 games are on Wednesdays before they finish out their regular season on a Friday evening.

wiu712 · Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:26 am

The South Dakota State at Illinois State game will be on Comcast Sports Net-Chicago.
Game time is 2PM.

NIU#1FBinIL · Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:43 pm

ST_Lawson wrote:NIU moves into the "weird scheduling" portion of the MAC season, playing at home against Bowling Green this coming Tuesday. Then their next 2 games are on Wednesdays before they finish out their regular season on a Friday evening.

#MACtion

NIU#1FBinIL · Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:01 pm

ST_Lawson wrote:NIU moves into the "weird scheduling" portion of the MAC season, playing at home against Bowling Green this coming Tuesday. Then their next 2 games are on Wednesdays before they finish out their regular season on a Friday evening.

Including the inaugural 2016 Huskie Chi-Town Showdown at Guaranteed Rate Field (formerly US Cellular Field/New Comiskey Park) vs the Toledo Rockets on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

The game will be the FIRST EVER football game in the 25-year history of the Ballpark.

BE PART OF HISTORY!
2016 Huskie Chi-Town Showdown - Tickets Info & FAQs

wiu712 · Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:12 am

Tonight's North Dakota State at Northern Iowa game will be on Comcast Sports Net-Chicago Plus.

Game time is 6PM. This will UNI's "Black Out" game.

Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:22 pm

So, here's the final scores for today:

South Dakota State - 21
Illinois State - 38
Not sure what happened here, but I will say that every time I went to pay attention, SDSU was running the ball...which is odd, because they pretty much just don't do that.

Southern Illinois - 35
Missouri State - 38
SIU snatches defeat from the hands of victory, giving up 31 points in the second half.

Indiana State - 10
Youngstown State - 13
ISU led the entire game...all until halfway through the 4th quarter.

North Dakota State - 24
Northern Iowa - 20
Was a close game, but NDSU got a ton of pressure on UNI QB Dunne forcing 4 interceptions.

And the one OOC game going on:
Eastern Illinois - 14
Jacksonville State - 47
JSU is who we thought they were.

wiu712 · Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:47 pm

Attendance at above-referenced games:

Western at South Dakota = 8,412.
South Dakota State at Illinois State =7,595.
Southern Illinois at Missouri State = 13,487.
Indiana State at Youngstown State = 15,082.
North Dakota State at Northern Iowa = 12,032.

Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State = 21,655.

Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:35 pm

NIU#1FBinIL wrote:
ST_Lawson wrote:NIU moves into the "weird scheduling" portion of the MAC season, playing at home against Bowling Green this coming Tuesday. Then their next 2 games are on Wednesdays before they finish out their regular season on a Friday evening.
#MACtion

And NIU gets the decisive victory in a game that (sorry NIU fans) probably 5 people were watching, due to the Cubs World Series Game 6 going on. They beat Bowling Green 45-20: http://www.espn.com/college-football/ga ... =400869320

wiu712 · Wed Nov 02, 2016 7:21 am

Attendance for the Bowling Green at NIU game was 4,790.

NIU's next game will be Wednesday Nov 9 vs Toledo. This game will be played at White Sox Park.

NIU#1FBinIL · Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:48 pm

NIU#1FBinIL wrote:
ST_Lawson wrote:NIU moves into the "weird scheduling" portion of the MAC season, playing at home against Bowling Green this coming Tuesday. Then their next 2 games are on Wednesdays before they finish out their regular season on a Friday evening.
Including the inaugural 2016 Huskie Chi-Town Showdown at Guaranteed Rate Field (formerly US Cellular Field/New Comiskey Park) vs the Toledo Rockets on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

The game will be the FIRST EVER football game in the 25-year history of the Ballpark.

BE PART OF HISTORY!
2016 Huskie Chi-Town Showdown - Tickets Info & FAQs

Here's the special uniform for the game.

Love the skyline and the "Chicago stars" on the helmets.

The "NIU" in white on the front of the jersey for a black-and-white color scheme (White Sox colors) and the pinstripes and baseball diamond on the sleeves are a nice touch.

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