Leatherneck Nation

FCS Rankings are from STATS Top 25 Poll, FBS Rankings are from the AP Top 25

MVFC Games
11 AM - #7 Illinois State (8-3) at Youngstown State (5-6), ESPN+
1 PM - Western Illinois (1-10) at #9 Northern Iowa (7-4), ESPN3
2 PM - #5 South Dakota State (8-3) at South Dakota (4-7), ESPN+
2 PM - #1 North Dakota State (11-0) at Southern Illinois (7-4), ESPN+
2 PM - Indiana State (4-7) at Missouri State (1-9), ESPN+

Other WIU Opponents
Friday, 8:30 PM - Colorado State (4-6) at Wyoming (6-4), ESPN2
1 PM - #3 Montana (9-2) at #8 Montana State (8-3), ROOT Sports - this is the "Brawl of the Wild" rivalry which began back in 1897. It's a huge game for both teams even in "down years", but his year, both teams are in the Top 10 and could have a huge impact on various FCS Playoff seeding scenarios.
1:30 PM - Tennessee State (2-9) at Tennessee Tech (6-5), ESPN+
North Alabama is off this weekend

Other Area Teams
In Tuesday Night MACtion, Eastern Michigan (6-5) won at Northern Illinois (4-7), 45-17, in front of 5,062 people.
11 AM - Illinois (6-4) at #17 Iowa (7-3), BTN
11 AM - #10 Minnesota (9-1) at Northwestern (2-8), ABC
2 PM - Eastern Illinois (1-10) at #20 Austin Peay (8-3)
6:30 PM - Tennessee (5-5) at Missouri (5-5), SECN

Those November MACtion games have been getting low attendance as evidenced by the 5,062 at last night's game at Northern Illinois.

NIU has 5 home games this year. But only the first three were on Saturdays. The last two are on Tuesdays.

The Eastern Illinois at Austin Peay game will be on ESPN+.

In a big game with local interest, Monmouth will be playing at UW-Whitewater on Saturday in a NCAA first-round playoff game. Game time is 12 Noon.

The game can be see here: http://reslife.uww.edu/stream/

Got an upset brewing out in Ohio. Youngstown State is up 14-3 on the Redbirds at halftime. ILSU having trouble on offense with their freshman QB filling in for their starter. 0-7 for 0 yards and 1 INT. They only have 57 offensive yards, of which their senior RB James Robinson has contributed 32. YSU has thrown 2 INTs, but has gotten enough in the running game to put together 2 TDs.


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Youngstown State beat Illinois State 21-3. Attendance at Youngstown State = 9,190.

South Dakota beat South Dakota State 24-21. Attendance at South Dakota = 5,405.

North Dakota State beat Southern Illinois 21-7. Attendance at Southern Illinois = 5,423.

Indiana State beat Missouri State 51-24. Attendance at Missouri State = 3,352.

Final MVFC Standings:
North Dakota State 8-0
Northern Iowa 6-2
Illinois State 5-3
South Dakota State 5-3
Southern Illinois 5-3
South Dakota 4-4
Indiana State 3-5
Youngstown State 2-6
Western 1-7
Missouri State 1-7

Monmouth ends the season with the No. 1 ranking in strength-of-schedule, playing their third ranked team this season. Monmouth fell 35-10 to #10 UW-Whitewater in the first round of the NCAA playoffs.

Monmouth finished the year 7-3 with all three losses coming to ranked opponents. The Scots had opened the season playing ranked teams Wheaton and Wartburg, making UW-Whitewater the third ranked opponent for the Monmouth this season. All three ranked teams advanced to the NCAA second round.

Attendance at UW-Whitewater = 684.

In addition to the previously mentioned MVFC games and NIU losing in front of 5 people...

Colorado State lost to Wyoming, 17-7
Montana State crushed Montana, 48-14
Tennessee Tech fell to Tennessee State, 37-27

Austin Peay rolled over Eastern Illinois, 35-7
#17 Iowa beat Illinois, 19-10
#10 Minnesota took down Northwestern, 38-22
Mizzou fell to Tennessee, 24-20

wiu712 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:44 pm Final MVFC Standings:
North Dakota State 8-0
Northern Iowa 6-2
Illinois State 5-3
South Dakota State 5-3
Southern Illinois 5-3
South Dakota 4-4
Indiana State 3-5
Youngstown State 2-6
Western 1-7
Missouri State 1-7

Last place (by virtue of head-to-head loss to Missouri State) observations
1. Can't hold on to the ball
2. Stupid penalties
3. Questionable play-calling
4. Mediocre talent

Eliminate the first 3 and we'd easily be mid-pack, 4-4 or 5-3.
Gonna have to resolve the last to be in the playoffs.