2018 Conference Preview

[sealhall74]

On this Throwback Thursday, rather than create a new thread for something old, I will just put my thoughts here. We have faced the MSU Bobcats twice in history, losing both times, the last time in 1993 at home. Below is the program from that game. I found it somewhat interesting. For one, it had advertisers/supporters from as far away as Galesburg and Monmouth. BTW, I bought my first car, a 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme, at Bruce Foote in Monmouth. Best car I have ever owned without a doubt. Things are different now. First, you look under the hood of any vehicle and dont recognize too much of it. Second, I have only owned trucks for the last 30 years. I do think a high rise pickup has added years to my life as I can easily slide my butt right into the driver's seat without wrenching my back. Enough digress. Do game programs today include that level of advertising outside the environs of Macomb? If they don't, maybe someone should fix that. More digress. I have only owned one suit in my life. Needless to say, it no longer fits and I donated it to charity three or four years ago, but I got it in Macomb back in 1981 at some clothing store on the square, south side of square if memory serves me right. Was Kline's a clothing store? Maybe someone can help me fill in this throwback gap. Also, there was a mention in the program about the Western Wranglers Dance Line. Those gals definitely made you want to stick around for halftime festivities. Lots of long legs in tall white boots.

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/c ... 397/rec/80

[rocki]

On this Throwback Thursday, rather than create a new thread for something old, I will just put my thoughts here. We have faced the MSU Bobcats twice in history, losing both times, the last time in 1993 at home. Below is the program from that game. I found it somewhat interesting. For one, it had advertisers/supporters from as far away as Galesburg and Monmouth. BTW, I bought my first car, a 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme, at Bruce Foote in Monmouth. Best car I have ever owned without a doubt. Things are different now. First, you look under the hood of any vehicle and dont recognize too much of it. Second, I have only owned trucks for the last 30 years. I do think a high rise pickup has added years to my life as I can easily slide my butt right into the driver's seat without wrenching my back. Enough digress. Do game programs today include that level of advertising outside the environs of Macomb? If they don't, maybe someone should fix that. More digress. I have only owned one suit in my life. Needless to say, it no longer fits and I donated it to charity three or four years ago, but I got it in Macomb back in 1981 at some clothing store on the square, south side of square if memory serves me right. Was Kline's a clothing store? Maybe someone can help me fill in this throwback gap. Also, there was a mention in the program about the Western Wranglers Dance Line. Those gals definitely made you want to stick around for halftime festivities. Lots of long legs in tall white boots.

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/c ... 397/rec/80

Yeah, there was a Kline's clothing store just off the square on the south side. When you said "suit", I immediately thought of Nelson's - a long standing Macomb business. They actually did alterations and such to get things just right.

[wiu712]

J.C. Penney was on the west side of the Square -- where the newspaper is now.

And Hermann's was another men's clothing store. They were also on the west side of the Square -- where the vitamin shop is now.

Leathernecks open 2018 with first practice.
From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... t-practice

[rocki]

J.C. Penney was on the west side of the Square -- where the newspaper is now.

And Hermann's was another men's clothing store. They were also on the west side of the Square -- where the vitamin shop is now.

Leathernecks open 2018 with first practice.
From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... t-practice

That was Herbert's.

[sealhall74]

J.C. Penney was on the west side of the Square -- where the newspaper is now.

And Hermann's was another men's clothing store. They were also on the west side of the Square -- where the vitamin shop is now.

Leathernecks open 2018 with first practice.
From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... t-practice

That was Herbert's.

Herbert's rings a bell. I think that was it. And I think it was on the west side. Gumbart's was on the south side as I recall even though latest address for them appeared to be on the east side. I have no problem whatsoever remembering where Kuli's Gin Mill was. lol

[wiu712]

EYES ON THE BIG MAN: Attention, accolades for WIU’s Khalen Saunders.

From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... s-saunders

[wiu712]

STARTING THE CLIMB: Leathernecks shrug off polls, ready to rise in the Valley!

From the McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... ting-climb

[ST_Lawson]

If it doesn't start there automatically, WIU stuff starts at ~3:05 in the video:

[wiu712]

Alpha Dogs: Leatherneck leadership brings positive vibes in pre-season camp.
From KHQA-TV-7 Sports:
https://khqa.com/sports/content/underdogs


Less than a week in, WIU hosts media day.
From the McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... -media-day


New coach leads the veteran faces of Western Illinois football.
From the Peoria Journal-Star:
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/20180806/n ... s-football


The STATS FCS Pre-season Top 25 poll was released Monday:

North Dakota State, which has won six of the last FCS championships, was the overwhelming choice as No. 1, garnering 151 of the 157 first-place votes. The Bison were followed by 2017 national runner-up James Madison, which gained the other six first-place votes, and fellow semifinalists South Dakota State and Sam Houston State.

Half of the 10 Missouri Valley Football Conference members made the poll. Illinois State, North Dakota State and South Dakota State were joined by Northern Iowa at 13th and Youngstown State at 25th.

MVFC teams and 2017 playoff qualifiers South Dakota (26th) and Western Illinois (27th) were just outside of the Top 25 in voting by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries.

[wiu712]

STATS FCS Pre-Season Poll

Rank, School, Votes, Prev
1 North Dakota State (0-0) 3919 (151) NR
2 James Madison (0-0) 3764 (6) NR
3 South Dakota State (0-0) 3470 NR
4 Sam Houston State (0-0) 3228 NR
5 Kennesaw State (0-0) 3120 NR
6 Jacksonville State (0-0) 3041 NR
7 New Hampshire (0-0) 2873 NR
8 Weber State (0-0) 2815 NR
9 Eastern Washington (0-0) 2541 NR
10 Wofford (0-0) 2087 NR
11 Samford (0-0) 2003 NR
12 Elon (0-0) 1812 NR
13 UNI (0-0) 1612 NR
14 North Carolina A&T (0-0) 1480 NR
15 Delaware (0-0) 1470 NR
16 Central Arkansas (0-0) 1383 NR
17 McNeese (0-0) 1133 NR
18 Nicholls (0-0) 1056 NR
19 Villanova (0-0) 920 NR
20 Stony Brook (0-0) 798 NR
21 Illinois State (0-0) 795 NR
22 Austin Peay (0-0) 709 NR
23 Furman (0-0) 685 NR
24 Montana (0-0) 626 NR
25 Youngstown State (0-0) 541 NR

Others: South Dakota (496) , Western Illinois (401) , Southern Utah (357) , Northern Arizona (312) , Grambling State (289) , Idaho (287) , Yale (252) , Sacramento State (208) , San Diego (202) , Richmond (91) , Monmouth (53) , Colgate (45) , Lehigh (27) , Central Connecticut State (23) , North Dakota (13) , UC Davis (12) , Western Carolina (10) , Bethune-Cookman (9) , Montana State (8) , Stephen F. Austin (7) , Eastern Illinois (6) , Mercer (6) , Southern Illinois (4) , Harvard (4) , Howard (4) , Columbia (3) , Dartmouth (3) , Duquesne (3) , North Carolina Central (3) , Citadel (2) , Alcorn State (2) , UT Martin (1) , Southeastern Louisiana (1).