WIU at Eastern Illinois (9/1/2016)

[sealhall74]

I am expecting a pretty close game throughout, decided late in fourth quarter.

WIU 27
EIU 24

[leatherneckcountry]

Not sure why everyone thinks this will be a close game this is the same team we blitzed last and I think we are better than last year.

[Western_101]

Not sure why everyone thinks this will be a close game this is the same team we blitzed last and I think we are better than last year.

North Dakota State was a lot better team than South Dakota last year.

In Mens basketball last year Wisconsin would have beat Western 9 times out of 10.

Western is favored to win by the prognosticators and is ranked. I think expectations are quite high for the Leathernecks, maybe that's why even if the Leathernecks are favored, the team can not afford to stumble out of the gate. (NDSU barely squeaked by CSU Saturday, and obviously didn't cover the spread).

It is good to be confident, but If I were Coach Fisher I wouldn't let his players take this game lightly.

[Western_101]

Hey is tailgaiting allowed?

[wiu712]

Hey is tailgaiting allowed?

Tailgating for today's game starts at 3PM.

The game will be televised on WEIU-TV which covers a large area of central and east-central Illinois:
http://www.weiu.net/about/coverage.php

[basfan445]

It's Game day!!! Lets go Western! I'm expecting a closer game this year but still a victory to the orange and purple!

[ST_Lawson]

Orange?

[rocki]

What team would be wearing the orange?

[wiu712]

I'm expecting a closer game this year but still a victory to the orange and purple!

Remember: It's "Fling out the Purple and the Gold, We're Marching On!"

[letsgonecks]

Just finished my pre game EA Sports 2014 NCAA Football game and ready for my prediction.

Won 28 to 10, so I'll stick with that.

Sean threw 3 TDs to Lance, Joey, and Conrady

McShane went for 101

Viti got his first career pick.