Reminds me of Ferris Bueller’s day off with the Econ teacher…. Ball security ….. anyone …..anyone?

Illinois State color commentator is a big-time homer.

They have a good wideout. Pretty stout defense. MVFC teams are battle tested.

bad call. Virtually no contact. And a ball just thrown up for grabs.

yes. Knee was down.

6th turnover.

Weird that SEMO just let the clock run out at half. Guess they wanted no risk of another turnover before half.

Looks like SEMO is the less disciplined and less emotionally mature team.

Crazy game. Bumbling, stumbling, rumbling pick 6.

Landed on ball and got wind knocked out of him.

A bit more press coverage and some pressure on DeLaurent stops second SEMO drive. Interesting adjustments. Teams feeling each other out. SEMO stacking the box big time.

SEMO moves down the field with passing game for first score. Ironically SEMO couldn’t stop IL state short passing game either on first drive but their drive stalled deep in SEMO territory. Secondaries and pass rushes are going to be tested.

Had to stay up late for that Georgia - Georgia Tech wild one.

Best fan sign of the day. Camera zooms in on Nebraska fan’s sign at the Nebraska vs Iowa game from Iowa City - “Iowa has bad corn”. Iowa won on last second 54 yard field goal. Made my wife happy since both her parents were from Iowa. Two great, but very different games.

short answer is yes. No way Taylor loses his job after just 2 years. He inherited a very depleted program.

only a couple of seniors starting - lost a bunch in the portal during transition from Shaw to Taylor. Also, they really need a QB who can make better decisions and pass better. Daniels threw a couple picks including a late one that was just up for grabs. But yes a very young team. Taylor is a very good coach and I think he will drive a gradual improvement in Stanford’s program.

Fisher will be sprinkled in for Lan for brief respites, and likely if up multiple scores late will get more action. However, I don’t necessarily think it will be easy to get up to a very comfortable margin, especially if it is Illinois State. But Fisher will definitely get touches and is the definite #2 back at this point.

In my opinion, and having watched a little of both, Illinois State will be the favorite, even as the visiting team. They have always been a solid team and play in a much tougher league than SEMO.

I have a friend in our church choir who is an Illinois State grad and we talk FCS (Valley and Big Sky) football.

@DrMike said Mercer was to be the opening game next year in Mobile, AL. (“Neutral” field)

Wyoming is 2-8. Maybe this is their game to prove something like Sac

From what I understand about the seedings, They count the number of wins over ranked teams at the time of the contest (not end of season). Early in the season, the rankings don’t mean much, but that’s what I understand. So the Ags have 2.

SUU has never been ranked and I don’t see how they will make the playoffs. Abilene Christian gets the auto bid and Tarleton will be the other team from the UAC. SUU has only 7 wins.