Categories: Missouri Valley Football Conference, Illinois State Redbirds, Indiana State Sycamores, Missouri State Bears, North Dakota State Bison, Northern Iowa Panthers, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, Southern Illinois Salukis, Western Illinois Leathernecks, Youngstown State Penguins
UNI's Ruffin Chosen to Compete in East-West Shrine Game
University of Northern Iowa senior defensive end James Ruffin (Burnsville, Minn.) has been selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game.
Ruffin, a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award, will travel to Orlando, Fla., to take part in the East-West Shrine Game which is set for Jan. 23, 2010, at the Florida Citrus Bowl. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
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Honors from all 14 conferences.
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With one game remaining in his conference career, Southern Illinois University tailback Deji Karim has positioned himself for one of the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s biggest honors.
Karim, the nation’s second-leading rusher behind North Dakota State’s Pat Paschall, stands a good chance to become only the second Saluki tailback to win the league’s offensive player of the year. Karim, a fifth-year senior who only became a full-time starter this season, is second in the country in rushing (137.8 yards per game) and all-purpose yards (187.7 yards per game).
In nine games, he has hit the 100-yard mark six times. Against Illinois State and Division II Southwest Baptist, he had more than 200 yards rushing.
Final Hurrah Draws Near for McAndrew
Give this Southern Illinois University football team credit; they know how to throw a party.
For a year, Nov. 14 has been a red-letter date on the Saluki calendar. It is the last regular season game scheduled at McAndrew Stadium. Beginning next year, the Salukis will play several hundred yards to the south at a new, but as of yet, unnamed stadium.
Even if the Salukis were mediocre, or even bad, Nov. 14 would have been a joyous occasion. Although it holds a lot of history, the outmoded McAndrew Stadium needs to be replaced.
Dawgs Ride Rout to Playoffs
BROOKINGS, S.D. - Southern Illinois University’s defense took the drama out of Saturday’s Missouri Valley Football Conference de facto championship game.
Going up against the top scoring defense in the country, the No. 3 Salukis flirted with their second straight shutout on the way to a 34-15 victory over No. 9 South Dakota State. With its fourth league road victory in four tries, SIU earned its seventh straight trip to the postseason and at least a tie for the MVFC title.
A win against Missouri State next weekend - in McAndrew Stadiums’ final regular-season game - will give the Salukis (8-1, 7-0 MVFC) the first-ever 8-0 league mark and an outright championship.
SIU, SDSU Showdown to Have Playoff Atmosphere
CARBONDALE - Deji Karim had to stop himself momentarily after he was asked if Southern Illinois University’s football team is treating Saturday’s game with co-conference leader South Dakota State as a playoff game.
“Oh yeah,” he said, before pausing. “We’re treating it as another conference game, but you know what I’m saying? Every game for us has been a playoff game, basically a playoff atmosphere, because we don’t want to lose and not have a chance to be conference champions. This has been what it comes down to all the way from the start of the season in conference play, so we’ve got to finish it.”
Missouri Valley Football Conference Recognizes "Silver Anniversary Team"
Founded in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is celebrating its 25th season of FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football during the 2009 season. As part of a season-long celebration, the conference is paying tribute to its all-time greats by selecting a Silver Anniversary Team. Also selected was an NFL Greats and Institutional Greats team.
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Saturday certainly was, as the slogan goes, a good day to be a Jackrabbit. Actually, the past 10 years have been pretty decent for the blue and yellow.
A 24-14 triumph over sixth-ranked Northern Iowa on Saturday in Brookings was the 63rd win for South Dakota State since the 2000 season, breaking the program mark for the most victories in a decade.
The previous record of 62 wins was set in the 1990s. Prior to that, No. 11 SDSU had never won more than 55 games in any decade.
Opinion: SIU football is good — does anyone care?
To say it was an upset is putting it mildly.
For the first time since 1983, the SIU football team won a game in Cedar Falls, Iowa against its rivals from the far north. The win allowed the Salukis to jump to No. 3 in the Football Championship Subdivision.
So who else gets the feeling this win will resonate just a little more than nearby Carterville’s latest game?
Streakbusters: SIU Gets Win at UNI-Dome
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - “Go Southern Go” never sounded so good, and Southern Illinois University’s football team earned every word Saturday.
Moments after the fifth-ranked Salukis fought off second-ranked Northern Iowa, 27-20, they joined a pack of fans nestled in the southwest corner of the UNI-Dome to sing the school fight song. SIU became the first team since 2006 to win a conference game in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and broke a 12-game spell that saw the home team win every game in the series.
The victory also moved SIU (5-1, 4-0 Missouri Valley Football Conference) into a tie with No. 14 South Dakota State (5-1, 4-0) atop the conference standings with four games remaining.
FCS Conference Players of the Week
All 14 league honors.
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All 14 league honors.
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All 14 league honors.
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MACOMB, Ill.- In his 11th season with the Western Illinois football program, head coach Don Patterson has announced he will step down from his head coaching role due to personal health concerns, Friday, Sept. 25th.
Patterson, who was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer last July, missed most of the 2008 preseason camp and the first seven games of the year as he underwent treatment for cancer.
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All 14 league honors.
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Illinois State quarterback Drew Kiel was nearly perfect, completing 20-of-22 passes, but the effort wasn’t enough to keep pace with Eastern Illinois in a 31-6 season-opening loss at O’Brien Field Thursday night.
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Perhaps the Division I Football Championship Subdivision needs a mascot. How about an underdog?
It’s still commonly known as Division I-AA, especially this week when the following mantra is shouted nationwide: Let the upsets begin.
North Dakota State’s chance comes Thursday when the Bison open their season at Iowa State. For administrators, it’s a buy game and in this case, the Bison are receiving a $300,000 pay day for playing the Big 12 Conference program.
4th and long - MSU rebuilding process enters crucial year
After 12-21 record in first three seasons, this is the year to see if Terry Allen’s rebuilding process is paying off.
Terry Allen had a choice to make when he was hired as Missouri State’s football coach.
Attempt a quick-fix and load up on transfers with an eye toward an immediate infusion of talent. Or lay a foundation with young recruits – even if that meant a longer time to build a winner.
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