Drake beats Illinois St

[Matt Trump]

WOW!!! 27-24 in Normal. Looks like we are going to have 3 tough games in a row!

[Newsbreaker]

Great win for the Dogs! We know how easily this sort of thing can happen, however.

[Mountain Panther]

Huge win.....Scotty P is the man.

[ubuntuCAT]

I couldn't believe it when I heard that finale in the dome.

[JayJ79]

A good reminder that Drake is a division 1 football team, and not "D3" like some have said.
This way the team will be more able to get psyched up for the game instead of thinking them a cupcake and risking a slipup.

I think we should continue with the Drake series. 'Tis an instate school, and an MVC rival. And it counts as a D1 win, which is better than a win over a D2. Though of course, I don't know how Drake would feel about playing us every year.

[UNIstudent]

Good thing we didn't play Drake tonight. The way we played they would have handed it to us.

[Durf73]

The Bulldogs will be tough, especially on a Saturday nite in their house. Add to that they are a MVC opponent with a new coaching staff & it spells very tough game. Throw in the fact Drake vs. UNI in anything is a big game plus we have Iowa State in between then & now so it will be a huge game. We need all the Des Moine area Panther fans to show up for this one. But the road to the I-AA championships find us playing good opponents every week end. Drake will be another one of those challenges to a great season.

[jegbomb52]

Drake is still considered by me to be a division three school. I am extatic that they beat Il State in normal but their athletes, their facilities, their football fan base is nothing more than a division three caliber school. There is not a doubt in my mind that Wartburg couldn't beat Indiana State every year, they are a Division three school. To those that believe that Il State didn't completely flop this game you are crazy. Again, Drake had to make the plays so good for them but I will assure you Drake is not a better football team than the redbirds.

This should tell us one thing, Drake is a good enough (key word "good enough") to capitalize on a teams poor decisions and mistakes. If we can play four quarters of solid football you should see another lopsided victory by the Panthers. But, (BUT) that is still a couple of weeks away.

[Newsbreaker]

Drake is still considered by me to be a division three school. I am extatic that they beat Il State in normal but their athletes, their facilities, their football fan base is nothing more than a division three caliber school. There is not a doubt in my mind that Wartburg couldn't beat Indiana State every year, they are a Division three school. To those that believe that Il State didn't completely flop this game you are crazy. Again, Drake had to make the plays so good for them but I will assure you Drake is not a better football team than the redbirds.

Yet I'd venture a guess that you'd be the first to make threats and scream and hollar when a Big Ten, Big Twelve, or other "BCS Conference" player, coach or fan used identical logic to call UNI "D-II."

[Cap'n Cat]

Drake is still considered by me to be a division three school. I am extatic that they beat Il State in normal but their athletes, their facilities, their football fan base is nothing more than a division three caliber school. There is not a doubt in my mind that Wartburg couldn't beat Indiana State every year, they are a Division three school. To those that believe that Il State didn't completely flop this game you are crazy. Again, Drake had to make the plays so good for them but I will assure you Drake is not a better football team than the redbirds.

This should tell us one thing, Drake is a good enough (key word "good enough") to capitalize on a teams poor decisions and mistakes. If we can play four quarters of solid football you should see another lopsided victory by the Panthers. But, (BUT) that is still a couple of weeks away.

Yeah, let's not go nuts about Drake. Good for them, but............

[JD720]

Drake Stadium is a D3 facility?

[jegbomb52]

Drake Stadium is a D3 facility?

Take away the Drake Relays and that stadium was torn down 25 years ago when they dropped scholarship football. They would be playing their games on the east side of Des Moines at Williams Stadium.

[jegbomb52]

Yet I'd venture a guess that you'd be the first to make threats and scream and hollar when a Big Ten, Big Twelve, or other "BCS Conference" player, coach or fan used identical logic to call UNI "D-II."

The difference here is Newsy that we can't be compared with a Division II school because there is no comparrison the way there is with Division III and non-scholly. But thanks for taking a couple of comments and turning them into something to make someone upset. Why don't you go over and make another 10,000 posts on Hawkeye report. Perhaps you should change your avatar to say "the grass isn't green," or "the sky isn't blue." All you ever do on here is disagree with people and act like you know it all. I have posted maybe 100 times on here in the last year yet you are still bringing up things that happened three years ago. You are one of the biggest reasons why I harldly ever even come over here anymore.

[JD720]

Take away the Drake Relays and that stadium was torn down 25 years ago when they dropped scholarship football. They would be playing their games on the east side of Des Moines at Williams Stadium.

So??? The fact is the stadium is still standing and it is far from a D3 facility.

[jegbomb52]

So??? The fact is the stadium is still standing and it is far from a D3 facility.

You seem to be confusing stadium with "field and track." Their weight room is terrible, their locker room is terrible, their training room is average so good for them there, they don't have it without Division I athletics for other sports. Their field is nice because it is field turf. But no nicer than Wartburg or Simpson. Have you ever spent any time in Drake stadium? It is an absolute dive. I don't know why they are playing the Valley Dowling game there tonight. Valley stadium is nicer than Drake stadium. To add one more thing, no self respecting football stadium has a track around it!