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heres to comparing the two conteders this weekend and getting a lilttle discussion!
#3 UNI @ #16 Illinois State (Normal, IL, Hancock Stadium)
Sat. Sept. 29, 2007 1:30pm Kickoff
TV- none
Radio - 1540AM with Gary Rima!!!
#3 NORTHERN IOWA
Key notes, UNI upset Illinois State last season 38-27 in the season finale at the UNI-Dome
Payton Award Candidate QB Eric Sanders is three passing TDs shy of tying for 3rd all-time in school history. Sanders currently has 57 passing TDs and is 21 passing TDs shy of the school record.
UNI is 4-0
Wins over
MSU-Mankato - 41-14
@ Iowa State 24-13
@ SDSU 31-17
@ Drake 45-7
Illinois State is 2-2
Loss at home to Drake 27-24
Won at home vs. Murray State 43-17
Won at Eastern Illinois 24-21
Loss at #25 (FBS) Missouri 38-17
UNI features a rushing phenomenon known as Corew Lewis, Darian Williams, and Eric Sanders, and a team that has accumulated 13 rushing TDs in the first 4 games.
Lewis and Williams have combined for 574 yards rushing and 7 TDs.
The Panthers are avg. 4.6 ypc and 218 yards a game.
QB Eric Sanders is throwing for an 80% completion rate this season and is on pace to break the all-time FCS career record, which is just over 67%. In only 85 completions, Sanders has thrown for 972 yards. an avg. of 11.4ypc. UNI is avg. 248 yards passing a game.
UNIs defense has been stout all year long and much resembles last years Chicago Bears type numbers by only giving up 12.8 pts a game. The most rushing yards they have given up to a single player is 52 to Koenig of SDSU. The rushing defense is only giving up 72 yards a game on the ground and has produced 10 turnovers in 4 games.
#16 ILLINOIS STATE
Key notes: ISU is coming off a hard-nosed loss at nationally ranked FBS foe Missouri 38-17. Despite the score being a 3 TD margin, the Redbirds made it a close game on the field and not paper.
ISU wallopped eventual national runner-up UNI 38-3 the last time UNI visited Normal. UNI was without QB Eric Sanders due to injury, but the Panther D had no answers for the rushing game of ISU.
ISU features another award candidate in QB Luke Drone who has only passed for just over 50% of his passes but has passed for just over 800 yards and 6 TDs and 6 INTs.
ISUs rushing game is just as good as UNIs as it features two talented backs in Rice and Fisher who have accumulated for 594 yards in 4 games and 6 TDs.
The kicking game of ISUs could be suspect (much like UNIs) as their 2 FG kickers are 4 for 5, but neither has made a FG over 34 yards.
ISU defense is mediocre at best causing 7 TOs while the offense has produced 7 of their own.
ISUs defense gives up 440 yards a game including 189 on the ground per game and is giving up over 25 pts a game.
UNI should and will be favored in this game but come Saturday...stats don't really matter much anymore!
Here's to hoping we stop the rush and knock Drone out of sync early! GO PANTHERS!!!
heres to comparing the two conteders this weekend and getting a lilttle discussion!
#3 UNI @ #16 Illinois State (Normal, IL, Hancock Stadium)
Sat. Sept. 29, 2007 1:30pm Kickoff
TV- none
Radio - 1540AM with Gary Rima!!!
#3 NORTHERN IOWA
Key notes, UNI upset Illinois State last season 38-27 in the season finale at the UNI-Dome
Payton Award Candidate QB Eric Sanders is three passing TDs shy of tying for 3rd all-time in school history. Sanders currently has 57 passing TDs and is 21 passing TDs shy of the school record.
UNI is 4-0
Wins over
MSU-Mankato - 41-14
@ Iowa State 24-13
@ SDSU 31-17
@ Drake 45-7
Illinois State is 2-2
Loss at home to Drake 27-24
Won at home vs. Murray State 43-17
Won at Eastern Illinois 24-21
Loss at #25 (FBS) Missouri 38-17
UNI features a rushing phenomenon known as Corew Lewis, Darian Williams, and Eric Sanders, and a team that has accumulated 13 rushing TDs in the first 4 games.
Lewis and Williams have combined for 574 yards rushing and 7 TDs.
The Panthers are avg. 4.6 ypc and 218 yards a game.
QB Eric Sanders is throwing for an 80% completion rate this season and is on pace to break the all-time FCS career record, which is just over 67%. In only 85 completions, Sanders has thrown for 972 yards. an avg. of 11.4ypc. UNI is avg. 248 yards passing a game.
UNIs defense has been stout all year long and much resembles last years Chicago Bears type numbers by only giving up 12.8 pts a game. The most rushing yards they have given up to a single player is 52 to Koenig of SDSU. The rushing defense is only giving up 72 yards a game on the ground and has produced 10 turnovers in 4 games.
#16 ILLINOIS STATE
Key notes: ISU is coming off a hard-nosed loss at nationally ranked FBS foe Missouri 38-17. Despite the score being a 3 TD margin, the Redbirds made it a close game on the field and not paper.
ISU wallopped eventual national runner-up UNI 38-3 the last time UNI visited Normal. UNI was without QB Eric Sanders due to injury, but the Panther D had no answers for the rushing game of ISU.
ISU features another award candidate in QB Luke Drone who has only passed for just over 50% of his passes but has passed for just over 800 yards and 6 TDs and 6 INTs.
ISUs rushing game is just as good as UNIs as it features two talented backs in Rice and Fisher who have accumulated for 594 yards in 4 games and 6 TDs.
The kicking game of ISUs could be suspect (much like UNIs) as their 2 FG kickers are 4 for 5, but neither has made a FG over 34 yards.
ISU defense is mediocre at best causing 7 TOs while the offense has produced 7 of their own.
ISUs defense gives up 440 yards a game including 189 on the ground per game and is giving up over 25 pts a game.
UNI should and will be favored in this game but come Saturday...stats don't really matter much anymore!
Here's to hoping we stop the rush and knock Drone out of sync early! GO PANTHERS!!!
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