Illinois State vs. Drake Game Thread

[laparka316]

I payed 6.95 to watch this on Illinois State's site... I'm that sick...


Go Dogs!

1,858 away from the FCS record... GO SCOTTY P

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Redbirds win the toss, defer... Bulldog ball

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one first down and out for the Dogs... although Scotty P. had a nice run on the drive.

Punt is fumbled by Illinois State, but the returner pounced on it...

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3 and out for the Redbirds... Punt is almost blocked... Bulldogs second drive will start from their own 36

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Redbirds drive down to the redzone, but settle for a 30 yard field goal...

3-0 Illinois State

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Redbirds at the Drake 34... 2nd down and 1 early in the second quarter

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Redbirds again stall in the redzone... 25 yard field goal NO GOOD

still 3-0....

[kardplayer]

... I'm that sick...


I can't disagree with you xsmiley_wix

[laparka316]

Scotty P update... 13 carries 49 yards... Drake had to Punt... Illinois St. has strung a couple first downs together near midfield

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Rafael Rice 17 yd TD run.... Redbirds 10, DU 0...

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Cole Ingle fumbles the ball trying to roll out... Illinois State recovers...

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Jeremy Gehl with the interception of the pass from Luke Drone... turnover right back to the Dogs

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Halftime Score

Redbirds 10
Bulldogs 0

Scotty P. with 62 yards

[DetroitFlyer]

Nice half for Drake. If Drake can get the offense to be more productive, they could win this game. Excellent effort so far against a ranked FCS team! Go Drake!!!!!

[laparka316]

Poul Collins picks off a pass to start the half... Bulldogs have it in Redbird territory!

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36 yard field goal for Logan Rees....

Redbirds 10
Bulldogs 3

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Cale Hunt Picks it off and takes it TO THE HOUSE...


Birds 10
Dogs 10

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Chandler 7 yd TD catch from Drone

17-10 Redbirds

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Bulldogs driving... 1st and 10 on the Redbird 27

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settle for a 35 yard Logan Rees field goal....

Redbirds 17
Drake 13

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Punts back and forth... Illinois State has the ball 2nd and 2 on the Drake 27 early in the fourth

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Drake has it 1st and 10 at their own 17... trailing 4 with 9:30 left

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Drake First and 10 at the Redbird 45

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TOUCHDOWN BULLDOGS...

Daniel Marx 27 yard reception from Cole Ingle...


DRAKE 20 REDBIRDS 17

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FOURTH AND ONE FOR THE REDBIRDS AT THE DRAKE 49

[downbythebeach]

This would be huge

[Reed Rothchild]

WOW!

[laparka316]

Redbirds covert and throw a deep ball for a completion down to the 24

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mms://media.ccr.net/krnt

Drake Audio

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TD Redbirds... 1:28 left Rice 10 yard run... stripped at the goaline and they gave it to him...

24-20

[laparka316]

Bulldogs Need 90 yards

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38 seconds... 1st and 10... Bulldog 43

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TOUCHDOWN BULLDOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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56 YARD TOUCHDOWN FOR AGYEI

[downbythebeach]

Huge for the PFL

[laparka316]

19 seconds left... Illinois State has all three timeouts

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By the way... the touchdown went through a Redbird defenders hands right into Agyei... his only catch of the night

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Redbirds down to the Drake 39... 10 seconds left one timeout

[Reed Rothchild]

what radio station in Des Moines carries the Drake games?

[laparka316]

DRAKE WINS

[kardplayer]

Way to go Drake!

[Cap'n Cat]

GO DOGS!!!!!!!!

No HOMER ref's!!!

[Reed Rothchild]

What a win for Coach Loney!

[strike00]

Congrats Bulldogs!!! Huge win.

[HI54UNI]

Wow! Congrats to Drake!

[Cap'n Cat]

UH-OOOOOOOHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BobbyMo]

Great job Drake... That is an HUGE WIN. (go little guys) :)

[Reed Rothchild]

Looks like I better stop talking crap about Drake

[laparka316]

Scotty ended with 111 yards... only 1747 away from the record

[Mountain Panther]

See ya in 3 week Bulldoggies.......xeekx Great win!

[Cap'n Cat]

I just want it duely noted that Cap'n Cat is the ONLY guy on here who called this Drake win!

xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx

[DetroitFlyer]

Drake equals FCS team of the week!!!! I expect Drake to be a top 10 team in the next round of FCS polls!! Note to NEC: The PFL can now win some big games too!!!!! The NCAA better get to work on inviting all eligible conference champs to the playoffs. Note to Patty Viverito: I guess it is now unfair to line up your scholarship boys against the much more powerful non-scholarship boys at Drake of the PFL!!!! (LOL bigtime)!!!!

[GOTOREROS]

What a great win for the PFL. Congrats to all the Drake fans - WOW!

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Drake equals FCS team of the week!!!! I expect Drake to be a top 10 team in the next round of FCS polls!! Note to NEC: The PFL can now win some big games too!!!!! The NCAA better get to work on inviting all eligible conference champs to the playoffs. Note to Patty Viverito: I guess it is now unfair to line up your scholarship boys against the much more powerful non-scholarship boys at Drake of the PFL!!!! (LOL bigtime)!!!!

The scary thing is, I pictured this post being written by DF before he even wrote it... xrotatehx

[Mountaineer]

blah blah blah I expect Drake to be a top 10 team in the next round of FCS polls!! blah blah blah

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[GannonFan]

Drake equals FCS team of the week!!!! I expect Drake to be a top 10 team in the next round of FCS polls!! Note to NEC: The PFL can now win some big games too!!!!! The NCAA better get to work on inviting all eligible conference champs to the playoffs. Note to Patty Viverito: I guess it is now unfair to line up your scholarship boys against the much more powerful non-scholarship boys at Drake of the PFL!!!! (LOL bigtime)!!!!

Gee, hopefully this sends shockwaves through the rest of the PFL (*cough* San Diego *cough*) - play a real schedule, and good things can happen. Way to go Drake, they play some good teams OOC and look what happens. xthumbsupx

[youwouldno]

Drake probably won't be in my top 25. Nice win though.

[USDFAN_55]

Gee, hopefully this sends shockwaves through the rest of the PFL (*cough* San Diego *cough*) - play a real schedule, and good things can happen. Way to go Drake, they play some good teams OOC and look what happens. xthumbsupx
What good are you talking about? This was a huge win, so congratulations. Maybe you'll give San Diego a better game than you guys did last year. The fact is though Drake won't crack the top 25 after this win. Many will say it was either a fluke, or Illinois State was overrated. There's no love for the non-schollie schools. And besides, what real schedule are you talking about? You mean Waldorf and Wisconsin-Platteville? Having Illinois State and Northern Iowa on your schedule doesn't make it a real schedule.

[Chi Panther]

way to go Bulldogs.....maybe Ill State does miss all those skill players....who is Luke Drone?

[GannonFan]

What good are you talking about? This was a huge win, so congratulations. Maybe you'll give San Diego a better game than you guys did last year. The fact is though Drake won't crack the top 25 after this win. Many will say it was either a fluke, or Illinois State was overrated. There's no love for the non-schollie schools. And besides, what real schedule are you talking about? You mean Waldorf and Wisconsin-Platteville? Having Illinois State and Northern Iowa on your schedule doesn't make it a real schedule.

So says the fan who would love to have those two teams on their schedule. Azuza anyone??? xlolx xlolx

[Cap'n Cat]

So says the fan who would love to have those two teams on their schedule. Azuza anyone??? xlolx xlolx

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[USDFAN_55]

So says the fan who would love to have those two teams on their schedule. Azuza anyone??? xlolx xlolx
I've never said San Diego has ever had a good schedule. Keep talking about Azuza, but this is the 40th year we have played them so get over it. The game is not going to go away any time soon. Once again. Congratulations to the Drake football team for a big win. It's good to see another PFL team with success.

[WyomingGrizFan]

Having Illinois State and Northern Iowa on your schedule doesn't make it a real schedule.

Why doesn't it? Until you have at least played them yourselves, I wouldn't knock them. Northern Iowa can be a pretty tough team for anyone come Saturday, let alone in the playoffs.

[FCSFAN]

I've never said San Diego has ever had a good schedule. Keep talking about Azuza, but this is the 40th year we have played them so get over it. The game is not going to go away any time soon. Once again. Congratulations to the Drake football team for a big win. It's good to see another PFL team with success.(pssssst, don't mention westchester to delaware fans, or ducking delaware state)

[USDFAN_55]

Having Illinois State and Northern Iowa on your schedule doesn't make it a real schedule.

Why doesn't it? Until you have at least played them yourselves, I wouldn't knock them. Northern Iowa can be a pretty tough team for anyone come Saturday, let alone in the playoffs.

I'm not knocking Illinois State or Northern Iowa. I know those are good teams. My point is that having those two teams with the rest of the teams on their schedule doesn't make it a "real" schedule as was stated. If everyone is going to dog Azuza, then you need to dog Waldorf and Wisconsin-Platteville.

[FCSFAN]

I just want it duely noted that Cap'n Cat is the ONLY guy on here who called this Drake win!when? you called them winning in 1985? a similar drake win xeyebrowx

[laparka316]

when? you called them winning in 1985? a similar drake win xeyebrowx

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28402

Fourth post....

He called it...

[WyomingGrizFan]

Well, I'd still say Drake won a pretty good victory today. Being that San Diego beat Drake last year 37 - 0. Quite an improvement for Drake since they lost to Northern Iowa last year 7 - 48. Makes the case for San Diego a little bit more cognant I believe when it comes to this year's playoff possibilities, depending, of course. It will be interesting, regardless of the so-called cream puffs some teams play. One can slight Boise St. for playing Weber St. as well, but one has to fill the schedule with someone don't they?
Now, if San Diego can do to Drake like they did last year, and remain undefeated, I'd be a wondering who the Selection Committee for the FCS might just consider this time around.

By the way, didn't Illinois State beat Southern Illinois last year 37 - 10?...and didn't Illinois St. give Youngstown St. a pretty good game last year, finishing 9 - 4 for the season? Southern Illinois making the playoffs too, if not mistaken. But, of course, that was last year, but a greatly improved team in Drake evidently, which impresses me. Heck, it's already getting interesting.

[USDFAN_55]

Well, I'd still say Drake won a pretty good victory today. Being that San Diego beat Drake last year 37 - 0. Quite an improvement for Drake since they lost to Northern Iowa last year 7 - 48. Makes the case for San Diego a little bit more cognant I believe when it comes to this year's playoff possibilities, depending, of course. It will be interesting, regardless of the so-called cream puffs some teams play. One can slight Boise St. for playing Weber St. as well, but one has to fill the schedule with someone don't they?
Now, if San Diego can do to Drake like they did last year, and remain undefeated, I'd be a wondering who the Selection Committee for the FCS might just consider this time around.

There;s no doubt it was a good victory. There's alos no doubt that if Drake or San Diego go undefeated, they will not get into the play-offs. They could be in the top ten in the rankings, and not get in.

[YoUDeeMan]

(pssssst, don't mention westchester to delaware fans, or ducking delaware state)

In many years, WCU could beat DSU. xnodx

[AZGrizFan]

Anyone recall me saying the Gateway was a two team conference? xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

[dbackjon]

Congrats to Drake - huge win!

[AZGrizFan]

Congrats to Drake - huge win!

Guess UNI better look out, huh? xnodx xnodx xeyebrowx

[dbackjon]

Guess UNI better look out, huh? xnodx xnodx xeyebrowx

Yup!!

[WyomingGrizFan]

Looks like 'Cap'n Cat' is one good prognosticator. Hope he's way off on Portland St in the BSC though.

[WyomingGrizFan]

Guess UNI better look out, huh?

Just don't call them NIU, that's Northern Illinois. They get rather particular over there in Iowa territory about that, even though 'The Sporting News' out of St. Louis did the same thing last year saying UNI in a caption under a photo of RB Garrett Wolfe with a NIU on his helmet.

[footballfan11]

Congrats Drake.....great win for their team and has brung a little more respect for the non schollies.for now, but the way the posters on this board act...im pretty sure theyll find a way to knock Drakes accomplishment

[Mountaineer]

Congrats Drake.....great win for their team and has brung a little more respect for the non schollies.for now, but the way the posters on this board act...im pretty sure theyll find a way to knock Drakes accomplishment

Hi there new guy.

Actually it appears most folks are giving Drake props on the victory. It was a good win.

[AZGrizFan]

Looks like 'Cap'n Cat' is one good prognosticator. Hope he's way off on Portland St in the BSC though.

Well, he also predicted Western NM would beat NAU. xeyebrowx xrolleyesx

[AZGrizFan]

Congrats Drake.....great win for their team and has brung a little more respect for the non schollies.for now, but the way the posters on this board act...im pretty sure theyll find a way to knock Drakes accomplishment

Once again, don't read into the victory until we see juuuust how good Ill State really is this year. xthumbsupx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx Has nothing to do with trying to "knock Drake's accomplishment" and everything to do with reality.

[PMB4Life]

Drake equals FCS team of the week!!!! I expect Drake to be a top 10 team in the next round of FCS polls!! Note to NEC: The PFL can now win some big games too!!!!! The NCAA better get to work on inviting all eligible conference champs to the playoffs. Note to Patty Viverito: I guess it is now unfair to line up your scholarship boys against the much more powerful non-scholarship boys at Drake of the PFL!!!! (LOL bigtime)!!!!

http://www.roflcat.com/images/cats/270911970_db35fdd4ca.jpg (http://www.roflcat.com)

Serious Cat is telling you CALM THE HELL DOWN. Jesus, Montana State beat Colorado last year and no one made a case saying the Bobcats should be in FCS. KNOCK IT OFF.

[ISUMatt]

Drake was better, Drone was aweful, the ISU 3rd down D was aweful, the ISU Special Teams was aweful...ISU has alot to fix to have a shot at any success this year!!!

[laparka316]

Once again, don't read into the victory until we see juuuust how good Ill State really is this year. xthumbsupx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx Has nothing to do with trying to "knock Drake's accomplishment" and everything to do with reality.

The real accomplishment is the fact that Illinois State has 65 scholies to dish out... and Drake has 0 and 0 athletic grants in aid. If you want to play football at Drake, you're in the same financial aid line as the rest of the student populous.

[AZGrizFan]

Drake was better, Drone was aweful, the ISU 3rd down D was aweful, the ISU Special Teams was aweful...ISU has alot to fix to have a shot at any success this year!!!

Ahhhh, a voice of reason in a sea of Drake-love! xnodx xnodx xnodx xnodx

[AZGrizFan]

The real accomplishment is the fact that Illinois State has 65 scholies to dish out... and Drake has 0 and 0 athletic grants in aid. If you want to play football at Drake, you're in the same financial aid line as the rest of the student populous.

Agreed. xthumbsupx

[WyomingGrizFan]

Well, he also predicted Western NM would beat NAU.

He did what!!!!

Well, if that's the case I guess I ain't going to worry too much then. He had me going there for a while.

[footballfan11]

The real accomplishment is the fact that Illinois State has 65 scholies to dish out... and Drake has 0 and 0 athletic grants in aid. If you want to play football at Drake, you're in the same financial aid line as the rest of the student populous.

cause the gap between the non schollies and the schollies. might be getting closer....hopefully drake can pull off another thriller when they play UNI....it would really show the beauty of college of fball and also show that on ANYGIVENSATURDAY(or thursday) someone can be beat

[crunifan]

Well, at least it happened to Illinois State. Sorry Redbirds.

Now UNI has the tapes and the knowledge of what Drake can do. And even though the game is in Des Moines, UNI will have just as many fans if not more in Drake Stadium.

[BearsCountry]

Like I said another thread, it sucks to lose OOC for the Gateway but at least it was Drake, the only school other than the Gateway schools I want to see do good.

[DetroitFlyer]

Squirm baby squirm.... Man it is absoultely refreshing for this PFL fan to see the old guard squirming today.... A PFL team has defeated a top 10, fully funded, Gateway Conference team on their home field.... Calm down? Not a chance. Yeah, the PFL could never be competitive in the playoffs against ranked, fully funded teams.... NOT!!!! This is total vindication for the abuse showered down by the old guard on the PFL! Go ahead old guard, do everything you can to hang on to your treasured club, but the world it is a changin! Hats off to Drake and the new coaching staff! A big win, and I have a feeling that it will not be the last big win for the PFL this season!xnodx

[Franks Tanks]

Congrats Drake and PFL fans!!! Where is my boy MPLSbison now and his rants on all non-scholarship teams being the equivilant of D-III.

[nmatsen]

Squirm baby squirm.... Man it is absoultely refreshing for this PFL fan to see the old guard squirming today.... A PFL team has defeated a top 10, fully funded, Gateway Conference team on their home field.... Calm down? Not a chance. Yeah, the PFL could never be competitive in the playoffs against ranked, fully funded teams.... NOT!!!! This is total vindication for the abuse showered down by the old guard on the PFL! Go ahead old guard, do everything you can to hang on to your treasured club, but the world it is a changin! Hats off to Drake and the new coaching staff! A big win, and I have a feeling that it will not be the last big win for the PFL this season!xnodx

They still couldn't. Easy Flyer, last night was a warm up first game for the Redbirds that got away from them. Drake earned the victory none the less but no way in hel! does a PFL team win a game in the playoffs. Not in today's day in age.

[nmatsen]

Congrats Drake and PFL fans!!! Where is my boy MPLSbison now and his rants on all non-scholarship teams being the equivilant of D-III.

They still are:

Scholarships: PFL 0 vs D-III 0
Attendence: PFL 3,000 vs D-III 3,000
Facilites: PFL Crap vs D-III Crap

I am also one that has put non schollies in with D-III schools forever. I came to this board this morning to give Drake all the props in the world for beating Illinois State but there are too many non-scholly fans rubbing our noses in it for me to want to do that anymore. Now, I will just say it was a fluke, good job on capitalizing on their mistakes and coming out with a V.

[Cap'n Cat]

Drake wins! Fabulous!!!

[ysubigred]

cause the gap between the non schollies and the schollies. might be getting closer....hopefully drake can pull off another thriller when they play UNI....it would really show the beauty of college of fball and also show that on ANYGIVENSATURDAY(or thursday) someone can be beat

Go Drake!! Beat UNI!! Get calibated Drake. Give some schollies and get your arses in the GFC xthumbsupx

Good win for the small guys.

Il State xbawlingx 1st games suck and if your not ready then xnonono2x

Look at it this way at least you was close I'm facing a 35+ point blow out at the hands of tO$U xbawlingx

[downbythebeach]

They still are:

Scholarships: PFL 0 vs D-III 0
Attendence: PFL 3,000 vs D-III 3,000
Facilites: PFL Crap vs D-III Crap


Schollies make a difference but it is not everything
SUNY Buffalo has the same amount of schollies as Penn State, yet Buffalo would probably lose to Albany in a game 50% of the time.
PFL facilities are not bad at all
Unless you have traveled the country to all of these schools how would you know? Some of these teams have nice, large, stadiums, and you are trying to tell me that programs like Dayton, San Diego, Davidson (rich), and Valpo wouldn't be able to afford D-I facilities?
Attendence makes you move down a level?
Indiana St. get less than 3,000 a game, and I've never heard anyone say you can judge the callibre of a football team by how many fans come to the stadium.

[Mountain Panther]

Look at it this way at least you was close I'm facing a 35+ point blow out at the hands of tO$U xbawlingx

You get the bling-bling and it will probably make your players better. Look on the bright side. xwhistlex

[Redbird Fan 21]

This was an embarrassing loss (no offense to Drake), but we are not the laughing stock of the GFC and most of FBS. Now we have to win the rest of our home games (Murray St., UNI, Indiana St., and Western Ill.) and win 4 of 6 roads games (Eastern Ill, Mizzou, Mizzou St., Youngstown, North Dakota St., and Souther Ill).

No easy task. We can do it, but i do not think we will. We had a hard enough schedule as it was , now we lose to the team that was supposed to be our "lock" of a win game, along with Murray State. What a joke.

I could go on and on but I am not.

I am not taking anything away from Drake, they out-coached, out-hussled, and out-played us. But if we play Drake 20 more times, they might not win one of them. I do not know what happened but I am putting the blame directly on the Coaches shoulders.

It was unbelievable to watch

[Col Hogan]

cause the gap between the non schollies and the schollies. might be getting closer....hopefully drake can pull off another thriller when they play UNI....it would really show the beauty of college of fball and also show that on ANYGIVENSATURDAY(or thursday) someone can be beat

Might...Might Not...

I will not for a moment minimize Drake's victory last night...the best team won...

CONGRATS to Drake on a big opening win...

But to extrapolate a single win into some of the statements I've read is going a little too far...

Drake does not deserve to be a top 10 team in the next poll...ranked, OK, I can go with that...but Top Ten... Please...

Squirm...I don't think anybody is squirming right now.....let's see how the rest of the season goes...

PFL supporters...you have earned the right to gloat a little...but be realistic...

One win does not vidicate anything...one win does not change the course of time...one win is one win...

Again, CONGRATS to Drake on an outstanding win...

[Col Hogan]

Schollies make a difference but it is not everything
SUNY Buffalo has the same amount of schollies as Penn State, yet Buffalo would probably lose to Albany in a game 50% of the time.
PFL facilities are not bad at all
Unless you have traveled the country to all of these schools how would you know? Some of these teams have nice, large, stadiums, and you are trying to tell me that programs like Dayton, San Diego, Davidson (rich), and Valpo wouldn't be able to afford D-I facilities?
Attendence makes you move down a level?
Indiana St. get less than 3,000 a game, and I've never heard anyone say you can judge the callibre of a football team by how many fans come to the stadium.

Great Post!!!!!

[skinny_uncle]

Schollies make a difference but it is not everything
SUNY Buffalo has the same amount of schollies as Penn State, yet Buffalo would probably lose to Albany in a game 50% of the time.
PFL facilities are not bad at all
Unless you have traveled the country to all of these schools how would you know? Some of these teams have nice, large, stadiums, and you are trying to tell me that programs like Dayton, San Diego, Davidson (rich), and Valpo wouldn't be able to afford D-I facilities?
Attendence makes you move down a level?
Indiana St. get less than 3,000 a game, and I've never heard anyone say you can judge the callibre of a football team by how many fans come to the stadium.
If Indiana State actually won some games, they might get bigger crowds.

[NDB]

Congrats Drake and PFL fans!!! Where is my boy MPLSbison now and his rants on all non-scholarship teams being the equivilant of D-III.

any given saturday..................

[DUPFLFan]

As a PFL supporter, a Drake parent and one who was at the game, my hat is off to the boys for a great win. Illinois State had some better athletes (#2 was running wild all night) but Drake made big play after big play to get this win. All three touchdowns were big plays. Additional big plays happened all night.

After reading the posts, I could predict what each poster would say before I read it.

The bottom line is that:

1. Someone thought ISU was good - weren't they #7 in the Sports Network and Coaches polls, #11 in the AGS poll?

2. Didn't Patty Viverito say that it was unfair for the PFL to play funded programs, that they couldn't compete? Bet Patty is choking down breakfast as we speak...

I am a guy that usually says, wait until the results are in. I am saying that in this case. A win at ISU followed by losses at San Diego and UNI will not help.

But if this team runs the table and doesn't get in the playoffs, there should be lawsuits filed - and I will be the first one to contribute to the legal fund.

[PantherRob82]

To all you PFL fans:

You really expect me to believe that Drake magically got so good in the offseason, especially after losing their coach, that they can contend in the FCS. Remember our game at Drake last year. It was boring. Game over 10 seconds in.

It makes me wish I could watch playback of this game and see what happened. I'm afraid I'll get suckered into spending my money and coming down to the ghetto just to watch our backups clean up Drake Stadium again.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

When you read the recap of this game, the story just gets more and more wacky!

http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71156&SPID=8123&DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=1180932


Drake's winning touchdown march started on its own 10 yardline with 1:23 left. A false start on a third and 10 yard situation pushed the Bulldogs back to their five yardline.

But Ingle kept the drive alive when he spotted fullback Willie Cashmore (Kansas City, Mo.) on a 23-yard pass to the 28 yardline.
Facing a second down and 10-yard situation, Agyei grabbed Ingle's pass after it went off the finger tips of Illinois State cornerback Jason Tate and sprinted down the left sideline into the endzone stunning a crowd of 12,167 fans at Hancock Stadium Thursday night.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I think about this," said Steve Loney, who was making his head coaching debut at Drake after being named the interim coach June 18. "These guys have made my life wonderful."

It was the first college reception for Augustine Agyei, who has been a sprinter on the Drake track and field team the past two seasons.

"We finally went to a silent count under center," said Ingle. "It was a Hail Mary play to Augie (Agyei) who was in single coverage with his defender. It wasn't the best pass I've thrown, but once Augie caught it I knew he was gone."

The other thing I noticed was Luke Drone's 3 INT's. He had an interception problem last year too - and it looks like these turnovers had a huge impact on the game. Not to take away from Drake's win - they clearly made plays - but to me it looks like the Redbirds killed themselves pretty effectively, too.

[DUPFLFan]

To all you PFL fans:

You really expect me to believe that Drake magically got so good in the offseason, especially after losing their coach, that they can contend in the FCS. Remember our game at Drake last year. It was boring. Game over 10 seconds in.

It makes me wish I could watch playback of this game and see what happened. I'm afraid I'll get suckered into spending my money and coming down to the ghetto just to watch our backups clean up Drake Stadium again.

Pantherrob. It was the coach and coaching who made the difference...

[Khan4Cats]

Guess UNI better look out, huh?

Just don't call them NIU, that's Northern Illinois. They get rather particular over there in Iowa territory about that, even though 'The Sporting News' out of St. Louis did the same thing last year saying UNI in a caption under a photo of RB Garrett Wolfe with a NIU on his helmet.

SI did it this year under a picture of a cheerleader with the UNI logo on her, um chest, calling us Northern Iowa University. Bad mistake, that's one of the first areas I notice, think I would have caught the letters....Maybe not.xrolleyesx

[Lehigh Football Nation]

If anyone gets a YouTube video of highlights of this game, I'd really appreciate it. I'd really love to see that game-winning reception...

[Khan4Cats]

There;s no doubt it was a good victory. There's alos no doubt that if Drake or San Diego go undefeated, they will not get into the play-offs. They could be in the top ten in the rankings, and not get in.

I disagree here. If Drake goes undefeated, it will be with wins against pre-season top-15 teams Illinois State (on the road) and Northern Iowa (at home) as well as beating God's gift, the Torerererereos. They should be in the playoffs and would have earned it. Even with wins over Waldorf and UW-Platteville. Just about every FCS team has a patsy, some have more. What was San Diego's biggest win last year? Drake.

[DetroitFlyer]

San Diego trounced Ivy League co-champion Yale, at Yale last season!

[USDFAN_55]

I disagree here. If Drake goes undefeated, it will be with wins against pre-season top-15 teams Illinois State (on the road) and Northern Iowa (at home) as well as beating God's gift, the Torerererereos. They should be in the playoffs and would have earned it. Even with wins over Waldorf and UW-Platteville. Just about every FCS team has a patsy, some have more. What was San Diego's biggest win last year? Drake.
Apprently you don't follow FCS football enought to know who San Diego played last year. I would hardly say Drake was any kind of competition last year (37-0 @ Drake). The only point I'm tryingto make is the same point that I was saying about San Diego last year; the PFL schedule is just way to weak to have an opportunity at the play-offs. It's hard for the committee to overlook games against Butler, Valpo, Morehead, or any of the other bottom of the barrel PFL (better yet FCS) teams. Now if Drake's games against Waldorf and Wisconsin-Platteville were schools from auto-bid confrences (no need to be ranked, but wouldn't hurt) instead, then I would say there is a case for an Undefeated Drake or maybe even a 1 loss drake to make it into the play-offs.

On another note. I'm glad to see that Drake may actually give San Diego a run for their money this year in the PFL. I'll see you guys on October 13th. Hopefully we will both be undefeated at that time. Could be the makings of a great FCS game.

[DUPFLFan]

Me too USDFAN... I'll be there..

[Khan4Cats]

I am aware of them beating Yale, and how many scholarships do the Ivy League schools give out? I know the Ivy plays some good football, so does the Patriot League. I just don't see them being able to stand up to a schedule of scholarship FCS teams on a week in and week out basis, at least not from the Auto-bid conferences.
Same with the Pioneer League. Had San Diego beaten an auto-bid league team or two, even with Azusa on their schedule, they would have had a good case. I would have supported them. I would have argued for UNI at 7-4, and still think we were left out simply for conference quota issues, but I would have been more on USD's side at 11-0 with a couple of better wins.
Its early. Drake's win could prove to be a complete "1st game, new coach, no scouting report, overlooking a 'lower' team" fluke. Illinois State could still prove to be no match for Indiana State. Drake could turn into a power, or not. There's a ways to go. Last year, UNI beat an Iowa State team by all but the scoreboard, topped play-off teams YSU and Illinois State, but also got beat by WIU and D-II (play-off team) North Dakota and destroyed by SIU.

[Col Hogan]

San Diego trounced Ivy League co-champion Yale, at Yale last season!

But which win do you consider bigger for the PFL status...

San Diego beating Yale...or Drake beating ISU?

[DUPFLFan]

Drake beating ISU

[Col Hogan]

But which win do you consider bigger for the PFL status...

San Diego beating Yale...or Drake beating ISU?


Drake beating ISU

And I would agree...

The fact that Drake has ISU and UNI on their schedule...xbowx

All PFL teams need these games on their schedule...

[Nyghtewynd]

It makes me wish I could watch playback of this game and see what happened. I'm afraid I'll get suckered into spending my money and coming down to the ghetto just to watch our backups clean up Drake Stadium again.

Thank goodness. The last thing Des Moines needs is one more clueless white hick breaking down all of the curbs with his tractor. Stay home for the good of the 'hood.

[MSUBear42]

Amen

[DUBulldog]

Thank goodness. The last thing Des Moines needs is one more clueless white hick breaking down all of the curbs with his tractor. Stay home for the good of the 'hood.

You beat me to it Nyghtewynd. I don't often read this board, but thought I'd check out if there was a thread on the Drake-ISU game last night....should have come as no surprise to me that I found a UNI fan on here with the usual old, tired "ghetto" stuff. Come on.....if you're going to trash Drake (and I know that a certain segment of the UNI fanbase always will), at least come up with something original. I've spent a lot of time in the Drake neighborhood, at all hours of the day (and night), and have never felt unsafe at all. I've seen real ghettos....believe me, the Drake area is no ghetto.

[Go...gate]

A great win for Drake and the whole Pioneer League. Congratulations!

[UAalum72]

Drake's win could prove to be a complete "1st game, new coach, no scouting report, overlooking a 'lower' team" fluke. Illinois State could still prove to be no match for Indiana State.
So if Illinois St. wins the rest, this game was a fluke, but if they suck this game proved nothing? At what point is this just a good win by Drake?

[AggieFinn]

Great early win by Drake! xthumbsupx

ISU...xnonono2x Gotta move on to next week.

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[PIRATETIZED1]

CONGRATS TO DRAKE.....Truly a BIG win....!

PIRATETIZED xcoolx
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[Model Citizen]

Apprently you don't follow FCS football enought to know who San Diego played last year. I would hardly say Drake was any kind of competition last year (37-0 @ Drake).

To be fair, Drake had no passing game. Cole Ingle, who engineered the remarkable comeback last night, had practiced about a week prior to the USD game, after suffering a broken hand during the offseason. Drake's play calling was extremely conservative, and the Toreros stuffed the run.

It will be different this year.

[USDFAN_55]

To be fair, Drake had no passing game. Cole Ingle, who engineered the remarkable comeback last night, had practiced about a week prior to the USD game, after suffering a broken hand during the offseason. Drake's play calling was extremely conservative, and the Toreros stuffed the run.

It will be different this year.

I hope so.

[Khan4Cats]

So if Illinois St. wins the rest, this game was a fluke, but if they suck this game proved nothing? At what point is this just a good win by Drake?

If Illinois State wins the rest, it will turn out to have been a great win, even if it is a bit of a fluke. I say that because of the huge stat disparity in the 1st half but only 10 pts scored. ISU had chances, it appears, to win early. They didn't, through a combination of Drake making plays and their making mistakes-thus the first game comments.

If Illinois State turns out to suck, thus the comment about not matching up with Indiana State (whom I believe Drake may have given a game to last year and won 50% of the time against), then it will not be that big of a win.

It is a good win. A nice win for their program. Certainly the biggest win for the Pioneer League for several years, at least. We'll see how drake does in a few weeks after they play Waldorf and UW-Platteville while UNI matches up with Iowa State and South Dakota State.

[lizrdgizrd]

Great win Drake! xthumbsupx

[PantherRob82]

Pantherrob. It was the coach and coaching who made the difference...

really? I'm excited for the Drake win. Makes our OOC look a little better. Congrats on the win. My first post should've mentioned that. I'm just a skeptic and I think DetroitFlyer needs to wait a few weeks before his propaganda begins. He's harshing my buzz. :D

[PantherRob82]

San Diego trounced Ivy League co-champion Yale, at Yale last season!

xwhistlex not that impressive.

[PantherRob82]

Thank goodness. The last thing Des Moines needs is one more clueless white hick breaking down all of the curbs with his tractor. Stay home for the good of the 'hood.

yeah, Subaru Tribeca, tractor. Same difference.

Tractor is a stereotype. Ghetto is the truth. Learn the difference.

[PantherRob82]

You beat me to it Nyghtewynd. I don't often read this board, but thought I'd check out if there was a thread on the Drake-ISU game last night....should have come as no surprise to me that I found a UNI fan on here with the usual old, tired "ghetto" stuff. Come on.....if you're going to trash Drake (and I know that a certain segment of the UNI fanbase always will), at least come up with something original. I've spent a lot of time in the Drake neighborhood, at all hours of the day (and night), and have never felt unsafe at all. I've seen real ghettos....believe me, the Drake area is no ghetto.

That's funny. That's not how your graduates feel. Congrats on the win.
But anyone who's seen your posts on valleytalk doesn't worry about what you have to say.

[Mr. Tiger]

I think it was a big win that will get smaller as the season continues. That's because I didn't think Illinois State would be that good this year. They lost some key players from last year's team. I don't think I even ranked them in my preseason Top 25.

[Cap'n Cat]

Drake - love ya guys, but carriage turns into a pumpkin in 5, 4, 3, 2, ......


UNI 40
Drake 10


xnodx

[agsadmin]

smacky smack smack! Looks like the game is over and the smack for the futre has started--