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ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 07:13 PM
Kickoff at 6:30 CT

As always you can listen at www.wjbc.com

➢ Illinois State enters tonight's game with seven-straight victories over members of the Ohio Valley Conference, including three-straight wins over Murray State.

➢ Under head coach Denver Johnson, the Redbirds are 26-15 when playing at Hancock Stadium.

➢ Illinois State Athletics combines the sports of football and golf this weekend. On Friday, the campus golf course was renamed the Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State University to honor the greatest Redbird golfer of all-time, D.A. Weibring. There will be a pregame announcement and a halftim ceremony to honor this Redbird great.

➢ The Redbirds enter tonight's game ranked in the top-20 nationally. Illinois State is rated No. 17 in The Sports Network's top-25 poll and No. 18 in the FCS Coaches Poll. The Redbirds have been ranked in the national polls for 19 straight weeks, including pre and postseason polls.

➢ Under Johnson, the Redbirds are 19-21 when coming off a loss.

➢ Dating back to last season, Murray State is trying to avoid a 10th-straight loss.

➢ In the Johnson era, ISU is 12-12 in the month of September.

➢ Tonight's game is CommUniversity and there are 54 tents already booked for the Redbird Tent Zone. In addition, tonight is also a Redbird Family Night, so a package of two adult general admission tickets and two youth tickets can be purchased for $20. Youths are also admitted free with a Hometown Team Youth Pass. It is also Youth Team Night and teams are admitted free with a pass list or uniform

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 07:32 PM
Game is underway, Murray St offense to start on offense

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 07:35 PM
Illinois St forces a turnover as ISU recovers a Charlie Jordan fumble...Pat Cucci on the recovery

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 07:39 PM
TOUCHDOWN ILLINOIS STATE!!!

Rafael Rice 2 yard TD run (Funk kick)

Illinois St 7
Murray St 0
-1st 10:30

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 07:50 PM
TD Murray St...

23 yd TD reception

Illinois St 7
Murray St 7
-1st Quarter 5:42

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 07:56 PM
ISU QB Luke Drone fumbles the ball away...

THEN

Kai Stewart recovers a Murray St fumble on the next play but the refs said they blew it dead....

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 08:04 PM
Way to go Redbirds, just let Murray St convert a 3rd and 21, just like last week vs Drake

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 08:05 PM
End of 1st Quarter

Illinois St 7
Murray St 7

MSU ball 2 & G on ISU 4

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 08:09 PM
4th and Goal on the ISU 2...

Murray St's O'Brien 20 yd FG

Murray St 10
Illinois St 7
-2nd Quarter 14:15

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 08:15 PM
TOUCHDOWN ILLINOIS STATE!!!

Jason Horton 31yd TD from Luke Drone (Funk Kick)

Illinois St 14
Murray St 10
-2nd Quarter 12:43

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 08:25 PM
ISU forces the 1st punt of the game

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 08:37 PM
TOUCHDOWN ILLINOIS STATE!!!

Luke Drone 1 yd TD run (XP Blocked)

Illinois St 20
Murray St 10
-2nd Quarter 1:11

OSRacer
September 8th, 2007, 08:39 PM
Looks like we are getting blocked up front...Finally able to log on and watch. MSU is actually moving it up and down the field...

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 09:12 PM
83 yard return for Jason Horton ISU to start on the MSU 12

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 09:16 PM
ISU settles for a FG try...

Tyler Funk 29 yd FG...GOOD 1st college FG


ISU had scored on a fake FG but it was called back

Illinois St 23
Murray St 10
-3rd Quarter 12:54

OSRacer
September 8th, 2007, 09:24 PM
Don't know if we can stop a kickoff, but watching this thing we are blowing them off the ball up front...

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 09:25 PM
ISU Stuffs MSU on 4th & 1 at the ISU 27...1st Down Redbirds!!

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 09:30 PM
TOUCHDOWN ILLINOIS STATE!!!

Rafael Rice 10 yd TD run (Funk Kick)

Illinois St 30
Murray St 10
-3rd Quarter 7:25

OSRacer
September 8th, 2007, 09:39 PM
Their OLine is blowing us up...if they run power all night we cannot stop it...

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 09:51 PM
TOUCHDOWN ILLINOIS STATE!!!

Geno Blow 1 yd TD run (XP Blocked)

Illinois St 36
Murray St 10
-4th Quarter 14:57

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 10:09 PM
TOUCHDOWN ILLINOIS STATE!!!
Jason Horton 20 yd TD from Luke Drone (Funk Kick)

Illinois State 43
Murray St 10
-4th Quarter 10:17

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 10:11 PM
13,214 in attendance

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 10:20 PM
TD Murray St

Illinois St 43
Murray St 17
-4th Quarter

ISUMatt
September 8th, 2007, 10:33 PM
Illinois State 43
Murray State 17
-Final

ysubigred
September 8th, 2007, 11:16 PM
Illinois State 43
Murray State 17
-Final

Great rebound ISU. Congrat's Matt thanks for the updates.

Looks good for the OOC record GFC xthumbsupx

OSRacer
September 8th, 2007, 11:20 PM
Good game ISU...we still have a long way to go to compete with the top of the FCS...

skinny_uncle
September 8th, 2007, 11:25 PM
Way to bounce back, Redbirds.

birdsflyhigh
September 8th, 2007, 11:25 PM
Despite giving up that last minute TD to Murray St., the REAL Redbirds showed up tonight. YES!!

Great weekend for the Gateway with the exception of IN St. WOW! 2 Ws over FBS teams, 2 victories over top 25 FCS teams, ISU's thrashing of Murray St. plus WIU giving the Illini a game. Gotta love it!

Good to see another big Redbird Nation crowd. Three more weeks until ALL hell breaks loose and Gateway games begin. Oh yeah! xnodx

ISUMatt
September 9th, 2007, 09:20 AM
Despite giving up that last minute TD to Murray St., the REAL Redbirds showed up tonight. YES!!

Great weekend for the Gateway with the exception of IN St. WOW! 2 Ws over FBS teams, 2 victories over top 25 FCS teams, ISU's thrashing of Murray St. plus WIU giving the Illini a game. Gotta love it!

Good to see another big Redbird Nation crowd. Three more weeks until ALL hell breaks loose and Gateway games begin. Oh yeah! xnodx


The scoreboard says WIU gave Illinois a game, but they didnt, UI dominated but just couldnt score

Maroons
September 9th, 2007, 09:38 AM
How young are Murray's starters this year? Last year they were almost exclusively Freshman and Sophomores.