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August 18th, 2011, 08:10 PM
08-17-2011 08:36 PM

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There is nothing quite like preseason projections to fuel the optimism of college football coaches.

In the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Illinois State, Southern Illinois, Western Illinois and Eastern Illinois create various storylines to describe their 2011 outlooks.

Can Illinois State lift its program from the logjam of mediocrity in the Missouri Valley Football Conference? Will Southern Illinois emerge from its rare sub-.500 status in 2010? Can Western Illinois continue to progress after the most amazing turnaround in its school’s history last year? And will Eastern Illinois be able to send off its legendary coach in winning fashion in his final season?

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