Illinois State Redbirds NCAA Football News

As far as storybook endings go, it would be hard to top the way former Larkin Royal Eyad Salem punctuated his football career at Illinois State University.

The league's leading all-purpose yardage man -- RB Deji Karim of Southern Illinois -- has been named Missouri Valley Football Offensive Player of the Year in a vote of league coaches, media and sports information directors.

A A A Slow and steady wins the race. A A A That mantra was made famous by the tortoise and the hare fairy tale, but it can be easily applied to the 2009 Redbirds.

A A A A A A In 1999a s a oeAny Given Sunday,a Al Pacino tells his players on the gridiron that a oefour seconds is a lifetime.a A A A Matt Lancaster and Eyad Salem know exactly what he was talking about.

Connecticut finally won one for their slain teammate, beating Notre Dame on senior day and handing Fighting Irish coach Charlie Weis another bitter home defeat.

Pat Grace plans to go head down, instead of heels up. Northern Iowa's bruising quarterback has seen his college career potentially whittled down to one game - Saturday's pivotal noon matchup at Illinois State - and pledged his throwing arm won't be the only appendage he'll use to make sure the regular season ends well for the ninth-ranked Panthers.

A A A The ISU football team is at a metaphorical fork in the road. Depending on which path they take Saturday afternoon at Hancock Stadium, the Redbirds could end their season on a high note and spend the offseason in a euphoric state of satisfaction, or they could head down the other road and end the 2009 campaign in depressing fashion, sending ...

A A A The ISU football team dropped their final road game of the season 30-18 against conference foe Youngstown State Saturday, despite a career day from redshirt-freshman quarterback Matt Brown.

Brandon Summers threw two touchdowns and Kevin Smith rushed for another score as Youngstown State beat Illinois State 30-18 on Saturday.

A A A Following three straight victories, the ISU football team has their sights set on one thing and one thing only - " a winning season.

A A A Most kickers in college football would be content with flying under the radar.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Wil Lunt gets sacked during the third quarter. Illinois State sacked Lunt six times in the contest.

The stakes are high Saturday when Southern Illinois travels to South Dakota State in search of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title and an automatic NCAA playoff bid.

A A A ISU football head coach Brock Spack walked into the barber shop a couple weeks ago thinking he was just going to get a haircut.

Missouri State faces a freshman quarterback for the fourth consecutive week Saturday when Illinois State visits Plaster Sports Complex.

When Missouri State's Mikael Cooper-Falls arrived in the end zone, 57 yards after taking the handoff, the freshman finally was certain he belonged.

Dennis Brown threw two touchdowns and ran for another, sparking Norfolk State's 41-6 rout of Howard on Saturday.

Share + Oct 31, 2009 4:20 pm US/Central SPRINGFIELD,Mo. Matt Brown passed for 133 yards and two touchdowns to lead Illinois State to a 24-14 victory over Missouri State Saturday.

A A A Redbird head football coach Brock Spack will be the first to admit his biggest weakness to a crowd of strangers... A A A Patience.

A A A If you look back on the history of football, the one thing a great quarterback needs is a great wide receiver.