Well, this isn't a surprise. A new division for teams who can afford to go pro.
https://footballscoop.com/news/breaking-in-radical-change-ncaa-proposing-new-subdivision-to-allow-schools-to-pay-athletes-directly...
Just gotta post this, since there's discussion on here periodically about reffing and what refs face out there. This is a story about HS girls basketball, summer ball, for crissakes, not a playoff or tournament game that "counts". Crazy. What's wrong with people...
Was looking for a place to stick this w/o starting a new thread, but nothing jumped out at me. Roosevelt University, now at NAIA level, is planning on moving to DII, and playing in the Great Lakes Conference, one of the best in DII FB...
Reports are that referee John Higgins, known across Central Illinois as "Surfer Guy", is hanging up the whistle for an administrative position. I always liked the guy as a ref, as much as you can "like" a ref. I thought he was usually fair and not all that picky as far as calling everything or...
I don't feel strongly one way or the other about the Pantagraph sports coverage - seen better, seen worse - but given all the crap the paper and Benson have taken on the board, I thought it was interesting to see the paper received awards from the Illinois Press Association for its sports...
From the How Time Flies column today in the Pantagraph:
Obviously, a great figure in the annals of ISU sports history.
https://goredbirds.com/honors/illinois-state-athletics-percy-family-hall-of-fame/clifford-e-horton/113
I haven't looked anywhere else to see who's playing where, but today's Madison paper says Derek Salata is playing in Madison:
https://madison.com/eedition/page-b2/page_acb8d233-7150-5655-b66a-96ef3d3701e2.html
Kind of interesting - guy we offered from Indiana commits to Western Michigan. Lindenwood and Toledo also offered. Just a view into guys we're working on.
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/05/19/high-school-football-avon-qb-mason-reynolds-makes-college-decision/70235900007/
I'll put this here, since the snark level seems higher in the basketball forum, altho still there in others. And I come to Redbirdfan.net every day, appreciate very much what Quinn and his able assistants do here and have no complaints, and I've never blocked anyone since I like to see what all...
Nice story about an in-state baseball recruit, from St. Laurence HS, Luke Stulga. Sounds like a good kid. Hopefully not behind a paywall.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/sports/ct-sta-bas-mtc-stl-st-0503-20230502-d5ihjaqx3jctnbweblapfarhgu-story.html
I'm not sure how much visibility this will get here, but since it's not really related to any ISU sport specifically - or ISU for that matter - I'll park it here. There's a lot of information here, but some of you might find it interesting to see what Wisconsin is doing - or putting out in...
Just found this article (about a month old) with video for one of our recruits from Twin Cities, Savannah McGowan. Seems like a pretty sharp kid. And an inside presence.
https://ccxmedia.org/sports/ccx-sports-spotlight-savannah-mcgowan-armstrong-girls-basketball/
An article in today's Daily Southtown said 6'2 Jalen Falcon (Fal-cone) from Lockport Twp. HS took an unofficial visit to ISU recently. Sounds like an interesting kid, all-around talent...
Well, news to me -- I'm watching the Big 10+ Network, switching over from Elon-Indiana, to NU-UIC. And the studio host is Telly Hughes. Who I never heard of. And here I look up his bio and he's an ISU alum, who pitched for the Birds. He reported for both Fox Sports in Minneapolis and in...
Zeke is the MVFC Defensive Player of the Year. Very deserving.
Not much love on the All-Valley team - Zeke and Bones first team, zero second team, Lamont, Bryson Demming and Taula honorable mention.
South Dakota HC taking over play calling from OC in hopes of jumpstarting offense.
https://footballscoop.com/news/south-dakota-has-decided-to-make-a-change-at-offensive-coordinator
I'm afraid I'm gonna miss the Valpo game this weekend, but I'm wondering if people have received their tailgate parking passes? Did I somehow miss the train?