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Mattox Kelly 6'5 225 DL/TE Beechwood HS, Florence, KY

The NFL Draft is coming up April 25-27. Does Illinois State have any draftable players. No. Cam Grandy is our best bet. I could see him getting a free agent contract. Grandy has a good frame and great hands. I'm not sure about his strength or speed but I wish the NFL would cool it on the...

Ok Sportsfans, we've spent the off-season discussing the NBA and everything that Redbird Football is not. The time has come to discuss was Redbird Football IS. What it IS is an exciting group of returnees with some well-chosen transfers. No position illustrates this better than the high...

https://pantagraph.com/sports/college/illinois-state/illinois-state-football-adds-transfer-defensive-lineman-in-garret-steffen/article_62304e08-abee-11ee-a004-1bb248a613f8.html

https://goredbirds.com/news/2023/12/20/redbird-football-adds-23-in-2024-early-signing-class.aspx

I'm borrowing this quote from the playoff thread to jump start this one. Hmmm, yes, FCS football is really big in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. North Dakota, North Dakota St., South Dakota, South Dakota St., Montana and Montana St., all made the FCS playoffs. The top 3 seeds are 1)...

I am anticipating that this will be the last Redbird Football game of the year but I'm as excited about it as any game we've played. The Redbirds have won 6 games this season and at times (like last week) they have played extremely well. Even so, the Redbirds have not beaten a team with a...

Murray St. races into town 11a.m. Saturday for Senior Day. It's a chance for the Redbirds to lock up a winning season. Zack was not at practice today so it is looking more likely that Rittenhouse will start at QB. Coach Spack did not provide any information about Zack at his press...

The Redbirds are sitting at 4-3 and that has led to a less than enthusiastic response from the fanbase. Missing from the resume is a quality win. It's not that the Redbirds haven't played at a high level. The 44-7 thrashing of Indiana St. was an impressive performance but it didn't mean that...

The meat of the season is upon us. YSU, UNI and Mo. St., all figure to be close games. We might as well take the toughest one first and I'd say that the trip to Stambaugh stadium (aka The Ice Palace, Home of the Penguins) will be the most difficult. YSU has scored on everybody this side of...

ISU Blue is up next as they come to town for the Homecoming FB game at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The trees have yet to win in '23, but in their last two games they have played Valley opponents to the bitter end losing 30-28 and 27-20. The 27-20 loss was to N. Iowa so we should expect a close game...

When I first saw the '23 schedule I was disappointed that it did not have an FBS game. Well, South Dakota St. coming to town 6 p.m. Saturday as the #1 ranked defending National Champion is a good consolation prize. To say that the Jackbunnies pose some challenges would be an understatement...

And yes Madbird. I am puffed up.

Lindenwho? Lindenwood, an up and coming football program in suburban St. Louis and new to FCS. They pose some problems and that's not Coach Speak. They have tall WRs and they can score in a hurry. Western had them down 31-14 but Lindenwood came back to win 43-40. We need to get off to a...

Before the season started I saw Eastern as an easy win. EIU was starting over with a new coach, and they lost a lot of players to the portal. Much to my surprise they clocked Ind St. 27-0 in their opener. INSU had to go with their #2 QB, but the game wasn't close. Bowling Green brought EIU...

I'll be headed over to Macomb one more time on Saturday. It may not be the final time. We could still play Western as a non-con opponent. They might even make it a trophy game:p. Even so it won't be quite the same as playing a conference rival that has been somewhat of a disruptor. WIU beat...

Here's everything I know about our Week 1 opponent. 1) They're from Dayton, OH 2) They're called the Flyers 3) Pretty good basketball program I could go on but I don't want to overload you with information so early in the season.

It was National Dog Day? Who knew? Keondre Jackson and friend looking good. Let's open it up. Everybody share your Redbird pets.

7-4

Nice Saturday for a scrimmage. A few players sat out because we don't want them injured. I didn't see RB Cole Mueller or TE Cam Grandy unless they played in the 1st minutes before I got there. Scotty Presson had a chance to shine with Grandy not playing and he did with 2 TD catches. The...