ISU football suspends fall practice over continued schedule uncertainty
The Illinois State football team remains in limbo regarding its Sept. 12 home game against Eastern Illinois.
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Agreed, losing Robinson production would have been somewhat offset by just staying healthy on offense this season.Just my opinion, the Birds had some injury problems last year. Brady of course but also the receiving corps was hit hard. One positive I see in this is extra time for those players to heal fully. Taylor Grimes had the knee injury, Andrew Edgar fought injuries all season and there were more. They missed spring but have time now to put in more work. Playing in the spring causes issues as well but the players usually don't get this much time to heal fully. Is playing a couple of games in the fall worth it? I guess if you can get one of the big boys to play for a big paycheck then player health is sacrificed on the altar of a big paycheck. I have been waiting for the adult in the room to show up through all this and it is obvious there are none involved. Yes, I include Spack and Lyons in that group.
The Bison will play one game, and one game only, this fall. It will be a home game against Central Arkansas, to take place at the Fargodome on Oct. 3. (The news was first reported by Yahoo‘s Pete Thamel.)
This is just… a game. A single game. Essentially a televised scrimmage, although it will go up against a full slate of SEC, ACC, Big 12 and other games slated for Oct. 3.
Other than a shrugging “Well, it’s better than zero games,” the only reason to play a single game would be as a showcase for quarterback Trey Lance.
Didn't JMU say they wanted to play this fall despite the CAA games being postponed? That might be a game that made a little sense. Nothing against either of these schools, but why? Not ashamed to say I'm a little jealous, though.Bison to play Central Arkansas.
North Dakota State to play one game, and one game only, this fall
Interesting . . . .
UCA has a full schedule
2024 Football Schedule - University of Central Arkansas Athletics
The official 2024 Football schedule for the University of Central Arkansas Sugar Bearsucasports.com
It is going to be interesting to watch how this works out. Since it appears UCA has a full fall schedule, I assume they are not playing in the spring when there may be a playoff. It would seem to be an unfair advantage to let them play both a fall and spring schedule and participate in the playoffs. I have not seen anything that says if you play in the fall you cant play in the spring. I also don't see why NDSU would play just one game. Such a strange year.
Definitely lots of questions and issues.
But, you surely "couldn't" play fall 2020, spring 2021 and fall 2021. Something like 30 games in one calendar year? I guess the Bison have probably done it going all the way, but geez, that kind of schedule wouldn't give much recovery time between seasons.
Real live College Football Tonight 8pm. Central Arkansas vs. Austin Peay. ESPN TV no less. There are rewards for those who dare to play.UCA has a full schedule
2024 Football Schedule - University of Central Arkansas Athletics
The official 2024 Football schedule for the University of Central Arkansas Sugar Bearsucasports.com
mc night still hasnt signed, play this fall and he will return