Thompson Is National Player of the Week
By admin | May 9, 2009
Sam Houston State quarterback Dustin Long, Western Kentucky linebacker Charles Thompson and Jackson State defensive back/kick returner Cletis Gordon have been named I-AA Players of the Week by The Sports Network, the division’s most widely recognized information service.
Long passed for 329 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions as unranked Sam Houston State knocked off No. 1 Montana, 41-29. Thompson tallied a career-high 18 tackles in Western Kentucky’s 21-8 win over Eastern Kentucky. Gordon returned a punt and a kick for touchdowns in Jackson State’ s 21-20 loss at Tennessee State.
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Gateway Football Weekly Notebook: Sept. 19
By admin | May 9, 2009
The SMS Bears will be looking to move to 4-0 for the
first time since 1989, but it will take a win at I-A Tulsa to stay perfect. The
Bears are 0-6 all-time against the Golden Hurricane. This season, the Gateway is
0-6 against I-A teams. The Gateway has 24 I-A wins since 1985, which includes at
least one I-A win every year since 1995.
Top Dogs — SIU Back to No. 1?
When Southern Illinois earned the No. 1 ranking (Sept. 6, 2004), the Salukis
joined UNI (1992), Western Illinois (2003) Western Kentucky (2002), and
Youngstown State (1997 and 1998) as Gateway teams that had reached that
pinnacle. Every Gateway school has been ranked No. 3 or better at one time in
their history, with Indiana State and Southern Illinois also achieving No. 1
rankings prior to Gateway membership. On Sept. 18, SIU’s 59-9 win against
William Penn, coupled by a loss by No. 1 Montana, will likely push the Salukis
back to No. 1 when polls are released Monday, Sept. 20.
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Gateway Players of the Week: Sept. 18
By admin | May 9, 2009
This week’s Gateway Players of the Week are QB Yance
Vaughan of Illinois State; LB Charles Thompson of Western Kentucky; LB LaDrelle
Bryant of Indiana State; and OL Buster Ashley of Western Kentucky.
Offensive
QB Yance Vaughan, Illinois State
Sr., 6-3, 210, Ada (Okla.) High
Vaughan rallied the Redbirds from a 10-point deficit late in the fourth
quarter over Eastern Illinois and finished with three TD passes and the
game-winning 3-yard touchdown run. Vaughan’s quarterback keeper with 2:39 left
in the game gave ISU its first lead since the 6:55 mark of the third quarter.
His three touchdown passes also marked the most by a Redbird quarterback since
Dusty Burk threw for four against UNI in 2001. Vaughan was 19-for-30 with 219
yards.
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Bears Stay Perfect, League is 5-3
By admin | May 9, 2009
Southwest Missouri State shut out visiting Union
College, 45-0, to improve to 3-0 on the season and remain the only unbeaten team
in the Gateway Conference. Meanwhile, the league swept the Ohio Valley
Conference in three games to improve to 5-0 this season in the challenge series
between the two conferences.
In all, the league went 5-3 on Saturday, falling twice against top-25 teams. In
the losses, No. 7 UNI fell to No. 13 Stephen F. Austin, 24-21; Youngstown State
lost at No. 17 McNeese State, 24-20; and No. 15 Western Illinois lost at
Hampton, 40-20.
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Salukis Fall One Spot To No. 2
By admin | May 9, 2009
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Four Gateway Conference are ranked for the second-straight week, including
Southern Illinois, UNI, Western Kentucky and Western Illinois. The Salukis, who
achieved their first No. 1 ranking as a Gateway member last week, fell one spot
to No. 2 after falling 23-22 to I-A Northern Illinois last week.
All eight Gateway teams are either ranked or receiving votes, as Illinois
State and SMS are among those receiving votes in both The Sports Network poll
and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls. Indiana State received votes in the
ESPN/USA Today coaches, while Youngstown State received mention in the Sports
Network poll.
The Montana Grizzlies are back in a familiar position. Montana’s 41-23 win
against Hofstra, coupled with Southern Illinois’ 23-22 loss at Northern
Illinois, has lifted the Grizzlies to the No. 1 ranking in The Sports Network
Top 25 poll. The Grizzlies (2-0) have posted home wins over Maine and Hofstra
and moved up a spot in each of the first two polls. Montana, which won the
national championship in 1995 and 2001, last held the No. 1 ranking on November
11, 2002. The Grizzles captured 61 first-place votes and 2,492 points in this
week’s balloting.
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Hooper Earns National Player of the Week
By admin | May 9, 2009
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New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos, Towson defensive back Allante Harrison, Norfolk State linebacker Kevin Talley and Indiana State kicker Kyle Hooper have been honored as national I-AA players of the week by The Sports Network, the division’s most widely recognized information service.
Santos threw for 385 yards and tied a school record with five touchdown passes as New Hampshire upset I-A Rutgers, 35-24. Talley set an NCAA Division I-AA record with 30 total tackles in Norfolk State’s 41-34, double overtime, loss to Savannah State. Harrison had three interceptions, including one return for a touchdown, as Towson fell to Delaware, 21-17. Hooper nailed four field goals to lead Indiana State past Eastern Illinois, 33-30, in overtime.
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Gateway Football Weekly Notebook
By admin | May 9, 2009
Western Kentucky visits Eastern Kentucky this
Saturday in the 81st meeting between the two schools. Western leads the series,
44-33-3, which includes a 36-3 Hilltopper win last year. Eastern, though, holds
a 20-12-2 advantage in games in Richmond, Ky. The game can be seen on FSN
Midwest, FSN South and Fox College Sports (digital). Blake Fulton (play by
play), Pat Sperduto (color) and Keeli Davidson (sideline) will call the action,
with kickoff slated for 6:37 p.m. CT.
Near Missess
With near misses against Minnesota (Illinois State lost 37-21) and Northern
Illinois (Southern Illinois fell 23-22), the Gateway is now 0-6 against I-A
teams this season. The Gateway has 24 I-A wins since 1985, which includes at
least one I-A win every year since 1995. On Sept. 25, SMS plays at Tulsa in the
Gateway’s final chance at a I-A win this season.
Top Dogs — SIU Reaches No. 1
When Southern Illinois earned the No. 1 ranking (Sept. 6, 2004), the Salukis
joined UNI (1992), Western Illinois (2003) Western Kentucky (2002), and
Youngstown State (1997 and 1998) as Gateway teams that had reached that
pinnacle. Every Gateway school has been ranked No. 3 or better at one time in
their history, with Indiana State and Southern Illinois also achieving No. 1
rankings prior to Gateway membership.
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Gateway Players of the Week: Sept. 11
By admin | May 9, 2009
This week’s Players of the Week in the Gateway
Football Conference are Travis Glasford of Western Illinois; DB Quincy Wallace
of Indiana State; PK Kyle Hooper of Indiana State; and OL Brad Durham of SMS.
Offensive
RB Travis Glasford, Western Illinois
Jr., 5-11, 190, Miami (Fla.) Southridge
Glasford rushed for 229 yards and six TDs on 24 carries in under two
quarters against Cheyney, setting school records for most rushing touchdowns in
a quarter, half, and game, most rushing yards in a quarter and half, and most
points in a quarter, half and game. His 36 points tied a Gateway single-game
record, and his six rushing touchdowns set a new league mark. He rushed 15 times
for 142 yards and five scores in the first quarter, reaching the end zone on
each of the Leathernecks’ first five drives. Glasford’s night ended with 8:00
remaining in the second quarter, after he recorded the second 200-yard rushing
game of his career.
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Saturday Football Recaps — Sept. 11
By admin | May 9, 2009
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Two I-A near-misses were the story in Gateway
Conference action on Sept. 11. Illinois State battled No. 22 Minnesota before
falling, 37-21, and top-ranked Southern Illinois fell at I-A Northern Illinois,
23-22, as a failed two-point try by the Salukis late in the fourth was the
difference.
In all, the Gateway went 5-3 on Saturday, including a 2-1 mark against I-AA
teams.
Elsewhere in the Gateway on Saturday, Sept. 11, UNI manhandled Minnesota
State, 40-0; Youngstown State fell to Florida International, 22-16 (ot); SMS
beat Sam Houston State, 33-31; Western Illinois pounded Cheyney, 98-7 (yes, 98);
Western Kentucky shut out Concord, 58-0; and Indiana State edged Eastern
Illinois in overtime, 33-30.
Northern Illinois 23, No. 1 Southern Illinois 22
Southern Illinois trailed Northern Illinois 23-16 Saturday with just over
two minutes remaining in the game. Quarterback Joel Sambursky led the team 78
yards for an eventual 19-yard touchdown reception by Brent Little.
SIU went for a 2-point conversion, and Sambursky’s pass to Chris Kupec
touched his hands but ended up incomplete. Northern held on for a 23-22 win. NIU
amassed 400 total yards to SIU’s 380. Sambursky was 16-for-27 for 208 yards and
a pair of touchdowns. Arkee Whitlock carried the ball 13 times for 96 yards.
Brandon Jacobs had 13 rushing attempts for 46 yards.
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Salukis Are No. 1 in the Nation
By admin | May 9, 2009
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Southern Illinois has become the fifth No. 1 team in Gateway history, and third different team in the past three years, as the Salukis are the top-ranked team in the Sports Network Top-25 poll, announced Monday.
It marks the first time SIU is ranked #1 in the nation since winning the National Championship in 1983. That season, Southern spent six weeks at the top spot.
Jerry Kill’s club, which was ranked No. 2 in the preseason, ascended to the top spot after it defeated Southeast Missouri, 42-3, and former No. 1 Delaware lost, 24-21, to unranked New Hampshire. The Salukis earned 56 first-place votes and 2,050 total points in this week’s balloting.
SIU joins former Gateway No. 1 teams (UNI, Western Illinois, Western Kentucky, and Youngstown State) as league teams to represent the conference at the top. Western Kentucky (2002) and Western Illinois (2003) have held the top spots during the past two seasons.
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