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Your home for news & feature stories about the four Illinois FCS programs--Eastern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Western Illinois & Illinois State
Welcome #FCS fans, we now have a new website that covers the four Illinois FCS programs. Check us out at PrairieStatePigskin.com
With fall camp looming, @SIU_Football excited to put injury-riddled 2024 season in the past. Head coach Nick Hill's Salukis kick off their season in Carbondale five weeks from today. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/26/wit…
Now the dean of @ValleyFootball head coaches, Brock Spack shared his thoughts on a wide variety of questions at this week's MVFC media day. Many of the queries weren’t necessarily about the prospects of his Top 10-ranked Redbirds this season. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/25/isu…
Yes, we primarily cover Illinois State & Southern Illinois but here's our @ValleyFootball media day notebook. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/23/mvf…
Illinois college🏈fans: Whether you're a fan of the Panthers, Leathernecks, Redbirds or Salukis, we've got you covered. Follow our website for the latest 🗞️on your favorites. We feature all four on regular basis. All Illinois. All FCS. #NoPaywall prairiestatepigskin.com
After missing the FCS postseason in an injury-riddled season a year ago, @SIU_Football & QB D.J. Williams poised for a bounce-back season. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/22/sou…
"I think we’re better than we were a year ago & we’ll see," Illinois State's Brock Spack assessed his🐦during @ValleyFootball media day. Hear what else he had to say about this year's ISU edition that follows a 10-win, playoff-winner from a year ago. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/21/spa…
14 Illinois State🐦players named to Missouri Valley 🏈Conference preseason watch list: QB Rittenhouse, RB Wright, TE/FB Presson, Jr., TE Charles, OL Pope, OL Woodard, WR Kasper, WR Sobkowicz, DL Anderson, DL Kessler, LB Niekamp, DB Nkuba, LS Calabrese & P Futch.
🏈 DL Donnie Wingate 🏈 LB Colin Bohanek 🏈 LB Chris Presto 🏈 DB Jeremiah McClendon 🏈 LS Ryan Algrim 🏈 P/PK Paul Geelen
Fourteen Illinois State players named to Missouri Valley 🏈Conference Watchlist. valley-football.org/news/2025/7/17…
Head coach Nick Hill of @SIU_Football at MVFC media day this morning: “There’s just something about this time of the year that you feel inside of you if you’re a football guy.”
The Missouri Valley Football Conference is naming its championship trophy in honor of Patty Viverito, who served the league for 40 years as its commissioner. We profiled her last summer. prairiestatepigskin.com/2024/06/27/wit…
Honoring Patty for her 40 years of service, which will be remembered forever with the new 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙑𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙮 🏆
Seven of the 10 players for today's Missouri Valley Football Conference zoom sessions come from the defensive side of the ball.
Illinois State's predicted 4th place spot in today's Missouri Valley 🏈Conference poll is the highest🐦 preseason pick since 2019. Brock Spack is the all-time winningest head coach in program history. ISU opens its season Aug. 30 at FBS Oklahoma.
The votes are in 👀⬇️
OVC-Big South 🏈📷: Association keeps ‘ear to the ground’ for growth potential. We've got that and a look each team in the league's preseason poll along with coach and player comments. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/20/ovc…
Redshirt junior RB Jay Pearson ready to blossom for @EIU_FB with goals to outpace ex-teammate M.J. Flowers, who is now at FBS UConn. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/21/pea…
The Missouri Valley 🏈Conference preseason poll is out. Illinois State, which made a run into the second round of the FCS playoffs a year ago under Brock Spack, comes in at No. 4. Southern Illinois, which has been to the postseason three times under head coach Nick Hill, is No. 6
The votes are in 👀⬇️
OVC-Big South 🏈📒: Association keeps ‘ear to the ground’ for growth potential. We've got that and a look each team in the league's preseason poll along with coach and player comments. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/20/ovc…
The Missouri Valley Football Conference will host its media day tomorrow. Follow us for coverage of Illinois State & Southern Illinois as well as the rest of the league all year long.
Shaking off frustration, DE Peyton Bradford perseveres to develop into a game-changing catalyst. We've got his story plus HC Joe Davis ID's the position group most ready for fall camp along with a QB depth chart update in our @WIUFootball notebook. prairiestatepigskin.com/2025/07/19/sha…
Colton Underwood, 2-time All-American & 2-time Buck Buchanan Award finalist, is among those being inducted into the Illinois State athletics hall of fame. Longtime ISU radio analyst Ted Schmitz will be honored w/ the Campbell "Stretch" Miller Award. goredbirds.com/news/2025/7/18…
