[September 17, 2011] Indiana State (1-1) at Western Kentucky (0-2)

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Media WKU "damage control"...they've got 1/2 a roster of Florida full-tuitioners & a HC who also hails from the Sunshine State. Do ya think that some may be now questioning their FBS "experiment?"
 

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Awesome win ! Watched it on my computer.



The 15 yardenalty for hitting with the head was terrible, he came in and lowered the boom with his shoulders.......oh well


bring on the next......
 
I am watching ESPN3 right now--they keep the games available for watching for some period of time (not sure how long).

Anyway - I want to commend the ISU staff for what I was able to see in how they handled the Cheeseborough injury--on the ESPN3 feed they actually showed John Sherman talking to his family about what was going on. I applaud that effort.
 
Didn't we beat Western Kentucky back in 2007 56-7?

WKU has been terrible the last 3 years (4-32).
 

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indstate33 said:
Didn't we beat Western Kentucky back in 2007 56-7?

WKU has been terrible the last 3 years (4-32).
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No. Flip the results. We're the ones who lost to them 56-7 and that was our homecoming game. We didn't beat anyone in 2007. This is a big win for us, regardless of where their program is. We've really turned it around. Nothing to down play about yesterday's win.
 
WKUs roster had 32 players from Florida, 16 from Georgia, and 25 from Kentucky. Some of the FL kids got pretty frustrated at having some of our players hand it to them. Some pushing and shoving, and some of the usual eye-gouging in the piles.

Everybody involved handled the Cheeseborough situation with class. John Sherman is a very good communicator, and WKU had the golf cart ready to bring the family to their car or wherever following the departure of the ambulance.

As far as the game, you could see WKU get demoralized with each offensive possession as our defense handled them. Look at the game rundown on their first 7-8 possessions--great job by the defense. Our defensive Seniors (Hardy, Carter, Sewall, Roberts, Young) in particular came to play, and set the tone for the game. Hardy, Carter, and Sewall could all be deserving of the MVFC Defensive Player of the Week. Offensively, the OL played the best game they have in a while, and got better as the game went on. Bell, Fouch, and Hilton were electric and consistently made big plays. Bell or Fouch should be the Offensive Player of the Week, but the MVFC seems to like the Penguins, so their QB Hess with his 5 TDs may be, but he didn't face the same talent on defense. Cory Little should be the Special Teams Player of the Week with his 2 40+ yard FGs (plus a 35 yarder) and his gutty performance handling KO duties with his own nagging injuries while TF was out. Alex Jones made a couple of super tackles on kick coverage as well.

The team played as well as I have seen them play in the 4 years I've been around--hopefully they keep bringing the same intensity and level of play they showed last night through the conference schedule. An excellent game to attend, and you can see the confidence growing each week with the team. They deserve a big crowd this week at Memorial Stadium; hopefully the students and local fans will come out.
 
I totally agree with what NSF stated. While i'm no expert on the offensive or defensive aspects of the game, I'm very familiar with the kicking game.
Cory Little had an amazing night, pure and simple. He did an awesome job on the field goals. He was able to take over the kick off duties after Tanner could absolutely not even walk off the field without a huge limp. Tanner injured his groin about five weeks ago, and reinjured it at the Butler game.He didn't kick at all last week during practice, and shouldn't have played at all last night, but thats impossible to tell a 19 yo.
 
You could definitely see Tanner limping--he must be hurting. Cory was named the Special Teams Player of the Week, and Larry Carter was the Defensive Player of the Week; both very well-deserved! Shakir got mention, but as I expected, Hess from YSU was the Offensive Player of the week.
 
new sycamore fan said:
You could definitely see Tanner limping--he must be hurting. Cory was named the Special Teams Player of the Week, and Larry Carter was the Defensive Player of the Week; both very well-deserved! Shakir got mention, but as I expected, Hess from YSU was the Offensive Player of the week.
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"Nationally, sophomore tailback Shakir Bell was named the MVFC Player Of The Week by College Sports Madness. The Madness identifies the highest impact player nationally and one from each FCS conference in their weekly feature." from GoSycamores.com

We have the opportunity to put Hess in his place Saturday. Make it happen Trees!
 

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In my very humble opinion, the entire defensive team should have won the award! It was an amazing game to watch. The Sycamore crowd was loud, the players pumped. And the players doing the salute to the crowd after the game is just a moment that defies words. I absolutely continue to be wowed with the stories that I hear from the junior and senior parents who have been there since the beginning of this phenomenal journey. These players, and the parents who supported them when no one else did, are truly inspiring to us all. They deserve to see the stands full at all their games, especially the home games.
 
Fridae00 said:
In my very humble opinion, the entire defensive team should have won the award! It was an amazing game to watch. The Sycamore crowd was loud, the players pumped. And the players doing the salute to the crowd after the game is just a moment that defies words. I absolutely continue to be wowed with the stories that I hear from the junior and senior parents who have been there since the beginning of this phenomenal journey. These players, and the parents who supported them when no one else did, are truly inspiring to us all. They deserve to see the stands full at all their games, especially the home games.
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Amen!
 
Just watched the game replay on ESPN 3. Such an outstanding effort by everyone involved. When I was at the field campus yesterday, I was giving out score updates via the ESPN app. Awesome win for the program.
 
Jason Svoboda said:
Just watched the game replay on ESPN 3. Such an outstanding effort by everyone involved. When I was at the field campus yesterday, I was giving out score updates via the ESPN app. Awesome win for the program.
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I was at a "hog roast" at a friends house. I was keeping a group of fans up-to-date with the ScoreMobile app.. there was a lot of applause for every update as the margin kept getting bigger and bigger.
 
Apps? Listen to the game on the radio.....

I hear they got a couple excitable announcers. lol

Next time the game is on TV, turn down the sound and listen to those guys. : > )
 

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Fridae00 said:
In my very humble opinion, the entire defensive team should have won the award! It was an amazing game to watch. The Sycamore crowd was loud, the players pumped. And the players doing the salute to the crowd after the game is just a moment that defies words. I absolutely continue to be wowed with the stories that I hear from the junior and senior parents who have been there since the beginning of this phenomenal journey. These players, and the parents who supported them when no one else did, are truly inspiring to us all. They deserve to see the stands full at all their games, especially the home games.
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"We've come a long way babe", Remember three years ago at UNI 4-5 of us at TG Toms and only a few more inside other than admin. that flew with the team.
 
I remember well--that was the first time I learned to truly hate the "roaring" scoreboard with the 63 that UNI hung on the kids. I'm hoping this year not to hear so much as a purr from that place.
 
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