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Hello all, it's time for the second season of the Illinois College Sports Report. You may remember it as illisports and illihoops, but this year I decided to keep it simple. Every Monday until the last baseball team in the state plays their final game, I will give you scores and (very soon) news from each of the 13 Division I teams in the Land of Lincoln.
We join the Illinois college sports scene in Week 2 of college football season. Most of the seven pigskin-playing schools are off to good starts. Below are scores and summaries of last week's action. Ranking numbers are for the week of the games. FBS rank derived from AP Top 25 poll, FCS rank derived from The Sports Network Top 25.
SCORES FROM LAST WEEK
Football Bowl Subdivision
at #19 Northwestern 48, Syracuse 27: "Chicago's Big Ten Team" made slight work of the Orange in a 48-27 blowout at Ryan Field. The game was over by halftime, when the score was 34-7. The rest was academic. Quarterbacks Trevor Siemian and Kain Colter split passing duties and did equally well. Colter, the starter, 15/18 for 116 yards and a two TDs (one passing, one rushing). Siemian went 15/19 for 259 yards and three scores. Tony Jones had a huge day on the receiving end with 9 catches for 185 yards and a touchdown. The Wildcats didn't giveaway any turnovers in the game, but was able to snatch four interceptions against Syracuse's Drew Allen. After this dominant performance and the win at Cal, the schedule will get slightly easier for Northwestern, as they host Western Michigan and Maine over the next two weeks.
at Illinois 45, Cincinnati 17: It was another impressive aerial by senior QB Nathan Scheelhaase. After going for 416 yards and a couple of TDs against SIU, he went for 312 yards and four touchdowns against the Bearcats. Illinois got off to a hot start, reeling off 21 unanswered points to open up the first half. However, a one-yard pass from Munchie Legaux to Max Morrison with 8 seconds left in the second quarter gave the Bearcats the momentum to score 10 points in the third quarter. After three it was 28-17. However, things opened up in the fourth when Illinois were able to tack on a field goal and two touchdowns for the win.
Northern Illinois (1-0) was idle this week
Football Championship Subdivision
#14 Eastern Illinois 40, at Southern Illinois 37: It took two overtimes to put this thriller in Carbondale to rest, as a 36 yard Cameron Berra field goal helped EIU eek out the 40-37 win. While both teams were evenly matched, the more impressive came from the victorious Panthers. QB Jimmy Garoppolo took to the skies and pulled down 440 yards off of 34/56 passing along with four touchdowns and an interception. His two main targets were receivers Erik Lora and Adam Drake. Lora racked up 11 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown while Drake got 7 catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns. For SIU, Kory Faulkner went 28/50 for 294 yards and 4 yards while MyCole Pruitt paced the receivers with 8 cathces for 98 yards and two touchdowns.
The win is EIU's second straight 40-point performance, coming off of an impressive upset at San Diego State. SIU was once again on the losing end of a high scoring performance, falling 32-42 at Illinois last week.
at Western Illinois 34, Quincy 6: After a dominate defensive performance in Week 1 against Hampton that saw the Leathernecks force nine turnovers, it was the offense that got the job done in the 34-6 victory over D-II Quincy. WIU rounded up 549 total yards, distributed fairly evenly between the pass (278) and run (271). Trenton Norvell threw 24/34 for 278 yards and two touchdowns. Running back J.C. Baker lead the rushing attack with 14 carries for 144 yards and two touchdowns. If anything was glaring it was the penalties, as Western Illinois racked up 15.
Quincy was shut out for most of the game, but were able to get on the board at the fourth quarter buzzer when Nick Lonergan scored on a 4 yard keeper. It was the first time the Hawks scored at Hansen Field since 2004, when they scored on a touchdown reception in the fourth quarter in a 31-38 loss to the Leathernecks.
#19 Illinois State (0-1) was idle this week
THE NUMBERS ARE IN
With another week of games in the books, here are the new rankings from both the FBS and FCS poll:
AP Top 25 (FBS)
#17 Northwestern: +2 from last week
The Sports Network Top 25 (FCS) [Updated 9/9/13 12:48 PM CT]
#9 Eastern Illinois: +5 from last week
#18 Illinois State: +1 from last week
#18 Illinois State: +1 from last week
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