At Last Some Schedule Talk

and of course some commentary--

not many people discussing this so far....but the guy who writes the blog for the Pantagraph has summed it up..
I recall we were promised this year's schedule was going to be substantially better, stronger...

well here is what's known so far...

-The Redbirds will travel to Edwardsville to play SIUE on Sunday, Nov. 15 -- a regular season game on the road at SIUE.

-Niagara visits Redbird Arena on Sunday, Dec. 13 (this one is NOT really scheduled, it is mandated as the return game for last year's BracketBuster)

-ISU travels to Utah but this game is also not actually scheduled, but is part of the league-determined MVC/MWC Challenge

-ISU plays Quincy University in an exhibition game

-ISU has a non-conference game at home vs. Central Michigan

-a non-conference game on the road vs. UIC

-a non-conference game on the road vs.Ohio U.

-In addition, ISU hosts a round-robin tournament which includes St. Bonaventure, Norfolk State and SEMO - all expected to be 200-300+ RPI teams

two non-conference games are still being sought and they also expect to play in the BracketBuster this season.
http://www.pantagraph.com/app/blogs/main/?p=4085

Remember...last year's schedule was criticized for being the ONLY Valley team without a single game vs. a BCS conference opponent.
This year should make it back-to-back such years as there appears to be NO BCS conference opponent again anywhere in sight.



By the way, the Pantagraph has a story about squirrels....
http://www.pantagraph.com/app/blogs/main/?p=4065



And not sports related, but probably the single most phenomenal story of smoeone spending other people's money in a ridiculous and wasteful way,
here is the president of a respected, national sorority wasting almost ONE MILLION dollars of organization funds just to have a wax statue of herself made to honor - herself!
http://www.suntimes.com/business/1690163,CST-NWS-aka29.article

Needless to say, when others found out, she was canned... waxed again I guess.
Just coincidentally this lady is the comptroller (funds manager) for the Chicago Housing Authority.
Hey -- they'd better check their funds as well at the CHA!



While I was at the Sun Times, I found a nice article about Candace Parker...
not sure why, but she's a really easy person to admire...
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/sky/1689928,CST-SPT-sky29.article