Pete's Schedule Previews
The 2007 Gateway Schedules
Key Games:
- 09/08/2007 Northern Iowa @ Iowa St.
- 09/15/2007 Illinois St. @ Eastern Illinois
- 10/06/2007 Southern Illinois vs. Youngstown St.
- 10/20/2007 Western Illinois vs. Northern Iowa
| Pos |
Team |
Rating |
| 1 |
Indiana State |
27.04 |
| 2 |
Illinois State |
30.48 |
| 3 |
Western Illinois
|
34.92 |
| 4 |
Missouri State |
36.83 |
| 5 |
Southern Illinois |
40.57 |
| 6 |
Youngstown State |
42.78 |
| 7 |
Northern Iowa
|
44.10 |
Pete's
2007 Gateway Pre-Season Schedule Previews
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- Indiana St.: Once again,
Head coach Lou West will take his trees into
one of the nations most difficult schedules
in 2006. Certainly when a team is predicted
at the bottom of a conference, the schedule
strength is going to be high. In addition,
there are two very tough non-conference games
with Eastern Illinois and the Big-10's Indiana.
- Illinois State: Illinois
State returns the bulk of a powerful team
in 2007, and as it was in 2006, the Redbirds
will to get through a very difficult schedule;
if they plan on seeing the post season. The
first two games are light with Drake and Murray
St. at home. From then on it is all heavy,
beginning with rival Eastern Illinois in a
rematch of last year's play-off game. Then
a $$ trip to IA Missouri takes ILS into Gateway
action, with a road trip to preseason top-10
NDSU being non-conference for the last time.
Conference action is evenly split.
- Western Illinois: It seems
as though the I-AA/FCS nation has forgotten
about WIU ...a post-season regular with a
semi-final appearance just a couple of years
ago. This is just what the Leathernecks are
hoping for in 2007, as they look to climb
back to the top of the Gateway Football Conference.
An incredibly difficult non-GFC schedule includes
both xDSU's, Stephen F. Austin, a DII, and
a date at Champaign to take on the Fighting
Illini.
- Missouri State: Head Coach
Terry Allen returned to the GFC with much
hype in 2006. However, in 2007, he looks to
let his Bears "do the talking".
Avery challenging slate is on tap with last
year's OVC champ Tennessee-Martin, and the
Big-12's Kansas State highlighting the non-Gateway
portion.
- Southern Illinois: If the
Saluki defense can slow down IA rival Northern
Illinois, Southern Illinois will look to return
to the post-season in 2007. In the final week,
there will be a huge game at Hampton to take
on the Pirates in what many a saying is another
post-season preview.
- Youngstown State: The Penguins
have lost much from the 2006 club, including
Pete's Offensive POY, and now Redskin TB ,
Marcus Mason and the other 3 of what coach
Heacock called "my 4 son's" from
last year's backfield; with Gibson, Ison,
and Cayson joining Mason in graduating. The
Penguin's 2007 non-GFC slate is light, bolstered
by a opener against former YSU head-coach
JimTressel at the horse$hoe in Columbus. However,
the real test will come against SDSU in week-2.
The greatest issue with YSU's conference slate
is that they travel to both SIU and UNI, losses
to both is what kept them out of the play-off
in 2005's 8-3 campaign.
- Northern Iowa: Last year,
the Panthers took a light OOC schedule &
blew it with a loss to DII (now I-aa/FCS transitional)
North Dakota. This year, Minnesota State-Manko
should not prove to be as challenging. In
the conference slate, UNI will host both YSU
and SIU in the Dome this year. This is why
many say that UNI will win the GFC in 2007.
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Pete's
2007 Gateway Pre-Season Schedule Previews
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Illinois State
9/15/2007 @ Eastern Ill.
9/22/2007 @ Missouri
9/29/2007 vs. UNI
10/6/2007 @ Missouri St.
10/13/2007 vs. Indiana St.
10/20/2007 @ Youngstown St.
10/27/2007 vs. Western Ill.
11/3/2007 @ North Dakota St.
11/10/2007 @ Southern Ill.
Indiana State
9/1/2007 @ Indiana
9/8/2007 vs. Austin Peay
9/15/2007 @ Southeast Mo. St.
9/22/2007 vs. Eastern Ill.
9/29/2007 vs. Southern Ill.
10/6/2007 vs. Western Ill.
10/13/2007 @ Illinois St.
10/20/2007 vs. Western Ky.
10/27/2007 @ Missouri St.
11/3/2007 vs. Youngstown St.
11/10/2007 @ UNI
Northern Iowa
8/30/2007 vs. Minn. St. Mankato
9/8/2007 @ Iowa St.
9/15/2007 @ South Dakota St.
9/22/2007 @ Drake
9/29/2007 @ Illinois St.
10/13/2007 vs. Southern Ill.
10/20/2007 @ Western Ill.
10/27/2007 vs. Youngstown St.
11/3/2007 @ Missouri St.
11/10/2007 vs. Indiana St.
11/17/2007 vs. Southern Utah
Missouri State
8/30/2007 vs. Mo.-Rolla
9/6/2007 @ Tenn.-Martin
9/15/2007 @ Kansas St.
9/22/2007 vs. Central Ark.
9/29/2007 @ Youngstown St.
10/6/2007 vs. Illinois St.
10/13/2007 @ Western Ill.
10/20/2007 @ Southern Ill.
10/27/2007 vs. Indiana St.
11/3/2007 vs. UNI
11/10/2007 vs. Southeast Mo. St.
Southern Illinois
8/30/2007 vs. Quincy
9/8/2007 @ Northern Ill.
9/15/2007 @ Southern Utah
9/22/2007 vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff
9/29/2007 @ Indiana St.
10/6/2007 vs. Youngstown St.
10/13/2007 @ UNI
10/20/2007 vs. Missouri St.
11/3/2007 @ Western Ill.
11/10/2007 vs. Illinois St.
11/17/2007 @ Hampton
Western Illinois
8/30/2007 vs. South Dakota St.
9/8/2007 @ Illinois
9/15/2007 vs. St. Francis (Ill.)
9/22/2007 @ Stephen F. Austin
9/29/2007 vs. North Dakota St.
10/6/2007 @ Indiana St.
10/13/2007 vs. Missouri St.
10/20/2007 vs. UNI
10/27/2007 @ Illinois St.
11/3/2007 vs. Southern Ill.
11/10/2007 @ Youngstown St.
Youngstown State
9/1/2007 @ Ohio St.
9/8/2007 vs. South Dakota St.
9/15/2007 vs. Stony Brook
9/22/2007 vs. Lock Haven
9/29/2007 vs. Missouri St.
10/6/2007 @ Southern Ill.
10/13/2007 vs. Southern Utah
10/20/2007 vs. Illinois St.
10/27/2007 @ UNI
11/3/2007 @ Indiana St.
11/10/2007 vs. Western Ill.
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