Under the Radar

Indiana State has recently announced that they are moving up their season opener against Eastern Illinois to Thursday night, August 31st.  The Sycamores will be unveil their new lights.

This renewal of this 115-year-old rivalry has caught me pleasantly by surprise as I had forgotten that they had agreed to a four game series last spring.  It only makes sense for these two schools to play as the schools are only 50 miles apart and the rivalry is one of the oldest in both programs' history.

An annual game that was torn apart by realignment is temporarily put together by the schools' athletic directors...