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GAME 13 • RICHMOND • DEC. 11, 2015 @REDBIRDFB GAME NOTES Mike Williams, Assistant Athletics Director/Communications Zack Carpenter (Secondary Contact) O: (309) 438-7748 | C: (309) 825-8828 O: (309) 438-1044 | C: (217) 781-0929 [email protected] | @ISU_mcwilli [email protected] | @ZCarp11 2015 ILLINOIS STATE SCHEDULE NO. 2 SEED REDBIRDS HOST NO. 7 SEED SPIDERS UNDER THE LIGHTS; S5 at Iowa (BTN) L, 14-31 S12 MORGAN STATE (CSN+/ESPN3) W, 67-14 ILLINOIS STATE AND RICHMOND WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME S19 at Eastern Illinois (WMBD) W, 34-31 (OT) O3 #6 NORTHERN IOWA* (ESPN3) W, 21-13 SETTING THE SCENE O10 at #7 Youngstown State* (ESPN3) W, 31-29 Date: Dec. 11, 2015 O17 at Missouri State* (ESPN3) W, 38-2 Location: Normal, Illinois O24 #20 WESTERN ILLINOIS* (CSN/ESPN3) W, 48-28 Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT O31 #21 INDIANA STATE* (CSN/ESPN3) W, 27-24 Stadium: Hancock Stadium N7 at #11 South Dakota State* (ESPN3) L, 20-25 Stadium Capacity: 13,391 N14 at Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) W, 42-21 Series: First Meeting Watch: ESPN3 N21 SOUTH DAKOTA* (CSN/ESPN3) W, 46-0 D5 WESTERN ILLINOIS^ (ESPN3) W, 36-19 Richmond Illinois State PLAYER TO WATCH >>>>> D11 RICHMOND^ (ESPN3) 6:30 p.m. SPIDERS REDBIRDS After not recording a catch in the All times are Central 9-3, 6-2 CAA 9-2, 7-1 MVFC fi nal two regular-season conteststests forfor the * Missouri Valley Football Conference game Redbirds, junior wide receiverer AnthonAnthonyy ^ FCS Playoff Game IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS Warrum got back on track in the team's #12 STATS/#11 COACH #4 STATS/#4 COACH BTN - Game broadcast on Big Ten Network FCS second-round win over WWesternestern CSN - Game broadcast on Comcast SportsNet Chicago Illinois. The All-MVFC First TeamTeam selectionselection STAT LEADERS STAT LEADERS recorded his fi fth 100-plus yardard WMBD - Game broadcast on WMBD (Peoria) Rushing: J. Green Rushing: M. Coprich ESPN3 - Game streamed on ESPN3 on Valley TV 234/1426/18 TD 307/1937/22 TD receiving performance of the season Passing: K. Lauletta Passing: T. Roberson with 107 yards and a touchdownown 211-335-12/3058/17 TD 94-198-8/1855/16 TD against the Leathernecks. Thehe ILLINOIS STATE COACHES Receiving: B. Brown Receiving: A. Warrum touchdowns was his 14th of thethe Brock Spack (f) Head Coach 66/1221/6 TD 49/1138/14 TD season, which set a new single-seasongle-season Kurt Beathard (p) Offensive Coordinator/QB Defense: D. Jones Defense: P. Meehan mark, and he moved up to No.o. 4 on the single-single- Spence Nowinsky (f) Defensive Coordinator/DL 88 TT/2.0 TFL/9 INT 95 TT/2.5 TFL/1 INT season receiving yards list withith 1,138. Dan Clark (f) OL THE GAME Lamar Conard (f) RB With 19 consecutive home wins under its belt, No. 2 seed Illinois State (10-2) will look to increase that streak Cody Deti (f) DB to 20 games when it hosts No. 7 seed Richmond (9-3) in a quarterfinal match up between two of the best Billy Dicken (f) WR programs in FCS football. Khenon Hall (f) Asst. DB Kane Keirnan (p) Asst. OL THE SERIES Moose McClain (f) HB/TE Illinois State and Richmond will meet for the first time on the gridiron Saturday. The Redbirds have faced Jake Schoonover (p) LB/ST off against three current teams from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) previously, coming out with a Game location: f - field, p - press box 2-1 record in those contests. ISU defeated Villanova, 19-17, on Sept. 25, 1976, and lost a 37-34 decision to Maine on Nov. 14, 1987. In the 2014 FCS semifinals, the Redbirds defeated New Hampshire 21-18 to ESPN3 BROADCAST advance to the FCS National Championship game for the first time in school history. Shawn Kenney, Play-By-Play THE COACHES Al Groh, Analyst Illinois State: Brock Spack (Purdue, 1983) is in his seventh season as the head coach at Illinois State (56- 28). Spack led the Redbirds to their fi rst Missouri Valley Football Conference title in 15 years in 2014, and set the school record for wins with 13 while being named a fi nalist for the Eddie Robinson Award. ILLINOIS STATE RADIO NETWORK Richmond: Danny Rocco (Wake Forest, 1984) is in his fourth season as the head coach at Richmond (30- Dick Luedke, play-by-play 16) and his 10th as a collegiate head coach (77-36). Rocco was named the CAA Coach of the Year and has Ted Schmitz, analyst guided the Spiders to back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time since the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Craig Bertsche, sideline Tim Lewis, studio host THE @REDBIRDFB PROGRAM Six FCS playoff appearances (1998, 1999, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015) Five-time FCS quarterfinalists (1999, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015) Two-time FCS semifinalists (1999, 2014) The team is 36-6 at home under Spack's guidance ISU's current 19-game home winning streak is the longest in the FCS The team tied a program-record cumulative GPA of 2.94 in the Spring 2015 semester GAME 13 • RICHMOND • DEC. 11, 2015 MEDIA INFORMATION • PAGE 2 THE GAME WEEK SCHEDULE ISU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS A quick look at Illinois State's media availability on game week. All appointments can be made by calling the athletics Assistant AD/Communications Mike Williams communications offi ce at (309) 438-7748. Offi ce Phone (309) 438-7748 RICHMOND GAME WEEK SCHEDULE Cell Phone (309) 825-8828 Sunday 6Monday 7 Tuesday 8 Wednesday 9 Thursday 10 Friday 11 Saturday 5 Email [email protected] OFF DAY Player/Coach Media Luncheon Player/Coach Walk Through Richmond at OFF DAY Fax (309) 438-5634 Interviews Kaufman Football Interviews No player/coach Illinois State Available after practice Building – Noon No player/coach availability 6:30 p.m. CST Secondary Contact Zack Carpenter (approx. 5:30 p.m.) availability Cell Phone (217) 781-0929 Player/Coach Interviews Brock Spack Show Email [email protected] Available after practice Schooners 6-7 p.m. Press Box Phone (309) 438-0636 (approx.8:30 p.m.) INTERVIEW PROCEDURES Postgame interviews following home contests are conducted in the team room (second fl oor) of the Kaufman PLAYOFF MEDIA PROCEDURES AND POLICIES Football Building. A golf cart is available to transport Credentials: Local media may use the season passes they have already been given to gain access to the representatives from the visiting team to the interview area. stadium. No additional pass for the playoffs will be required, but requests for seats in the press box must TV lighting is also provided and there is wireless Internet be submitted by each Tuesday of game week. access in the room. Parking: Season parking passes already distributed should be used and the regular media lot will be the After road games, rep re sen ta tives will be brought to a same parking location for the playoffs. designated area. The locker room is closed at all times. Radio Rights: All stations requesting radio rights for any round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship shall be required to submit a completed radio agreement with IMG College. The radio VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CALL agreement must be fully completed and submitted online in advance of the round / game that will be Teleconferences featuring the league's head coaches will broadcast. be conducted each Tuesday during the season (Sept. 1 through Nov. 17). Those par tic i pat ing in the call should To submit a request, you must click the “I acknowledge my understanding of the policy and agree to comply dial in fi ve minutes prior to the scheduled start time (10 with the stated guidelines” button. a.m. CST each Tuesday). The call-in number is (877) 393-4731. http://www.ncaa.com/content/audio-policies-0 10:00 a.m. Mike Sanford, INS 10:06 a.m. Bo Pelini, YSU Questions may be directed to IMG College’s Mike Dodson ([email protected]; 859-226-4390) 10:12 a.m. Bob Nielson, WIU 10:18 a.m. Brock Spack, ILS Digital Highlights: Only highlights that can be used on your institution website must be linked to the 10:24 a.m. Dale Lennon, SIU highlights cut on NCAA.com after your game - (http://www.ncaa.com/video) 10:30 a.m. Dave Steckel, MSU http://www.ncaa.com/content/member-school-digital-highlights-policy - If you want to use your own 10:36 a.m. John Stiegelmeier, SDSU highlights from your videographer, you must license the footage from T3Media - [email protected] 10:42 a.m. Joe Glen, USD 10:48 a.m. Mark Farley, UNI For all 2015 NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff games: TV stations must plug into the 10:54 a.m. Chris Klieman, NDSU * All times are Central mult-box or pull down the highlights from the satellite coordinates, which Mike Williams will send once he receives them from ESPN. Stations are precluded from airing game highlights until the conclusion of the event. At televised events, local television stations, regional sport networks or national cable networks may televise live reports or film from inside the venue up until 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEONS Once the “30-minute rule” passes, stations may still televise from outside the venue. Stations may not film Tuesday, Sept. 1 at noon any game action of events that are televised live. To obtain game footage of televised events, stations must Tuesday, Sept.