Here are a few observations from my ruminations before the start of Saturday's college football games:
• Eastern Illinois University football is 6-1(3-0). The Panthers are ranked No. 2 in the national FCS Coaches Poll, behind North Dakota State, 7-0. The Panthers are coached by Dino Babers and play in the Ohio Valley Conference. Eastern Illinois has posted 617 total points this season. Forty players on the Panthers' 85-man football roster are Illinois residents, and I think that reflects on the school. Several members of the football team are from communities in the Fox River Valley area, including Jon Voytilla, DL, (St. Charles), Jimmy Garorppolo, QB, (Arlington Heights), Ben Krol, QB, (Woodstock), Shepard Little, RB, (Schaumburg), Alex Helms, LB, (Naperville), Seth McDonald, LB, (Sandwich), Collin Siebert, OL, (Oswego), Curtis Brummerstedt, OL, (Yorkville), Dan Chism, DL, (Warrenville) and Anthony Taylor, WR, Elven Walker, DB, Joe Hall, C, (all of Wheaton). The Panthers will travel to Nashville Oct. 26 to play Tennessee State, 7-1, (4-0).
• Harvard University's football team is, 5-0, (2-0) Ivy Conference and its roster includes several players from Illinois, including two from Glen Ellyn (Nick Burrello, WR, and Connor Loftus, DB, both of Glenbard West), and Naperville (Cameron Brate, WR, of Naperville Central). The Harvard Crimson are coached by Tim Murphy. Harvard will host Princeton Oct. 26.
I hope you will enjoy the games as much as I will. Go NIU!
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