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Redbirds tumble from top 25 polls
By Pantagraph staff
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NORMAL -- Three straight losses have sent the Illinois State football team out of the top 25 national polls for the first time in 23 weeks.

ISU lost to Missouri State, 58-41, on Saturday, receiving 14 votes in both The Sports Network and the Football Championship Subdivision coaches’ poll.

Four teams from the Gateway Conference remain in the poll, including Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Youngstown State and Western Illinois.

ISU hosts winless Indiana State at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Hancock Stadium.

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Missouri State's Cody Kirby is brought down by an Illinois State defender during their Gateway Conference game Saturday afternoon at Plaster Field in Springfield, Mo. The 23rd-ranked Redbirds suffered a 58-41 loss, dropping their record to 2-4. (Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader/Jess Heugel)
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Reader comments on this story - 6 total

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DESCENDING POLL WATCHER wrote on Oct 12, 2007 12:10 PM:

" DID ANYBODY CHECK IS ISU IN THE NEXT 25 POLL ? "

Oh wow!!!!!!! wrote on Oct 11, 2007 4:29 PM:

" Maybe you should live in the present!!!! Dusty B. had his chances!!! As for Todd Berry, he could never match the requirements this university expects of a program these days: academically sound year after year, committment to community service, and a committment to THIS University. Remember, he flew the coop and look how that turned out!!!! "

Wow wrote on Oct 10, 2007 10:51 AM:

" ISU fans are starting to sound like Cubs fans...The sooner ISU gets rid of Denver Johnson the better, what has he accomplished...all i remember is beat downs like last week, him benching Dusty Burke for a freshman, and them losing a home game a few years back with a playoff birth on the line! "

The Best is Yet to Come wrote on Oct 9, 2007 12:49 PM:

" I agree that we need to focus on the future and start building for next year. This year is pretty much finished so let's get the other players in there that will be starting next year, start building a team and getting them some experience. Look what The Bears did by changing a QB! "

Well.. wrote on Oct 8, 2007 9:48 PM:

" this is no surprise. No playoffs this year either. Time to start thinking about next year. Luke is a great kid, but it's time to give Brockway some experience. "

TDOG wrote on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM:

" Hey I bet they win this one!! HE HE HE!! well NCHS could win this one also!!! "
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