NORMAL — The last flight of the Illinois State football regular season will drop the Redbirds off in Fargo, N.D., Friday afternoon for a Saturday meeting with No. 1-ranked North Dakota State.
If the Redbirds have to fly again, it will be for an FCS playoff game. ISU coach Brock Spack has decided he does not want his director of football operations, the person who plans all team travel, to be on that flight.
That’s because Spack’s operations director also is his daughter. And Alicia Mays is pregnant with her first child.
“She’s doing great.