(STATS) -- So much of the early, and negative, talk surrounding the FCS playoffs was centered on all five Missouri Valley Conference qualifiers being placed in one half of the bracket.
Perhaps that stood out to the Richmond Spiders, who on Friday night proved it's much more than just a Missouri Valley party.
The No. 7-seeded Spiders ended No. 2 seed Illinois State's FCS-best 19-game home winning streak as Jacobi Green rushed for 137 yards and scored four touchdowns in a 39-27 quarterfinal-round victory before 5,356 at Hancock Stadium.
Richmond (10-3), the automatic qualifier from the Colonial Athletic Association -- which was considered the top FCS conference before the MVC's recent dominance -- is back in the semifinals for the first time since its 2008 team captured the national title.