NORMAL — The artificial turf at Hancock Stadium remains intact.
Yet on Saturday, expect the Illinois State football team to be “scooping dirt.”
“Coach (Matt) Nicholson says just keep scooping dirt,” Redbird center Drew Bones said of the team’s strength coach. “We’ve got a big hole, and we’re filling the hole in. Keep moving dirt every day, day by day, one day at a time.”
In a noon Missouri Valley Football Conference game against No. 13-ranked Northern Iowa, ISU will attempt to rebound from what Bones called its most disappointing loss of the season.