Bill Jauss

Eastern Illinois is on a roll. The Panthers have won five games in a row. They lead the Ohio Valley Conference with a 5-0 record. Last week's 27-6 victory over...

Illinois State's 31-17 loss to Western Illinois on Saturday didn't dim Brent Hawkins' Gateway Conference and national status as an elite sacker. Hawkins, a 244-pound senior defensive end from Godfrey,...

Western Illinois linebacker Wyatt Green was named Gateway Conference defensive player of the week for leading the Leathernecks to a 31-17 victory over 18th-ranked Illinois State. Green, a 225-pound senior...

Southern Illinois tailback Arkee Whitlock and Youngstown punter Joe Bishop, current Gateway Conference players of the week, could play big roles in Saturday's showdown for first place in Carbondale. Whitlock...

Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak's message to his players this week will be simple and urgent: We still can achieve our season goal and win the Mid-American Conference championship. "We...

The Redbirds' decisive 38-3 victory over Division I-AA No. 13 Northern Iowa led to a sweep of Gateway Conference player-of-the-week honors: Laurent Robinson on offense, Brent Hawkins on defense and...

Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky, two teams that have been ranked No. 1 in Division I-AA this season, meet Thursday night in a Gateway Conference showdown in Bowling Green, Ky....

A high-scoring defense--that's right, defense--is keeping Eastern Illinois (5-2, 4-0) in first place in the Ohio Valley Conference. Two weeks ago linebacker Lucius Seymour recovered a fumble and ran it...

Northern Illinois tailback Garrett Wolfe never hesitated to credit his offensive line for his string of plus-100-yard running games. Ditto A.J. Harris, whose rushing sparked the Huskies when he replaced...

Southern Illinois coach Jerry Kill and senior cornerback Brad Brachear are expected to miss Saturday's game at winless Indiana State. Brachear suffered a broken hand in last week's 61-35 loss...