Thanks to Saluki fullback Jacob Garrett for joining us tonight. He's had back-to-back 2-TD games in wins over North Dakota and Northwestern.
Monday morning SIU Football coach Nick Hill met with media and talked to Matt Varney about the status of wideout Izaiah Hartrup, preparing against a team that has two weeks to prepare for you, and the defense's turnaround the past two weeks:
Mike Murphy and Scott Hudson react to Albert Pujols' 700th career home run:
The Mt. Vernon Rams were selected as the Team of the Week after a huge 68-41 win over Belleville Althoff to open the conference season last week. Coach Dan Mings spoke with Matt Varney about that victory, getting the team back to it's winning ways, and Friday night's match-up in Marion:
The voice of the Salukis, Mike Reis joined us to put SIU football's historic 31-24 victory at Northwestern into perspective, as well as some thoughts on SIU men's basketball's new schedule.
Coach Nick Hill talked to media on Monday morning. Matt Varney and Coach Hill talked about improving on the influx of turnovers at Northwestern, upping the intensity for conference season, and North Dakota quarterback Tommy Schuster:
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Mike Murphy and Scott Hudson talked on Saturday about Albert Pujols' quest for 700 home runs as his career winds down:
The Carterville Lions were selected as the Team of the Week after a dominant 49-28 victory over Murphysboro last Friday night. Coach Brett Diel talked with Matt Varney about that game and more:
Thanks to new Saluki athletic director Tim Leonard for joining us. In his Dawghouse debut, Tim talks about what attracted him to SIU, the importance of extending head coaches, and the general state of Saluki Athletics.
SIU football coach Nick Hill spoke with media on Monday. Matt Varney and Coach Hill had a discussion on the Saluki pass defense, especially with a daunting air attack on the horizon with Northwestern: