NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State football team opens Missouri Valley Football Conference action this Saturday against No. 19 ranked Southern Illinois at Hancock Stadium, and the team will have a different look as it debuts black jerseys and red helmets. ISU head coach Brock Spack will preview the matchup with the Salukis on Thursday at The Brock Spack Show, presented by Bud Light, live from Schooners in Bloomington beginning at 6 p.m.
Coach Spack will chat with Redbird football play-by-play voice John Fitzgerald and longtime color analyst Ted Schmitz about his team's bye week preparations and what the Redbirds have to do to come away with a win over SIU on Family Weekend. This week, they will be joined by two-time MVFC Defensive Player of the Week Zeke Vandenburgh and special guest Boomer Grigsby, who will be honored by the National Football Foundation on Saturday as part of his On-Campus Salute in recognition for his selection into the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame.
Schooners is located at 810 East Grove Street in Bloomington and sits just off the corner of Grove Street and Clinton Boulevard. For those who can't make it out to Schooners to watch the show live, it will be broadcast on WJBC 1230 AM in the Twin Cities and streamed live on GoRedbirds.com and The Varsity Network. Portions of the show will also be broadcast live on the Illinois State Athletics Facebook page.
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