Tag: FCS national championship

Making its second appearance in the FCS national championship game, unseeded Illinois State takes on No. 2 seed Montana State Monday night in Nashville.

Though they may be scattered away from their glory days performing on the Hancock Stadium turf, former Illinois State football greats are in tune with the Redbirds’ run to the FCS national championship.

Unseeded Illinois State’s unprecedented run to the FCS national championship game is even more remarkable in that the Redbirds have done it without two key offensive standouts.