OpinionSeptember 12, 2000
SEMO WIN AGAINST SIU IS ONE TO REMEMBER
It isn't often that any football team falls behind by a score of 31-0 and goes on to win the game. Yet that is the amazing feat accomplished by Tim Billings' Southeast Missouri State University Indians on Saturday in Carbondale, Ill., against SIU, a team that had beaten the Indians in nine of the last 11 encounters...
It isn't often that any football team falls behind by a score of 31-0 and goes on to win the game. Yet that is the amazing feat accomplished by Tim Billings' Southeast Missouri State University Indians on Saturday in Carbondale, Ill., against SIU, a team that had beaten the Indians in nine of the last 11 encounters.
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Billings, his team and entire coaching staff are to be congratulated for pulling off this amazing comeback in a display of superb coaching, true character and never-say-die attitude. Let's be clear: most teams would have just laid down and quit. These Indians didn't. Their heart-stopping, 34-33 victory will live forever in the annals of Southeast athletics. Here's hoping a large and enthusiastic corps of appreciative fans shows up Saturday to cheer them on in their home opener against nationally ranked Illinois State.
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