By Eric Stock
BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Wesleyan football opens College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin play Saturday night with a game at No. 5-ranked North Central in Naperville.
Coach of the 16th-ranked Titans, Norm Eash, said his team is approaching it the same way it did before beating another ranked team, Wisconsin-Whitewater, two weeks ago.
“I’m sure that we’re kind of the underdogs going in,” Eash said. “I know we are a ranked team right now… I think it’s the same situation, I really do.”
The Titans have lost seven straight against the Cardinals and haven’t win in Naperville since 2000. Senior linebacker Brinton Wilkey Jr. said he believes this team has what it takes to end that streak.
“I think our senior class definitely has a slightly different mentality than the previous classes with not really panicking when the big moment happens. I think that’s definitely a beneficial factor.”
Junior running back Morgan Alexander is fine with others not giving the Titans a chance.
“We are kind of in the same position as we were before (the UW-Whitewater) game,” Alexander said. “People doubt us, we are probably going to be the underdogs, which is fine. That just gives us another opportunity to prove people wrong, which is always fun to do.”
WJBC will have the play-by-play starting at 6 p.m.
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