I can't believe that I am writing these words, given our historic ineptness in the UNI dome, but it is probably a good thing that our final two road games are in domed stadiums. Hess struggled so badly with the rain and the strong cross-wind, and that leveled the odds for Western Illinois. Perfect playing conditions will force South Dakota and an apparently battered UNI to stop our offense without any assistance from Mother Nature.
Let's see how the South Dakota offense performs in Normal against Illinois State this week. Historically, ISU is much better at home than on the road. As for our friends from UNI, they go to Brookings this week, then to Normal before they come home to face us. 0-5 in the conference might be unlikely but not impossible. Would that be a good or bad thing for us?