The Southern Illinois Salukis face the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks on Thursday, September 2, 2021. The meet up in week 1 will feature from Houck Field, Cape Girardeau, MO.
Date and Time TV, Live Stream, How to Watch
-
- What: NCAA College Football
- Who: Southern Illinois Salukis vs. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
- When: 7:30 p.m. ET
- Where: Houck Field, Cape Girardeau, MO
- TV: ESPN+
The game (8:00 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on ESPN+. But if you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch a live stream of Southern IL vs SEMO online:
fuboTV
FuboTV is an excellent place to go for sports. You can watch a live stream of the FOX and 100-plus other live TV channels on FuboTV. You’ll need the Sports Plus add-on, but you can include the main channel package and any add-ons with your free seven-day trial.
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Southern IL vs SEMO live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch live via pac-12.com or the FOX Now app. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but if you don’t have that, you can use your FuboTV credentials to log in and watch.
ESPN+
Using ESPN+, you’ll be able to stream hundreds of live college football games during the 2021 season. It also includes dozens of other live sports, every 30-for-30 documentary and additional original content (both video and written) all for $6.99 per month.
Or, if you also want Disney+ and Hulu, you can get all three for $13.99 per month. Separately, the three streaming services would cost a total $20.97 per month, so you’re saving about 33 percent.
Once signed up for ESPN+, you can watch Southern IL vs SEMO live on the ESPN app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation 4 or 5, Xbox One or Series X/S, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Samsung Smart TV, Oculus Go, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
Southern IL vs SEMO Preview
The seventh ranked Southern Illinois Salukis football team are ready to play their first game of the year against the Southeastern Missouri State Redhawks.
This rivalry game is coined the “War for the Wheel.” Teams compete for a galver, or captain’s wheel, as the trophy. The rivalry dates back to 1909. However, the “War for the Wheel” tradition began on September 15, 2018.
Southeast Missouri State has held the wheel more years than SIU up to this point, they won the wheel in 2018 and 2019. However, the Salukis edged out a close victory last year after a game-winning field goal by kicker Nico Gualdoni sailed through the up-rights.
Senior running back JaVon Williams said this rivalry means a lot to both the coaches and the players.
“Coach talks to us a lot about keeping the wheel in the Saluki football lobby and…over the past few years of playing for the Salukis, it is a rival game for all of us.” he said, ”It’s a trophy game and we look at it as an accomplishment to win the game and we take it pretty seriously.”
Senior wide receiver Landon Lenoir agreed with Williams.
“They’re a very good team with a very good coach.” he said, “every time we play them they put their best foot forward so we can’t go out there and underestimate them.”
6th year defensive tackle Jajuan Blankenship said the team plans to come out strong against the Redhawks and prove to everybody they are worthy of their Top 10 preseason ranking.
“We don’t plan on getting caught up in the wheel and all that. We’ll leave that to the fans. We just wanna go out there and execute our game plan…If we do what we need to do…the wheel will take care of itself.” Blankenship said.
All players made it clear that they’re not scared heading to Cape Girardeau this Thursday. Lenoir said the Salukis have put a lot of focus into going out there and playing their game, regardless of the opposing fans.
The team knows how to attack the Redhawks on the offensive side of the ball, he said.
“For the offense…we want to try and make as many explosive plays as possible.” Lenoir said, “With the players we got on offense… that’s (going to be) our job. Our job is to go out there and make explosive plays and put 6 on the board.”
The team’s main goal for this game comes down to execution. Williams feels confident that if they play their best, winning will come easy.
“We wanna go into the game and do everything to the best of our ability. Every play we run we want to do it as best we can and we want to execute…if we do that…I couldn’t see anybody standing in front of us.” Williams said.
The players have some personal goals for themselves for this game as well. Williams and Lenoir expressed that they wouldn’t put their personal goals over winning the game, but that they have it in the back of their mind.
“My goal for the running back group, and for the team…is having no mental errors and playing with everything we got.” Williams said.
Lenoir said he’s going to try to stay healthy, be there for his teammates, and do the things he needs to do as a wide receiver. This includes keeping dropped passes to a minimum, running routes correctly and blocking on run plays.
Blankenship will be sidelined for this game recovering from a quad injury, so he will not see the field in the game against SEMO. He does expect to be back soon in these coming weeks.
The players and coaches expect that a victory on the road against a rival would be great for the team as they begin the season
“We wanna approach everything week by week…once we get out there and play, that’ll also just help us continue to build the chemistry and comradery.” Blankenship said, “It’s about building momentum and bringing it onto the next week.”
The Salukis are excited for their first game of the year, and they understand what it means for the rest of their season. They plan to break down the Redhawks by creating explosive plays and pounding the ball down the field through their run game. The Salukis’ season opener will be an ample test to start the season.
