Countdown to kickoff: Chargers intent on ending playoff drought with tenacity and toughness

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | August 24, 2024
The Illini West football players understand it is going to take aggressiveness to end a playoff drought that matches the longest in program history. | Shane Hulsey photo

Coverage of the Illini West football program brought to you by: CARTHAGE, Ill. — The Illini West football program is stuck in the middle, and Chargers coach Jacob Calvin senses the urgency to change that. “These kids are tired of it,” Calvin said. The Chargers head into this season looking to snap a playoff drought…

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It’s in the game: Jackson, Illini West catch EA SPORTS College Football 25 fever

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | August 4, 2024
Illini West's Roan Jackson and Carter Sanderson compete in the Chargers' EA SPORTS College Football 25 tournament on July 16. | @IW_Football on X

CARTHAGE, Ill. — Like millions of other football fans, Roan Jackson anxiously awaited a new college football video game. “I had a PlayStation 3 and I played NCAA Football 14 for the last five years,” Jackson said. “One of my friends had NCAA 14, and that’s how I started playing. I got it for my…

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