SIU hosts Illinois State, Week 6 of the high school football season, the death of Pete Rose, and more.

Matt Varney sat down with the new coach of the Pinckneyville Panthers, Matt Laur, on Friday – just days after the former Freeburg coach was hired by the Pinckneyville school board as their next Athletic Director, Dean of Students, and head boys’ basketball coach.  They covered a variety of topics including the history of Pinckneyville basketball, how daunting is it to step in to the role of Panthers head coach, his son Ty who will join the team, how he plans to run the team, and a whole lot more:

SIU Football's Nick Hill spoke with the media on Tuesday morning.  He and Matt Varney discussed the multiple injuries the team suffered on Saturday, including starting quarterback D.J. Williams' hand injury, the War for the Wheel game with SEMO, and just how tough is this year's non-conference schedule with multiple ranked FCS teams and a game at BYU?