Football Preview: Normal University Pioneers vs. MacArthur Generals
The Normal University Pioneers will take on the MacArthur Generals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Normal University will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 36-point contest in their last game. They fell just short of Bloomington by a score of 41-38.
Normal University might have lost, but man, Alek Weiland was a machine: he threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 48 yards and two touchdowns. AJ Holden was Weiland's top target, picking up 159 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Normal University was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 532 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 47 points the game before, MacArthur was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. The game between them and Springfield wasn't particularly close, with MacArthur falling 21-7.
Normal University's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for MacArthur, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
Normal University strolled past MacArthur in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 28-14. Does Normal University have another victory up their sleeve, or will MacArthur turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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