Carbondale

Chapter eight, Rivers.

On the first of several agreeable visits to Carbondale in southern Illinois, whither I went to address the best of all audiences, public school teachers, I inquired of the superintendent, Mr.

Black, as to the precise distance that separated us from the Mississippi River.

I told him I loved all rivers, and this one particularly.

This week's city shout out goes to

Sayville, New York, Bucaramanga, Columbia, Carbondale, Illinois, Windsor Mill, Maryland, Cork, Ireland, and Green River, Utah.

Welcome to part one of Highway of Tears.

This will be a three part series.

Is it, what is it like?

It's, it's similar, but it's, it's, uh, it's just depressing 'cause I remember going into Carbondale for school, and we'd travel in those areas.

In Metropolis, we'd go to the...

They talk about those places, like c- the casino.

... has won the wheel.

So is that a good sign for the Redhawks? Uh, we'll talk more about it as we approach game day, which is a 6:00 kickoff at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale.

All right.

Got anything else?

SEMO in Southern Illinois.

It's in Carbondale, a 6 o'clock kickoff at Saluki Stadium.

SEMO leads the all-time series 44-41-8, but in the last eight matchups, Todd, these two teams have gone back and forth.

Each team with four wins, and it seems like Either it's a blowout where there's been out of those eight games, there's been four of those games that have been 17 points or more, or it's been four games that have been decided by four points or less.

You can't get away from the title.

I was born in Carbondale, Illinois.

But that doesn't matter.

I'm an English countess doing barefoot dancing to work off the mortgage on the ancestral castle.

The wooden wheel.

Uh, it's at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, 7:00 PM on Saturday.

SEMO receiving votes.

They're one and one.