08-10-2010 01:15 AM

Southeast Missouri State athletic director John Shafer had good news and bad news for Redhawks football fans tired of and embarrassed by the tiny, junior-high caliber scoreboard at Houck Stadium.

Shafer told me Friday that the university has purchased an impressive new scoreboard for this season. That’s the good news.

The only problem is that the scoreboard almost certainly is not going to be in place for the Sept. 25 home opener against Tennessee Tech. That’s the bad news.

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