They hung around with Kentucky and kept it to 2 scores until the 4th quarter.
Looking from afar, Kentucky is a better football team than us.
Guessing we will squeak this one out by 6.
After what we say in person at the UCONN game, I'm expecting another one too close for comfort. Didn't really breathe a sigh of relief yesterday until after time expired.
Some interesting stats on this site, but o/u not yet available.
https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/matchup/eagles-fighting-illini-week-3-2019/stats
EMU | Value (rank) | Value (rank) | ILL |
---|---|---|---|
Rush Play % | 60.34% (#21) | 48.91% (#52) | Opp Rush Play % |
Yards/Rush | 2.9 (#76) | 1.1 (#2) | Opp Yards/Rush |
Rushes/Game | 17.5 (#91) | 33.5 (#74) | Opp Rushes/Game |
Rush Yards/Game | 51.5 (#88) | 37.0 (#24) | Opp Rush Yards/Game |
Without their top running back?I will take a 1pt win and move on, E Mich would beat Uconn on a neutral field by at least 2 TD
If Corbin and our safeties are back - I am good with this. Home is home and I think our first away game is always going to cause concern and then with Corbin out - yikes. Have to believe UConn played above themselves yesterday given all the comments and their Frosh QB actually gave them a spark (along with his turnovers).At home with a better crowd but not great. Team got a decent slap in the face to wake up. I like @mikedILLINI's prediction. But I'll go with 39-24
I love the mindset here, but even Penn State last year wasn't close to a sell out, at least from actual attendance.
Got me thinking, would Nebraska being undefeated going into this game draw a bigger crowd locally or the fact that they already lost so its increases the possibility of winning the game draw more people? Just a thought