Pregame: Illinois vs Purdue, Saturday, November 12th, 11:00am CT, ESPN2

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I wonder what the game plan is for Purdue. MSU out-coached Illinois IMHO. Drawing up the linebackers and running screens seemingly at will. To their credit, I thought they did some great play calling.
 
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john1952 said:
Agreed In the last 20 years, we hae had 16 losing sub-500 seasons Changing habits and mindset takes times.
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And consistency... Consistent and consecutive winning seasons will seriously help ....
 
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Iowa fan here. Illini will beat Purdue. You have a great defense and a good running game. Just don't turn the ball over. The Illini will be motivated and will play hard.

Lot's of Iowa fans rooting for Illinois. We love Bielema and respect what he has done for the Illini, and of course we are sick and tired of the Wisconsin bull!!!! from up north.
 
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Calvin said:
I wonder what the game plan is for Purdue. MSU out-coached Illinois IMHO. Drawing up the linebackers and running screens seemingly at will. To their credit, I thought they did some great play calling.
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I'm just hoping they don't use MSU's best defensive play. The "timeout for defensive injury" play killed us any time we had a bit of momentum on offense.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman

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Paging all members of #TeamObsessedWithTicketSales, but especially our President - @IlliniInBuckeyeState!

From looking at the ticket website, it looks like we will have a nearly full lower bowl (with perhaps a few empty seats at the top of the Horseshoe and obviously underneath the East Balcony) and a 30-40% full East Balcony, as of now - similar to Iowa or Minnesota. Again, just seems crazy that we wouldn't sieze our LAST opportunity to get fans in Memorial Stadium for such a huge game the year before we are effectively banking on improved season ticket sales.
 
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Michigan state did not out play the Illini, they outscored them to win. Total yards in the game M. State 292 , Illini 442. Illinois should have won the game but minus 190 yards in the punting game puts you at a severe disadvantage.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman said:
Paging all members of #TeamObsessedWithTicketSales, but especially our President - @IlliniInBuckeyeState!

From looking at the ticket website, it looks like we will have a nearly full lower bowl (with perhaps a few empty seats at the top of the Horseshoe and obviously underneath the East Balcony) and a 30-40% full East Balcony, as of now - similar to Iowa or Minnesota. Again, just seems crazy that we wouldn't sieze our LAST opportunity to get fans in Memorial Stadium for such a huge game the year before we are effectively banking on improved season ticket sales.
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I updated the ticket tracker. Here's how it breaks down:
West Main: 1,307 unsold tickets (I think Section 123 has not been made available yet because it's been blanked out for the last two weeks)
West Balcony: 243 unsold tickets
Horseshoe: 654 unsold tickets
East Main: 9,841 unsold tickets (Sections 103 and 109 never made available, but there are certainly some tickets sold here as the player family and visiting team sections, respectively. At least the top 20 rows of every section are unsold)
East Balcony: 5,606 unsold tickets

Assuming a sold-out student section (unlikely), we'd be looking at a paid attendance of 43,019 as of this afternoon.
 
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