How many Westerkamps on the Montini team?
Pregame: Illinois at Kansas, Friday, September 8th, 6:30pm CT, ESPN2
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Anybody want to tell him how averages work?
Alright y’all time to just give y’all a dose of reality here:
Kansas sucks, okay? They beat up on an FCS team. We squeezed out a win against a team that maybe loses one more game all year. They had more AP votes than we did going into week 1. They’re good.
Missouri State isn’t even ranked (or receiving votes) in the FCS. We would have beat the hell out of MoState too!
KU’s defense is not good, and our offense is gonna have their way with them. Even if the DL doesn’t get better, we’re gonna give them the business.
We may suck, but we don’t suck as bad as Kansas.
Illinois 41 - Kansas 13
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Kansas sucks, okay? They beat up on an FCS team. We squeezed out a win against a team that maybe loses one more game all year. They had more AP votes than we did going into week 1. They’re good.
Missouri State isn’t even ranked (or receiving votes) in the FCS. We would have beat the hell out of MoState too!
KU’s defense is not good, and our offense is gonna have their way with them. Even if the DL doesn’t get better, we’re gonna give them the business.
We may suck, but we don’t suck as bad as Kansas.
Illinois 41 - Kansas 13
#Oskee
We don’t suck & yes Kansas is very overrated. 2-0 going into Penn State.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Daniels had 77 total rushes last year (9 games). Finn had 20 rushes last week. Daniels can be lethal, but he picks his spots. Plus, this nagging back injury is likely going to make him become very selective.
You’re now my personal stat guy for whenever I make posts like the previous one and don’t provide any proof
I guess that at 2.73 yards per play, going for it on 4th down every series will also end up in scoring a lot of points...
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
A good reminder heading into tomorrow. Here’s our past 22 road openers:
illiniboard.com
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It's always weird to write one of these on a Thursday night. Just feels off. And I'll have to do it again in four weeks for the Nebraska game. It doesn't feel weird, however, to write this the night before our first road game. No matter the Illini coach, these articles write themselves. Perhaps...
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Yeah, but those last two, loss big, loss small, win small?A good reminder heading into tomorrow. Here’s our past 22 road openers:
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It's always weird to write one of these on a Thursday night. Just feels off. And I'll have to do it again in four weeks for the Nebraska game. It doesn't feel weird, however, to write this the night before our first road game. No matter the Illini coach, these articles write themselves. Perhaps...
the national
- the Front Range
Yikes! We really fall flat on those road openers.A good reminder heading into tomorrow. Here’s our past 22 road openers:
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It's always weird to write one of these on a Thursday night. Just feels off. And I'll have to do it again in four weeks for the Nebraska game. It doesn't feel weird, however, to write this the night before our first road game. No matter the Illini coach, these articles write themselves. Perhaps...
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Decent take by Robert, but I do want to have a conversation with the commenter who thinks LA is throwing 3 picks tonight.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
Yeah, but those last two, loss big, loss small, win small?
I'm still convinced that we won the Indiana game last year (idiot zebras).
Good article, except the “defense looks to have taken a step back without quan, spoon, syd and co.”
Very clearly the backfield wasn’t the problem.
Very clearly the backfield wasn’t the problem.
Is that because Jalon can actually throw the ball with some success? If Finn had been a better passer, that Toledo game could have been really ugly for the Illini.
Their defense should take the experience jump, just because they got so many guys back from what’s been said here.
Unless they start disguising coverages like belichek, I don’t see it. I think BB wants to throw more than he did in his early career, but I feel like he’s always gonna test a teams run defense first to see just how much.
ILL 7 - 0 KU
ILL 7 - 3 KU
ILL 14 - 3 KU
ILL 21 - 3 KU
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ILL 21 - 10 KU
ILL 21 - 13 KU
ILL 21 - 20 KU
ILL 24 - 20 KU
ILL 31 - 20 KU
ILL 31 - 26 KU
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ILL 7 - 3 KU
ILL 14 - 3 KU
ILL 21 - 3 KU
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ILL 21 - 10 KU
ILL 21 - 13 KU
ILL 21 - 20 KU
ILL 24 - 20 KU
ILL 31 - 20 KU
ILL 31 - 26 KU
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How bad is their kicker that he misses two XP’s?
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
I only see one, and that is because they would be going for 2 to cut it to a FG.
I only see one and likely because they went for 2 at end of game to make it a 3 point game.
Knee meets groin conversation?
LOL. I think median yards per play better is a much better indicator of how well a team is doing, but obviously that wouldn't work in this proposed formula either.
I hope we go storm trooper unis tonight. Though O/W/O will contrast nicely to their all black.
But there’s just something about our all white look.
But there’s just something about our all white look.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Do we even have white helmets with this new design, though? They certainly weren't in any photos. As I said, I would GENERALLY prefer to stick to a "tight" set of uniforms and have a consistent look, but I will admit that a white helmet with an orange Block I (and navy outline) and a B/O/B stripe could look mighty fine...
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