Pregame: Illinois vs Northwestern, Sunday, January 26th, 2:00pm CT, BTN
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Can't wait to beat up this team by 20+
Must win game period. Zero excuses.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
If we don’t come out pissed off, locked in, and ready to halt the losing streak at 2, I don’t know what to tell you.
Barny and Tomi - what's the status?
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Unfortunately, that would pretty much be this team’s death sentence as far as having any hope of being “good.”
Let’s pray it doesn’t come to that.
Sleepy Sunday afternoon game against a team that seemingly always plays above their level against us.
Hopefully the performance tonight was due to literally everyone being ill and they'll all be better by the weekend. If not this won't be any more fun than tonight's game.
Hopefully the performance tonight was due to literally everyone being ill and they'll all be better by the weekend. If not this won't be any more fun than tonight's game.
I got bad news for ya pal
Major gut check time. Just awful tonight. Need to go on a 5+ game winning streak starting against NW, we are way better than that regardless of half the team feeling ill.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Please can we just have our full squad together and reasonably healthy for a change? 
I can’t take 2 losses to the NUrds in one year
I can’t take 2 losses to the NUrds in one yearNorthwestern is playing well right now and just beat Maryland.
We play that soft against Northwestern and we'll lose again.
If Tomi is out Sunday, this wasn't strep and it's not the flu. No way that you're not functional after 7 days of antibiotics.
How's ivisic feeling?
Short turnaround. Who knows who will be available ? Tomi looked terrible on bench. Mask mandate.
Anyone know if Tomi has mono? Would make sense with the shouldn’t have played against MSU. Plus I believe mono at times can look like strep throat
After last night, I too am excited for next season.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
It's like deja vu from the Maryland pre-game thread, from lots of posters.
Even if the spirit is willing (big IF from some of the non-togetherness discussions here), will the flesh be weak? Only three days removed from whatever level of health was displayed Thursday - and that assumes all sick are on the rebound. Could be some still in the early stages now and worse Sunday.
Hope not but I'm still in a bad mood. And tired of feeling this way after losing to average teams.
We have length but we lack physical strength down low outside of Morez and Tomi. We need them both on the floor vs teams like last night and Sunday vs NW.
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