Pregame: Illinois vs Western Illinois, Friday, August 29th, 6:30pm CT, Peacock
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TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
There’s live game work to be done between Luke and pass catchers. Don’t want to be trying things out for the first time next week.
In last year’s opener, I count 11 different players that caught passes for the
Luke made all but five of the passing attempts in that game.
I’d expect that the number of pass catchers will exceed last year’s.
Players need the live work, and Coach B needs to sell tickets for upcoming games.
Folks not really seeming to ‘get it’ yet regarding this year and it being a big effing deal for Coach B and the program. This whole thing is a momentum dealio. Gotta get it rolling, on the field and in the stands.
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Was fortunate to be part of 1983 as a Freshman student. In football, lost the opener, and ended strangely, but in between, team won 10 consecutive and beat the big names on our home field. Sold out stadium of then capacity +70,000. Goal posts came down twice. Fans lined the very edges of the south endzone all the way around while the game was still going. A yellow nylon rope held by ushers right at the out of bounds lines to keep us back
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Even when the team trailed the buckeyes and the wolverines, you just knew that the Illini would prevail, and they did!
Said it before on here. Dang good chance in 2025 to set a program record for wins in a season. Staff, players, schedule all aligned. Don’t know when this opportunity will realistically come around again.
This year’s freshman class has the best opportunity to experience same school year high level success in football and basketball since 1983-84’s Rose Bowl and Elite Eight.
Go Illini.
In last year’s opener, I count 11 different players that caught passes for the
Luke made all but five of the passing attempts in that game. I’d expect that the number of pass catchers will exceed last year’s.
Players need the live work, and Coach B needs to sell tickets for upcoming games.
Folks not really seeming to ‘get it’ yet regarding this year and it being a big effing deal for Coach B and the program. This whole thing is a momentum dealio. Gotta get it rolling, on the field and in the stands.
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Was fortunate to be part of 1983 as a Freshman student. In football, lost the opener, and ended strangely, but in between, team won 10 consecutive and beat the big names on our home field. Sold out stadium of then capacity +70,000. Goal posts came down twice. Fans lined the very edges of the south endzone all the way around while the game was still going. A yellow nylon rope held by ushers right at the out of bounds lines to keep us back
. Even when the team trailed the buckeyes and the wolverines, you just knew that the Illini would prevail, and they did!
Said it before on here. Dang good chance in 2025 to set a program record for wins in a season. Staff, players, schedule all aligned. Don’t know when this opportunity will realistically come around again.
This year’s freshman class has the best opportunity to experience same school year high level success in football and basketball since 1983-84’s Rose Bowl and Elite Eight.
Go Illini.
Not to be that guy, but I guess I will, I checked out Illinijoe here, and he/she has been a member since Jan. 2024. So, the account was not just created recently to troll like what happens sometimes. I also did a cursory look at his/her posts and they seemed positive, especially for the basketball team. Perhaps it is just a gut feeling. I am not sure we can blame him/her considering.
No need to watch game my crystal ball told me, 47-7 good guys. 27-0 at half, we coast in 2nd half hiding somethings from Duke.
This is where we start the trek to the playoffs. Slap ESECPN and all the other so called experts in the face. Let’s go!!!!!!
We will be very vanilla tonight. Nothing fancy. Just smash mouth football. No need to show Duke anything.
My high school’s mascot was/is the bulldog, so I have a soft spot for teams that also have the bulldog as their mascot. Especially a lesser known school such as WIU. The bulldog is the most popular mascot in college sports and probably in high school as well.Rocky the Bulldog….we can just throw him a bone.
Ca lil, Superman valentine.
Guys - I was just testing how optimistic everyone really is - answer 10/10. I tend to be optimistic though this line is crazy. The year is 2025 not 2015 - so the prediction is 57-14.
We are going to pound the ball.
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