Pregame: Illinois vs Southern Illinois, Saturday, September 19th, 1:00pm CT, Peacock/YTTV

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WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?
jrock said:
Both purdue and msu will beat us. We are looking at 3-9 type of season. One with us likely giving up near 35 pts per game by seasons end.
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That's because you're an Illinois fan. If you were a Purdue fan instead, you'd be saying Illinois would win by 30.

Your desire is to be pessimistic. Which team bares the brunt of that just comes down to the team you're rooting for (as ironic as that sounds).
 
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TheChief4Life
jrock said:
Both purdue and msu will beat us. We are looking at 3-9 type of season. One with us likely giving up near 35 pts per game by seasons end.
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We haven't even given up 35 points in a game this season. I mean, be pessimistic, fine. But let's not be stupid about it.
 
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chiefini
JKR said:
Sept. 22, 1990 - Illinois 56, SIU 21. Howard Griffith 208 yards rushing, 44 yards receiving, for 8 touchdowns. Who was there?
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🙋‍♀️ It was my husband’s birthday, a very memorable day. :illinois:
 
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Illinisam
chiefini said:
🙋‍♀️ It was my husband’s birthday, a very memorable day. :illinois:
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I was at that game too. I went to SIU but have always been an ILLINI fan. SIU was competitive early but Howard Griffith ran for the record books. I think SIUs head coach was Illinois former OC under Mackovic back in 1990. Does anyone remember our TE Ken Dilger? Do we have anybody like him in our TE room right now or that we have recruited?
 
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GatorMcKlusky
JKR said:
Sept. 22, 1990 - Illinois 56, SIU 21. Howard Griffith 208 yards rushing, 44 yards receiving, for 8 touchdowns. Who was there?
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Me. And I was pretty upset when that Saluki ripped the ball out of Griffin's arms and returned it for a TD to go up 21-7. But the comeback was epic.He used to work for me in the summers on the floor of the CBOT. Great guy. Very smart. Picked up hand signals on the floor faster than any other Illini athlete intern I had. Had the Chicago area football and baskteball players work for me in the 80s and early 90s. Great group of men representing our school.
 
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illini0440
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blackdog
IlliniInBuckeyeState said:
Final Gies Memorial Stadium Sellout Watch for Southern Illinois.

This one is about as close as they let it get without being an announced sellout. Should be a good crowd if the rain stays away. My official attendance guess: 59,500
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Weather looks real nice! Maybe slightly warm for late September but high of 84 and overcast. No more rain on the horizon. Cooler in the morning to make tailgating not miserably hot.
 
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chiefini
blackdog said:
Weather looks real nice! Maybe slightly warm for late September but high of 84 and overcast. No more rain on the horizon. Cooler in the morning to make tailgating not miserably hot.
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We’re on our way down from Rockford right now, and it’s raining cats and dogs. It’s been like this all night. REALLY glad this storm is going to avoid Champaign…🤞🤞🤞
 
#88      
AssemblyHallForever
I have been reading all week about 4-8, lucky to get to 6-6. Geez. Let’s look at how we lost last week. We played conservative on offense with two replacement linemen. We scored three points in the second half. The D played a lot better as the game went on as we only gave up 10 points. If we keep the same offensive scheme in the second half as we did in the first, we would have won. I believe we can still be a 8-4 team at this point. Let’s get after SIU today, stay healthy and hopefully get our best defensive player back next week in Brown.
 
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