TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Uncles and grandpa as informal QB coaches
Week 6 Games
Maybe Purdue is no longer awful? They have dominated Minnesota so far.
I said it last week and was just talking to my wife about it again. Purdue is good. The record fools you but those 3 losses were to very very good teams.
orange100
time to hop on the wife
NIL and the portal have leveled the playing field to such a degree that scanning the full day's matchups at 8 am, nothing jumps out as a marquee game any longer. Traditional powers are weakened, nobodies are beating somebodies regularly. Sounds good theoretically but in practice, idk. Somebody v somebody often turns out to be a lousy game. GA v 'Bama no longer has the cachet it had a few years ago. It's more like roulette. Strange times. Has to be driving the tv people nuts.
If Purdue wins, Minny’s schedule get really hard with home against Iowa, UCLA and Northwestern. Road games are at Indiana, PSU and Wisconsin. Minny could lose out.
Idk its been a game so far as Bama vs Georgia and both teams could win it all. I'd say thats still cachet and the sad truth from a big ten fan best game ive watched this weekend so far
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
Purdue taking Minny to the woodshed!
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Which is good, as it makes Michigan look even worse.Purdue taking Minny to the woodshed!
Kentucky misses back to back fg attempts to tie the game late
Minnesota 25 yards rushing so far Purdue 274.Purdue taking Minny to the woodshed!
Forces OT and in the bizarro version of our game, opts to go for 2 and get it. Down goes Kiffin
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
Among other frustrations, Illinois can’t get the schedule luck down.
All of a sudden Purdue is competent, UW happens to be a mess this year. UCLA all of a sudden is great, but terrible last year.
We get OSU in back to back years, but don’t get Michigan for either those years.
Probably sour grapes.
All of a sudden Purdue is competent, UW happens to be a mess this year. UCLA all of a sudden is great, but terrible last year.
We get OSU in back to back years, but don’t get Michigan for either those years.
Probably sour grapes.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
You could also say the Illini are getting Oregon in a down year at home. Too bad Illinois is in a down year too.
How hot is Fleck’s seat?
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
What if Purdue is meh instead of bad?
So could we.
Whole conference seems to have taken a step back.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Doubtful it is warm at all. I then looked at their remaining games...yikes (Iowa, @IU, UCLA, @Penn State, NW, and @Wisconsin). That is a brutal stretch, and they may not even make a bowl after starting 4-1 (and their wins over Washington and Michigan are likely not as impressive as it initially seemed).
Going to be a tough row for that team.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
I knew they would be a tough out after watching their performance in Pasadena. It was a loss, but you could see the year over year improvement. I think people discounted them after playing Notre Dame, which was a mistake.
I actually would not be surprised if they got to 5 or 6 wins...their next 3 games vs Washington, @Penn State, and Maryland are all very winnable.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Not at all.
That was my point. Their schedule going out is brutal. They may end up at best 5-7. They could easily lose out as well. But they may be satisfied with going 8-5 on average like they have done over the past two years. I doubt he can get them back up to the 11-2 as hard as the conference now is. But you never know.
100% correct. His last name is Manning. If it was Cincoski he would be chucking it at Arkansas St
I doubt we lose to Maryland. I am excited to see what Clayton can do with two weeks to prepare for Oregon.