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When asked how long you've been an Illini fan, the appropriate response is: All me bloomin' life. Me mother was Alma Mater. Me father was Chief Illiniwek. I was born in the corn of Morrow Plot, Rocked in a cradle in Grange Grove. Orange and Blue are me clothes. When I drinks, it's at Kam's bar...

Surround Clayton with a burner receiver like Platt (assuming he comes back in two weeks at close to 100%} along with the elite Dixon and greatly improved Clement, Trimble, and Feagin. Combine that with a running attack featuring Laughery and that big bruiser Barnett, give him some protection...

In an ironic twist, after getting dog walked all game today, Xavier Scott (aka X Man) made his only solo tackle of the day to save the Illini and stuff MSU's final play for a two point conversion in overtime. Great hit, glad to see him rise to the occasion and secure the Illini win.

Today, it's much better to be lucky than skilled. As hard as we've tried to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, the refs just ain't having it. We may win this in spite of ourselves on an imaginary offsides call on the kickoff.

Could they back that replay review up any further. We're getting the camera angle from the nosebleed seats.

When we get the ball back again, can we please just give MSU a huge dose of Bad News Barnett, run some clock on a long drive, and cap it off with a game clinching score? Their defense is gassed, and Javari with fresh legs is a semi truck.

Coach B and Lunney are playing three card monte with the qb play. MSU is as confused as I am, and that's in our favor.

We need at minimum one more score to get out of East Lansing with a win. I don't feel comfortable putting this game solely in the hands of our defense, given their regression to poor tackling and soft coverage this half.

Juice with the jackknife tackle to jar the ball loose. Sweet heads up play and Illini TO.

Maybe he has some extra motivation playing against his old team, but Houser is playing like Cool Hand Luke Altmyer today. Keep up that pace in the second half, and no way MSU can hang with us in a shootout.

Maybe I'm getting greedy for a big win today, but

Obvious DPI not called. Otherwise would have been a Feagin TD.

Giving up one long TD drive is not the end of the world, especially if our offense continues to dominate their poor defense. I still like our chances for a comfortable win if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and costly penalties in the second half. Definitely a big improvement...

It took until the season midpoint, but the Feagin tight end experiment is starting to show results. Great that we're using him more to open up our attack.