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    Illinois 24, Nebraska 13 Postgame

    We may not have a lot of guys on D that will play on Sunday, but they are clearly much better than they looked with Hauck in charge. Clearly not the bunch of MAC level guys that they were called not that long ago. Credit to them and to Cooper and the D staff for a great turnaround. Every...
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    Not much of a surprise. The only thing stopping them was the buyout and they found the $$$ somewhere.
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    Week 10 Games

    UCLA at Minny will be interesting. UCLA has a win at home over a decent but hardly great Wisconsin team and one on the road at Oregon by 2 points after 6 or 7 Oregon turnovers. The rest of their schedule is not impressive at all. Could be a real test for them as Minny is pretty respectable.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Nebraska, Friday, November 6th, 7:00pm CT, FOX

    We will have to play better than Maryland to win. Nebby hasn't beaten anybody really good but they have come close. Clean game is needed.
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    Week 9 Games

    Norvell era over at FSU? Wonder what his buyout is.
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    Illinois 20, Maryland 17 Postgame

    Win pretty. Or win ugly. But just win.
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    MLB Thread 2026

    The owners want a cap. The players are adamantly against it. I think the only way the players would agree is if there would be a pretty generous salary floor that forced some teams to spend more. IIRC 75% of the owner have to agree on a new labor agreement and I can't see Miami/Tampa/Pittsburg...
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    Pregame: Illinois at Maryland, Saturday, October 31st, 11:00am CT, FS1

    Locksley and Zook together could sell snow cones at the south pole. What neither can do assemble a fundamentally sound football team and then coach it on game day.
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    St Louis Cardinals 2027

    Definitely could a few more reliable arms there. Although if the owners go ahead with the lockout on Dec 1 I assume that will put a stop to all the signing activity until an agreement is made. Whenever that might be.
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    Depends on how bad it gets. TAM boosters are not known for patience or rational behavior.
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    The carousel will start the spin cycle as we enter November. I don't know if Rutgers has the $$ to fire Schiano and hire someone else but there might be movement there. An uncomfortable conversation might be incoming at Clemson. FSU will almost certainly open unless they go on a big time heater...
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    Illinois 21, Oregon 10 Postgame

    I was wrong. As in way wrong. But I'm overjoyed to be wrong. Fantastic 60 minute effort by the players and coaches.
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    Locksley is a good offensive coordinator and an excellent recruiter. Not really HC material.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Oregon, Saturday, October 24th, 2:00pm CT, BTN

    Realistically Oregon has at least a half dozen guys on offense faster than anyone we can put out there on D. We will be playing with zero margin for error. I don't like our chances.
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    Week 7 Games

    Tenn player with a nomination for Dumbest Special Teams play of the year.
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