Game Thread: Illinois at Duke

[pruman91]

CV TD !!!!!!!!!!....... 45-19 the beloved....................Valentine has great lateral moves and speed.......

 

[the juiceman cometh]

Nothing. They all left 10 minutes ago

Mass exodus of tens of disappointed fans.

 

[fuddrules]

Why did Illinois win this game? If you've been listening, Keep Straining.

They did that today.

 

[BDMAN]

45 - 26 will be the final score

 

[MoCoMdIllini]

So how we feeling about those overrated chants now, Duke faithful?

Maybe they meant their own team.

 

[MajorNathanMaxwellJanice]

So so many of you have no clue

 

[Shief]

45 - 26 will be the final score

Probably but I'd be ok with that

 

[chiefini]

And another TD. Eat crow, ESPN

Eat crow, Kirk!!!

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

You can tell they're padding for time in this one when they're showing the sideline reporter doing the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley this past week.

 

[FloridaMan]

So so many of you have no clue

Please, please enlighten us oh wise one. We are lucky to have you!

 

[GoodePodzMelendez]

Herbie was wrong again.

 

[HailtotheChief]

I'm glad Luke is grounded and his dad makes bank as Miss St and Daks Prescotts orthopedic surgeon so while I'm sure he could've made more he makes a lot and dad has plenty too. Somethings are more important than money especailly when you have enough not to worry. I am glad his is in Orange and Blue. Some young men aren't so lucky to turn down an extra million. He could afford to.

 

[PapaKvells]

Hysterical how the narrative flipped since the middle of the third quarter.

 

[MajorNathanMaxwellJanice]

Think Illini will cover that 2.5?

 

[Greensboro]

thought I heard an ILL INI

Lot of them right now

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

ESPN was the opposite. Only Trae Young and Herbstreit went against us and I couldn't give less of a F what Trae Young thinks about literally anything.

In Trae's defense, he did admit he didn't do much research about this game and so he didn't know much about either team.

 

[and 69 others]

38 -19 would be a nice final score.

Would it, though? I can think of a better one.

 

[altgeld88]

Home wins rock.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

I think we covered, eh?

credit to Robert for getting the score pretty close

 

[LJ22]

Eat crow, Kirk!!!

I can't ever root against him since he was the only one to pick us against KU last year. Lifetime of respect.

 

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

Let's go! 1-0, all I wanted. Much better 2nd half, keep getting better every week. I-L-L!

 

[BretMyBeachHouse]

I am most optimistic because of the halftime adjustments that were made.

Coaching is what is setting us apart from previous years.

 

[Ander1345]

I'm super concerned about the run game still, but... you could kind of tell down the stretch it was taking everything Duke had to sell out to stop the run and still cover in the secondary.

We just had enough edges where the game was important. Being gifted the ball essentially 5 times also helped.

Duke is a good team and they will be dangerous using this game as a huge learning experience.

 

[Illini4Chief]

Good response in the second half after a poor first half.

Lotta passing yardage from Duke...this secondary gives me the willys.....