This is done to reduce the impact of using inside info to place bets.
NFL has strict rules on this.
This is a good thing and possibly a response to the iowa scandals.
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NFL has strict rules on this.
This is a good thing and possibly a response to the iowa scandals.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
MGoBlog has a thorough analysis of Michigan's opponents and those B1G teams (all in the West) it isn't playing. All three are well worth reading. They also have a series of posts (The Enemy Ranked) about their opponents by position if you really want to get into the weeds
Best of the Rest: Ranking the B1G West Teams Not On Michigan's Schedule | mgoblog
Yesterday we concluded our The Enemy, Ranked series, covering the nine B1G teams who find themselves on Michigan's schedule this 2023 season. But how about the four teams not on the schedule, all out of the B1G West? As I mentioned throughout the series, some of these teams are among the...
Opponent Watch 2023: Preview, Part 1 | mgoblog
Greetings! It has been far too long, friends. Please, have a seat. Can I get you anything? A drink? A burger? HAHA YOU HAVE FALLEN FOR THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK. You are hereby suspended for the first four weeks of Opponent Watch 2023. /places finger to ear
Opponent Watch 2023: Preview, Part 2 | mgoblog
Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 is worse. Much worse. The teams are better, sure. It’s just that… oh, you’ll see. I feel bad, yet I apologize for nothing. More Road Ahead Indiana Last year: 4-8 (2-7 B1G), no bowl game Recap: In last year’s preview, I compared Indiana’s 2021 season (favorably...
Wisky and Iowa both seemed to get some love also. Not sure if Iowa’s D is going to be as dominant losing Van Ness and Campbell to the draft. But their offense won’t be as bad.
Isn't their starting DT also suspended due to gambling unless the appeal is successful?
blackdog
- Champaign
I was at a fantasy football draft last night that included some Michigan fans who love to talk trash. One of them was trying to be dismissive of Illinois by saying they would only win 6 games I didn't respond because the conversation moved on but later I was thinking we must be doing something right if the trash talk from other teams makes 6 wins look like a bad season.
Agree. I mean, I'm not dancing in the aisles after a 6 win season, but I'm also not insanely disappointed. For me, it's probably more:
Overall I tend to agree. 6-6 and a bowl game is generally a good year based on our standards the last few decades. That said, with the positive momentum we have and what likely will be a very tough schedule next year after remapping, I think 6-6 this year would be a missed opportunity, similar to 2002 and 2008.Agree. I mean, I'm not dancing in the aisles after a 6 win season, but I'm also not insanely disappointed. For me, it's probably more:
When you have a fanbase that is just so used to disappointment to the point where they almost expect it whenever anything good happens, I think this season somewhat needs to be better than 6-6. Continue that forward momentum by having a good if not great season and start seeing if we can use that momentum to start flipping and getting interest from big time recruits. Because as we all unfortunately know, you miss your chance, that window just might not open again for another 5-10 years. 6-6 is a good season for us most years, just not this one in my opinion.
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White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Preseason projections for all 41 bowl games, from Bahamas to the New Year's Six
Projecting every matchup in the final year of bowl season as you know it before the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024.
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| Pinstripe | Dec. 28 | Illinois (Big Ten 5) | Louisville (ACC 7) |
College Football Bowl Predictions for Week 1: Brett McMurphy's Projections With Projected Spreads
Check out Brett McMurphy's college football bowl predictions for Week 1, including his full projections with projected spreads.
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Music City Bowl
Dec. 30 •
Nashville, TN
Arkansas
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Illinois
TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Saturday, December 30, 20232:00 pm ET, ABC
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
Bowl Ties: Big Ten vs SEC
Week 0 Bowl Projection
Illinois vs Arkansas
College football bowl projections 2023: Preseason picks for playoff, every postseason matchup
Predictions for every bowl game ahead of Week Zero.
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Projected matchup: Baylor vs. Illinois
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
7:30 p.m., ABC and the ESPN App
Bonagura: Illinois vs. Oregon
Schlabach: Iowa vs. Oregon
Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix)
9 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN App
Bonagura: Minnesota vs. Baylor
Schlabach: Illinois vs. UCF
Week 0 B1G bowl projections: Welcome back, college football!
B1G bowl projections ahead of the 2023 season.
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Predicting College Football's 2023-24 Bowl Games
In these final days before the 2023 college football season kicks off, an initial round of bowl projections is a proper way to celebrate. Yes, we're all…
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I’m so starved for college football that I’ll read every and any too-early projection, which is kind of the point of these things. Preseason bowl projections are never even directionally accurate, but it’s nice to see the beloved mentioned in the hypotheticals. Ah…relevance. Thank you, BB.Preseason projections for all 41 bowl games, from Bahamas to the New Year's Six
Projecting every matchup in the final year of bowl season as you know it before the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024.
Pinstripe Dec. 28 Illinois (Big Ten 5) Louisville (ACC 7)
College Football Bowl Predictions for Week 1: Brett McMurphy's Projections With Projected Spreads
Check out Brett McMurphy's college football bowl predictions for Week 1, including his full projections with projected spreads.
Music City Bowl
Dec. 30 •
Nashville, TN
Arkansas
-3
Illinois
TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Saturday, December 30, 2023
2:00 pm ET, ABC
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
Bowl Ties: Big Ten vs SEC
Week 0 Bowl Projection
Illinois vs Arkansas
First Responder BowlCollege football bowl projections 2023: Preseason picks for playoff, every postseason matchup
Predictions for every bowl game ahead of Week Zero.
Projected matchup: Baylor vs. Illinois
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
7:30 p.m., ABC and the ESPN App
Bonagura: Illinois vs. Oregon
Schlabach: Iowa vs. Oregon
Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix)
9 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN App
Bonagura: Minnesota vs. Baylor
Schlabach: Illinois vs. UCF
Music City Bowl: Illinois vs. Ole MissWeek 0 B1G bowl projections: Welcome back, college football!
B1G bowl projections ahead of the 2023 season.
Pinstripe (Dec. 28): North Carolina State vs. IllinoisPredicting College Football's 2023-24 Bowl Games
In these final days before the 2023 college football season kicks off, an initial round of bowl projections is a proper way to celebrate. Yes, we're all…
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
You seem like one to be pessimistic and proudly classify it as “realism,” but Bielema’s proven results in the Big Ten started way before Walters. And you can choose to believe otherwise, but I’d bet they continue after him, as well.
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Joel Goodson
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can't believe I left Bailey and Hollins off this list. ugh
FWLIW, I think Carlos Orr is another great find.
sacraig
- The desert
This clearly doesn't belong here, but I can't create a thread and it's a conference opponent and former Illinois coach...
Mike Locksley's sone had CTE when he died in 2017 and they only just opened up about it now. Sad but interesting read.
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Mike Locksley's sone had CTE when he died in 2017 and they only just opened up about it now. Sad but interesting read.
After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Thanks for posting that. I'm a big fan of Locks, as I'm sure many of us are, for his contributions to our program. Now that he's nearby in DC I hear a lot about him from Maryland fans. Had no idea about his son.This clearly doesn't belong here, but I can't create a thread and it's a conference opponent and former Illinois coach...
Mike Locksley's sone had CTE when he died in 2017 and they only just opened up about it now. Sad but interesting read.
After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.
My daughter's studying biomedical engineering at Virginia Tech. On one of our first campus visits a couple years ago I learned of the university's helmet lab, which the biomed engineering department runs. It's apparently world-renowned for research into helmet safety across sports including football, ice hockey, lacrosse, snow sports, etc... Each time I walk past it now (the sidewalk enables one to look in the windows into the basement lab) I think of CTE, all those who have suffered and died from it, and the contributions engineers are making to headgear safety.
Thanks for posting that. I'm a big fan of Locks, as I'm sure many of us are, for his contributions to our program. Now that he's nearby in DC I hear a lot about him from Maryland fans. Had no idea about his son.
My daughter's studying biomedical engineering at Virginia Tech. On one of our first campus visits a couple years ago I learned of the university's helmet lab, which the biomed engineering department runs. It's apparently world-renowned for research into helmet safety across sports including football, ice hockey, lacrosse, snow sports, etc... Each time I walk past it now (the sidewalk enables one to look in the windows into the basement lab) I think of CTE, all those who have suffered and died from it, and the contributions engineers are making to headgear safety.
Indeed, I hear about VA Tech's Helmet Lab quite frequently in the world of cycling helmets.
Joel Goodson
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pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Illinois' Miles Scott 'flourishing' after position change to defensive back
Miles Scott is fighting for a starting spot at safety after moving from wide receiver this spring.
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