Illini Football 2025

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mhuml32
Sports Reference has the 2025 Illinois football schedule (games already played) as the toughest schedule the Illini have played since 2005. That number will cool (reduce), but it's looking very likely this is the 2nd toughest schedule for Illinois in the past 20 years.


For those wondering, '05 Illinois played Schiano's first good Rutgers team (7-5), #15 Cal (8-4), #17 Michigan State (cratered later), #12 Penn State (11-1), #15 Wisconsin (10-3), #10 Ohio State (10-2), and final season of Randy Walker's Wildcats (7-5). And no, I'm not reporting Illinois' record.
 
#228      
TheChief4Life
mhuml32 said:
For those wondering, '05 Illinois played Schiano's first good Rutgers team (7-5), #15 Cal (8-4), #17 Michigan State (cratered later), #12 Penn State (11-1), #15 Wisconsin (10-3), #10 Ohio State (10-2), and final season of Randy Walker's Wildcats (7-5). And no, I'm not reporting Illinois' record.
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There are two cool things about the 2005 Illinois season.

1. It was my first year having Illinois season tickets. Had 'em every year since. Fun fact: My first ever Illinois game was Dad's day in 2004 against Indiana. I went with my then fiancé (now wife) and her family. It was an exciting game in which Illinois came back to win, and if memory serves me correctly, sealed it with a game ending interception. My wife and I got married in the summer of '05, and we decided to get season tickets to Illinois football games. Illinois won the first game in '05 against Rutgers in OT. It was awesome. Then, they handled San Jose State easily. Illinois was 3-0 in the first three games I ever attended. I remember thinking "Man... Illinois will never lose again!". :cautious:

2. The 2005 schedule is seared into my memory because the '05 schedule is the schedule used in the greatest college football game to ever be created: NCAA Football '06. Needless to say, Illinois always seemed to do better when I played as their coach then they ever did in real life...

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#230      
Trueblue777
TheodoreRex said:
Werner and Lehman came about as close as they could be to saying that Henry should be fired. Essentially made it clear that he is doing a terrible job and that major changes need to be made.
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Any minuscule chance we can hire Ryan Walters back away from Washington?
 
#236      
BWBW
I am guessing Logjam put certain relevant information about Turd out of his mind for sanity reasons. I wish I could. :cool:
 
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Battle89
logjam said:
Taking a head coaching position after being a co-ordinator is not being a turd...
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While I recognize the "username fits" inherent in turds and logjams, it would not be decorous to actually say that here. So I won't. ;)

As to the waste of breath that is RW, it's not the job he took but how he left. Burned every bridge then drove back to shoot those trying to ford the river. The fact that he imploded the Purdue program is his only redeeming factor.
 
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Illini4Christ
Walters did or said something to make Indy mad last year here when Purdue visited CU. I’m not sure what it was, Indy never said, but you could tell Indy was hotter than a firecracker about it.

I say Walters time here is done and was only in the past.
 
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Toews
blackdog said:
Surprised Rutgers and OT against Nebraska aren't up there!
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Those looked like what he’d say were his most impressive td throws which makes sense. Actually more surprised the South Carolina one to Franklin wasn’t there.
 
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RabidDawgClassic
Battle89 said:
While I recognize the "username fits" inherent in turds and logjams, it would not be decorous to actually say that here. So I won't. ;)

As to the waste of breath that is RW, it's not the job he took but how he left. Burned every bridge then drove back to shoot those trying to ford the river. The fact that he imploded the Purdue program is his only redeeming factor.
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Turd, logjam and waste. Well played (even if not intentionally.) 😉
 
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GatorMcKlusky
mhuml32 said:
Sports Reference has the 2025 Illinois football schedule (games already played) as the toughest schedule the Illini have played since 2005. That number will cool (reduce), but it's looking very likely this is the 2nd toughest schedule for Illinois in the past 20 years.


For those wondering, '05 Illinois played Schiano's first good Rutgers team (7-5), #15 Cal (8-4), #17 Michigan State (cratered later), #12 Penn State (11-1), #15 Wisconsin (10-3), #10 Ohio State (10-2), and final season of Randy Walker's Wildcats (7-5). And no, I'm not reporting Illinois' record.
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Home-and-home with Cal. Thanks Ron Guenther!
 
#246      
the national
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Sometimes, I think that our coach was the catcher from angels in the outfield. That is all.
 
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Illinijoe
Up to 25 on SP+. Last year believe we ended 31. This is a special year to this point that may not be as obvious because we played the top 2 teams in the country early on. USC is 12 - probably best win of Bielema tenure. Washington is 19 so that also was very tough. If we avoid the top 2 and even just had one, we are looking at solid CFP contention. Truly remarkable job now finish it off!
 
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Bucktown
Illinijoe said:
Up to 25 on SP+. Last year believe we ended 31. This is a special year to this point that may not be as obvious because we played the top 2 teams in the country early on. USC is 12 - probably best win of Bielema tenure. Washington is 19 so that also was very tough. If we avoid the top 2 and even just had one, we are looking at solid CFP contention. Truly remarkable job now finish it off!
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Winning margin matters for those rankings. Things like not trying to score in the 4th quarter of the yesterday's game have consequences. Indiana would have never let its foot off the gas.
 
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