RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Illinois 30, Tennessee 28 Postgame
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TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Armchair Illinois on Instagram: "That’s a win for Fighting Illini Football in the 2025 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl! 30-28 thanks to a walk-off field goal by David Olano #Illini finish its 2025 season 9-4. Thanks for an awesome season guys #illi
The Fighting Illini Football team concluded their 2025 season on a high note with a 30-28 win in the Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl. David Olano's clutch walk-off field goal marked the end of the game and capped off a successful season for the Illini. As the fans celebrate a 9-4 finish, let's...
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IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I promise to never again complain about a nine win season.
Big Ten 6-0
SEC 2-5
SEC 2-5
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
Just feels good, what a place the program is in right now, this should only springboard us into another solid year and recruiting success!
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Congrats to Bret, Luke, the team and all of you die hard Illini football fans. Awesome game.
Looking at the stats and we out played them in almost every category.
All of them were. Four false starts for 20 yards. Cleaned it up quick, thankfully.
Tennessee went from Rocky Top to Swampy Bottom. Luke just surgically removed their heart. Man will he be missed. So glad he turned down a huge NIL payout from this same opponent, and then chose to play today with an all out effort instead of not risking an injury before the NFL draft. Greatest hero in modern Illini football history.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
2-0 vs Tennessee in December and back-to-back bowl wins/9 win seasons! Hopefully this team will have a small number in front of their name in the final polls -- I believe they earned it.
Very strange season of ups and downs, but a good way to finish the season, especially for Altmyer.
The Illini have done their part to keep an unbeaten B1G bowl season -- which makes it likely that Iowa could be the first loss.
Very strange season of ups and downs, but a good way to finish the season, especially for Altmyer.
The Illini have done their part to keep an unbeaten B1G bowl season -- which makes it likely that Iowa could be the first loss.
When Tennessee scored on the botched kickoff near the end, I believe I posted in the game thread, "I hate everything." I was demoralized, probably because a lifetime of Illini fandom has conditioned me to expect when crazy things like that happen for the other team, we don't back bounce from it. What a difference a few minutes makes. This team is just built differently. I love everything!!!
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I’ve complained about our defense and other things this year, I’d argue for fair reasons … but holy cow, man. If I approached you in 2020 and promised you 9+ wins and bowl wins over favored SEC opponents in back-to-back years, you would have laughed at me.
So proud of Bret.
So proud of Bret.
Brett Bielema can coach some football.
While it is not necessarily the best strategy to let the other team score on a kickoff return, at least the Illini did it with about 5 minutes left in regulation to allow their offense to effectively end the game with a walkoff score. Didn't we all kinda feel that Tennessee might have scored to take the lead with under a minute left had they started from their own 25?
Enjoy the NFL, Luke. You are an alltime Illini great!!!
Enjoy the NFL, Luke. You are an alltime Illini great!!!
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