GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Just needed to get in the groove. Let's hope they stay in the groove the rest of the season. Nice win.
Illinois 45, Duke 19 Postgame
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Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Ugly at times, but the team turned it up a level in the second half.
As I said in game thread, great teams take advantage of opponent mistakes. We saw that time and time again from the Illini.
Plenty of tape to review and clean up for the future, but this team is showing why they are a soon to be top 10 team.
I also really enjoyed the ESPN broadcast today. This win will make the remainder of college football Saturday super enjoyable.
On to WMU.
As I said in game thread, great teams take advantage of opponent mistakes. We saw that time and time again from the Illini.
Plenty of tape to review and clean up for the future, but this team is showing why they are a soon to be top 10 team.
I also really enjoyed the ESPN broadcast today. This win will make the remainder of college football Saturday super enjoyable.
On to WMU.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Unless something completely unexpected happens next weekend, Big Noon kickoff has to be in Bloomington in two weeks.
blackdog
- Champaign
Haven't gotten to break this out for football much recently and I love it!
Luke is a no joke man. Wow hank we 
That was probably the most stressful 26 pt win possible. Happy for the win, but gotta start faster and play with more discipline.
Bret clearly got his message across at half-time, as we played MUCH better / cleaner in the 2nd half.
Lunney called a better game in the 2nd half.
Lastly, more Heckel & Valentine please
Bret clearly got his message across at half-time, as we played MUCH better / cleaner in the 2nd half.
Lunney called a better game in the 2nd half.
Lastly, more Heckel & Valentine please
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Did we get our revenge for basketball? I think we did.
Told y’all. Been at this a long long time. Quit trying to be cool and contrarian. It ain’t working this year.
The elements are there. Program record wins. Get on the bus or get out of the way
The elements are there. Program record wins. Get on the bus or get out of the way
The first half was REAL shaky... But they made a lot of mistakes and that wore them down a lot...
Go Illini!!!!!! 
One of my favorite football things is the 4th quarter drive when your opponent still has a sliver of hope and then you slowly and methodically march down the field and close the door. It's absolutely demoralizing. Then to have ILL-INI chants echo through Durham after we do that - gotta be soul crushing for the Duke fan.
Just a really solid albeit not-always-pretty, business-like performance.
Just a really solid albeit not-always-pretty, business-like performance.
TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
Way to finish and go get to 2-0. Gonna need a healthy Aidan for IU.
I willThat’ll do …
Top 10 coming…
to that !.Really good 2nd half, especially that 4th quarter. That's what good teams do. For as rough as this game looked at times, this win is going to look better and better especially if Duke beats Tulane next week. Selection committee is going to see this as a blowout road win over a Power 5 team. Gigantic for playoff hopes if we do our part to get us there. Very big win and great adjustments
Is bad Mr Mensah gonna get us? What bout manny. Cuz ya know, he’s awesome
Hopefully Rosiek is ok...
Illini4Chief
- TENNESSEE
Mensah more passing yards than Luke....just don't like that....
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