Illinois 52, Western Illinois 3 Postgame
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Well my, my, my
We are good.
Perfect game as far as I'm concerned. Completely dominated and yet some very visible mistakes and errors that will allow the coaching staff to absolutely light up players and have their heads straight for Duke. Nobody is going to be happy with the film review of this game despite the giant win, and that is a great thing. I expect us to come out fiery next week and not fall into the stereotypical 1st road game against a Power 5 team struggle. Outstanding game, let's keep this rolling.
Hank Beatty WR1.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Next game will be more of a test, but I like our chances.
Great start to hopefully another wonderful season! Passing, rushing, punt returns, sacks. This game had it all, and was a nice tune up. Good to see some real game action after all the hype and expectations coming in.
All that said, I think the most important thing we learned watching tonight was that EVERYONE must make a call first thing Tuesday morning and schedule those botox treatments!!!
All that said, I think the most important thing we learned watching tonight was that EVERYONE must make a call first thing Tuesday morning and schedule those botox treatments!!!
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It wasn’t a perfect game, but a game that went the way it should have. Definitely stuff to work on this week.
Perfect game.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Mainly listened to the game, was at a HS game.
Breaking a Red Grange record is a big deal.
Breaking a Red Grange record is a big deal.
We had the largest spread of any team nationwide week 1, and still covered. I'd call it perfect.
Well he’s just the man for his time and place. That’s Hank Beatty in 2025.
Chuck Nuggets
Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
48.5 line. Win by 49. Amazing.
Check me on this, Scotty, but I’m pretty sure that Illini have covered 10 of the last 14, and the last five 
n a row.
n a row.
Watching the whole game on peacock, I felt BB called a pretty vanilla game (as he should have.) Not too impressed with the defensive backfield. They didn't get too many hands on the ball and looked pretty slow and non-reactionary to a lot of plays. Could be a weakness. Ran almost no plays wide, and still won by 49.
hoping there were no bad injuries (I think Henderson just needed a couple of rests.)
We gave nothing away tonight to future opponents, except the LA is a stud... and needs to slide feet first!
hoping there were no bad injuries (I think Henderson just needed a couple of rests.)
We gave nothing away tonight to future opponents, except the LA is a stud... and needs to slide feet first!
Per Bielema, Brandon Henderson didn't start due to showing up late for a meeting.
And that includes a missed FG and dropped TD. Really could've been worse.
PizzaHutParkingLot
- Vodice, Croatia
Is he too valuable to handle return duties?
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