GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
USC was good and we beat them.
Illinois in Music City Bowl
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Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
With the way the non-CFP bowls operate, I am not going to sweat who the Illini get. Just happy to see a good power conference team as the opponent.
Does this mean we get Jelly Roll in the booth again?
Jelly Roll is 1/2 the man he was 2 years ago .
Ozempic working for him
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
So sad that people can no longer get credit for their hard work. Jelly Roll didn’t use Ozempic: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jelly-roll-140-lb-weight-153759979.html.
He worked with Gary Brecka, who also worked with Dana White.
I’ve worked with Gary’s company, 10x Health. Mixed reviews. I’ll leave it at that. But Gary works with a lot of celebrities who want more natural forms of weight loss / health improvements.
MDchicago
- Lake Norman NC
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
And........
Duke is really good and we beat them.
Northwestern is good and we beat them.
WMU is semi-good and we beat them.
It's called "takin' care of business." Four very nice wins and 4 additional wins where we were the clear favorites and won easily. The Wisconsin loss probably cost us back-to-back Top 20 rankings.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
I don’t get the hate for Jelly Roll, either. He seems like a really good guy who has matured, enjoys his second chance at life, and just seems to have a lot of fun. He’s a Tennessee native if I understand his bio correctly, and he’s a pretty regular attendee at Nashville sporting events. No surprise at all that he’s a Vols fan, and if he’s in front a microphone the guy has one speed-11.
I could think of far worse things in life than having a real sports fan having a little fun at a big sporting event.
Jelly roll is an awesome dude. Just another example of people being hateful for no other reason than "you like a sports team with different clothes than I do".
Buhler....
Mizzou is not unbeatable but I'd rather face LSU or Tenn as opposed to Mizzou or Vandy. Just a fan opinion on relative team strength and weaknesses. Your mileage may vary.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
I would imagine it’s a group effort between the bowl committee, the conference, and the ADs.
I don't think it's as much hate for Jelly as for ESPN basically preempting the majority of the first half distracting its viewers from the game and subjecting them to a Tennessee on air pep rally. Really annoying to an audience that I would guess was majority Illini fans. ESPN is a joke.
I actually like Jelly Roll, but the length of the interview was a bit excessive for a close top 20 match-up. Maybe if one team was up by 20+ they could fill the space, but it was a relatively tight game.
I do like him, and based on what I hear, he is a great guy. My friend saw him on the street somewhere in Texas (Dallas or Austin, I forget), and said he was very gracious and friendly.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Fair, but for better or worse, the first letter in “ESPN” stands for entertainment. That will always drive the network’s decisions.
Whether it should is a matter for a different discussion.
No. That’s not it at all. People are annoyed because it’s a basketball game. Not a talk show. We want the focus on the game. Not hating on the man hating on espn putting him on for half of a half.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
I think I speak for most of us?
Please don’t wang to buy tix. It’s probably a felony.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
It’s not hate for Jelly Roll guys.
It’s literally hate for ESPN and how they allowed this 20 minute hijack of a basketball game.
Making funny quips at his expense is mostly tongue in cheek and I’ve seen him on podcasts, he loves the jokes.
100% this. I'd rather play Mizzou than TN or LSU.
His want to give back to kids that had similar challenges to himself is quite commendable.
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