Illinois vs Oregon, Saturday, October 24th, 2/2:30pm CT

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lstewart53x3
Ill... INI 27 said:
49-13
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#79      
RML
bluemountain said:
Forget about the defense....slightly better execution on offense gets us to 5-1, even with the terrible defense
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Well, when the offense was clicking it was indeed really good. Maybe top 10. Yes, with a top 10 offense we would be 5-1. But the fact that we have shown flashes of a fantastic offense doesn't mean we have a fantastic offense.
 
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jrichisamazing
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Nebraska will look great for three quarters, look like they’re horrified playing football in the fourth, will cough up a late lead and the Ducks will come to Champaign less desperate. 😎
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I think there is a decent chance that a loss to Nebraska would officially break the Ducks. Might make it easier to beat them next week.

But I'm rooting for Nebraska because it would be awesome if they came to Champaign with only 1 loss, their fans starting to dream about a chance at the playoff, and then we sucker punch them and mess up their season. Same with Iowa.
 
#82      
aaeismacgychel
Seems in the day prior to the UCLA game there were reports of sickness running through the Oregon team. That could explain some of that performance. Oregon has clearly been worse than typical this year, but I’m still leaning towards that game being a major fluke more than anything. They seem pissed off. Hopefully they take out their frustrations on Nebraska- I really don’t want to face a Ducks team trying to take their frustrations out on us.
 
#83      
Fighter of the Nightman
jrichisamazing said:
I think there is a decent chance that a loss to Nebraska would officially break the Ducks. Might make it easier to beat them next week.

But I'm rooting for Nebraska because it would be awesome if they came to Champaign with only 1 loss, their fans starting to dream about a chance at the playoff, and then we sucker punch them and mess up their season. Same with Iowa.
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At this point in the season, already sitting with a .500 record ... I would sell my soul just to beat Iowa. :ROFLMAO:
 
#84      
aaeismacgychel
Fighter of the Nightman said:
At this point in the season, already sitting with a .500 record ... I would sell my soul just to beat Iowa. :ROFLMAO:
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Hold onto your soul for now. Maybe in a few years we’ll have a chance at a playoff game that’ll get you a bit more bang for your buck. Friends don’t let friends sell their souls for sub .500 season wins.
 
#85      
Fighter of the Nightman
aaeismacgychel said:
Hold onto your soul for now. Maybe in a few years we’ll have a chance at a playoff game that’ll get you a bit more bang for your buck. Friends don’t let friends sell their souls for sub .500 season wins.
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Hope you are right! As an Illini fan who lived in Iowa City for many years until moving to Chicago in 2019, watching Illinois lose game after game at Kinnick (including an infuriating upset loss during the 2007 Rose Bowl season and a couple close losses in the twilight years of the Big Ten West), I would LOVE to steal one in Iowa City next year, too! Praying that we can start building some momentum to end the year, our donors are convinced that we need a serious infusion of cash for the roster and we can get back to being good next year ... because being good was fun. :ROFLMAO:
 
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bluemountain
RML said:
Well, when the offense was clicking it was indeed really good. Maybe top 10. Yes, with a top 10 offense we would be 5-1. But the fact that we have shown flashes of a fantastic offense doesn't mean we have a fantastic offense.
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The thing is, we didn't need to be fantastic. We only needed to score more than 3 points in 2H against Duke and not s*** the bed on offense against Purdue and we are sitting at 5-1 right now.
 
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