Illinois vs UAB, Thursday, September 3rd, 8:00pm CT, BTN

Ander1345 said:

Clement, Trimble, Dixon should all be good to go. 4th and 5th spots will be trickier.

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time for Kasper (ISU transfer) & frosh to step up

Let's start the season off strong by beating these dragons until they beg for mercy. Go Illini!

Here is the first Gies Memorial Stadium Sellout Watch of the 2026 season.

The tickets website it up to its usual shenanigans; I'm currently working to analyze and dial in my assumptions. It feels like the tickets sold estimates for some of the conference games are especially light. That said, 8pm Thursday night games on a long holiday weekend are notoriously tough to draw. It would not surprise me at all if we fail to break the 50k mark. The last such game (Eastern Illinois 2024) drew less than 44k.

Last thing, I've got a lot going on right now, so no promises that I'm able to keep up with this little hobby this fall...

High hopes this new defense greatly increases turnovers by opponents.

Seems like we should be getting pressure on the QB

I'm going to be Nashville that night. Does anyone know of any Illini friendly bars where I can watch the game?

Ander1345 said:

Clement, Trimble, Dixon should all be good to go. 4th and 5th spots will be trickier.

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It’s unfortunate because Platt was such a great addition. He’d take that room to another level.