Illinois 81-69.
Pregame: Illinois at Minnesota, Saturday, February 8th, 5:00pm CT, BTN
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Brad's demeanor in that interview has me feeling he is either real confident this group will get right or just going through the motions until he can reconstruct the roster. Obviously, hoping they will weather this 'storm' and come out firing tomorrow.
It's about to be, if things don't get fixed, and fast.
I think the effort/rebounding will be there, will the execution? Minnesota while playing better got their teeth kicked in against Sparty and then lost to Washington at home. They then beat Penn State who is straight tire fire right now.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Honestly, keeping in mind this is totally subjective, I would say we haven't seen the "Good Illini" for a FULL game in a while.
FOTN super serious and scientific rankings since January 1st:GREAT Illini at Oregon
Good Illini at Washington (sometimes grinding it out is part of the game!)
GREAT Illini vs. Penn State (considering without KJ)
Bad Illini vs. USC (would be awful if not for no KJ)
GREAT Illini at Indiana
Good Illini at Michigan State (overall good, but mistakes cost us a winnable game)
Bad Illini vs. Maryland (only reason I'm not putting awful is the assumption that Maryland was really underrated at this point, plus they own us)
Decent Illini vs. Northwestern (first half good, second half bad)
AWFUL Illini at Nebraska
Decent Illini vs. Ohio State (first half bad, second half good)
Bad Illini at Rutgers (first half awful, second half decent)
So yeah, while they're DEFINITELY due to show up ... I just hope they still exist, lol.
Because we’re a team,a family who likes sharing every experience including
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Why does God hate the Illini?
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Numbers don't lie. Color me surprised, too. A certain shade of orange.
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
As has been discussed, though, the problem is that we have really had a tale of two seasons. Even with the surprise USC loss (without KJ), we still looked like a top 3 seed coming home from East Lansing. Since then, we are 3-5 and haven't looked great doing it. So is our #14 ranking just lagging behind what our "new team" is going to play like from now on?? Certainly hope not!
If Tomi doesn't play, we've got problems. He's the most critical player on our roster. We can all see the difference when the offense runs through him.
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
Illini -8.5
Vegas models still have faith lol
Minnesota +8.5 …
With likely no DGL … And Tomi not even close to 100% if he plays …
If Morez picks up 2 quick ones … Garcia is going to ABUSE us …
Feel pretty safe at +8.5 …
Models determine opening line. Money determines where the line goes
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
I grabbed it… I can see it dropping all the way down to 4.5 or so
hooraybeer
- Peoria, IL
have a friend that always takes our opponent moneyline.. calls it an emotional hedge.. doing well (financially) recently
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
I’m currently going through that as well
Think we got 8 more counting Dukies
Garcia is going to get his anyway you look at it.
Honestly, keeping in mind this is totally subjective, I would say we haven't seen the "Good Illini" for a FULL game in a while.
GREAT Illini at Oregon
Good Illini at Washington (sometimes grinding it out is part of the game!)
GREAT Illini vs. Penn State (considering without KJ)
Bad Illini vs. USC (would be awful if not for no KJ)
GREAT Illini at Indiana
Good Illini at Michigan State (overall good, but mistakes cost us a winnable game)
Bad Illini vs. Maryland (only reason I'm not putting awful is the assumption that Maryland was really underrated at this point, plus they own us)
Decent Illini vs. Northwestern (first half good, second half bad)
AWFUL Illini at Nebraska
Decent Illini vs. Ohio State (first half bad, second half good)
Bad Illini at Rutgers (first half awful, second half decent)
So yeah, while they're DEFINITELY due to show up ... I just hope they still exist, lol.
I like the way you illustrated this. I get the point you're making but Rutgers is very close to Awful IMO - If you look at our worst points margins so far this year, the first 10 minutes and last 10 minutes are the 1st and 4th worst we got beat by for this year. The first 10 minutes of the Rutgers game was by far the worst 10 minutes offensively of the season. In the first and last ten minutes of the game we got outscored 51-24. We can say injuries, sickness etc. but at this point in the year every team is dealing with sickness and injuries.
My prayer is that a Rutgers embarrassment can make way for a Duke stunner in 2 weeks.
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Don't wanna say or even think it.....but this game is gonna be ugly.
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
We could have 20 more counting the Dukies, but if we don’t change our approach it doesn’t matter
Just curious, are insiders allowed to wager?
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