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Pregame: Illinois at Minnesota, Saturday, October 21st, 2:30pm CT, BTN
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I'll be listening. But I'm a masochist.
RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
Will be in Minneapolis this coming weekend. Seriously thinking about finding a polka festival or a lutefisk eating competition or, really, anything else besides this game. Watching us lay down against Rutgers this week was about enough Illini football for awhile.
EfremWinters84
- S. Carolina
The good news first: I'm red hot with my football predictions this season!
The bad news? Three of those predictions follow below:
A) 2-10 season record (still looking highly likely)
B) 34-24 loss vs. Rutgers
C) I'll leak this one early........yes, I'm predicting another loss next week vs. MN. Haven't yet decided on the score
The bad news? Three of those predictions follow below:
A) 2-10 season record (still looking highly likely)
B) 34-24 loss vs. Rutgers
C) I'll leak this one early........yes, I'm predicting another loss next week vs. MN. Haven't yet decided on the score
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Climb the ladder. No, that's not fair. This will be right. Just probably not this year. We need to support this team now. I can't be at any games, but I would if I could. Fans in the stands are the "12th man."
Or everyone can stay away, especially when potential recruits can see what kind of support the team gets.
Just want to see more individual improvement from the freshman. Who is the next Isaiah Gay, Bobby Roundtree, Mike Epstein, and Ricky Smalling to give the glimpse into the future? That is what I watch for, so while everyone else is pissed about losing, I’m stoked that Ricky Smalling is winning most if not all of the 50/50 balls thrown his way.
Glory Days
- Palmetto, FL
Disagree. He is consistently wild and displays poor decision making. That being said, George is the best option the Illini have if they are so stubbornly holding onto Cam Thomas' redshirt. George is a freaking turnover machine and that isn't likely to change.
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Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Perhaps he's considering the Gopher perspective.
We're going to get Flecked.
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Did he not have a BEAUTIFUL catch this weekend? Very talented kid. I'm glad he got some longer balls from GJr. Hope to see a lot more.
BZuppke
- Plainfield
I think it's winnable because Minnesota just hasn't been that impressive. Brian Barnhart mentioned correctly I believe that we see a lot of good things happening but not at the same time. If they put it all together, who knows. So nothing specific but if we limit the picks, I think we can do some damage.
If we run away from punts we don't catch, it might be a closer game. I don't mean to be harsh, but that was a metaphor for Saturday's game. We seemed to be doing everything we could to give away that game.
really hope it's Cam Thomas time... otherwise not much reason to watch
Glory Days
- Palmetto, FL
Agree. Without much to go on other than 2 camp practices, I can only say that Cam Thomas has a fluidity to his running, a glide, and a quickness about him that no other QB has. Some have said he's not as good a runner as Scheelhaase, but I disagree.
His arm is stronger than I anticipated, and he flicks the ball out so amazingly on the run. With two QB coming in next year, with the full court press on for Isaiah Williams in the following year, there just isn't any need to preserve this kid's redshirt.
The game reps he could have this fall will make everything he does in the offseason more sticky.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
While I would love for this to be the game in which the collective light bulb clicks on in the young Illini brains and they put it all together, until I see an indication of that happening I will continue to pick them to be blown out. For the third week in a row they play a conference opponent desperate for their first league win. Minnesota 40, Illinois 14.
Um, no Illinois/Illini logo on that shirt Lovie was wearing at the press conference.
You have to look really close. It's a white block I on a white shirt.
RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
I for one will be dialed in 100% for this game.
Minnesota just played a brutal hard hitting game with Michigan State and they looked banged up
Doubt they're as banged up as we are and certainly not as banged up as Rutgers. Rutgers was letting anyone with a pulse play defense cause they didn't have enough bodies.
But, yeah, I'll be going to the game. Looking forward to watching this staff turn this all the way around and a conference road win would really help morale. Despite the fact that Fleck said Minny was 3 minutes away from being undefeated or something equally Beckman-inine, they really aren't much better than us. And if 'Cuse can beat Clemson...
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