Pregame: Illinois at Nebraska, Friday, September 20th, 7:00pm CT, FOX

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Battle89
Thanks Mr. Husker. I agree, I do prioritize education over football. Might be different in Lincoln. I'll leave it there as I know others have already weighed in.

@illini0440 said it best, those students that would have gone to class will still participate, those who wouldn't have wont.
 
#302      
RockfordIllini
Rewatched some of the game from last year. Nebraska may not have been very good last year but we weren’t very good either. And we beat ourselves in that game. Opening drive we don’t get an inch in 2 plays cost us 7 points, and then we don’t field a kickoff (I’m with Robert. How have we never learned to use the wind to our advantage?) leading directly to another 7 points. That’s 14 points in a 13 point game. And there were at least 2-3 potential interceptions that went right through our hands.

I’m sure they are better but so are we. We eliminate self inflicted wounds and it should be a close game. If we can contain their run at all and force their frosh QB to throw it, I think we can pick a couple off and we just might win.
 
#303      
BWBW
I seem to recall someone saying that some of the D backs who left this off season weren't willing to "tackle or lay the wood" or words to that effect. Everyone who plays this year is more than willing to do so. That may count for something.

:hailtotheorange:
 
#306      
GBR
aaeismacgychel said:
Most are extremely confident in this being a blowout and will likely be showing up expecting domination.
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That is not even close to being remotely true. Most thought the line at -8.5 was a bit high. A lot of husker fans have PTSD for night games against ranked teams. It's been a very very long time since we've played well in those conditions.

There might be a couple of yahoos on message boards, but husker fans are not confident in anything right now related to football.

Most predictions I've seen are in the 5 to 10 point win area.

A very very very few think it will be a blowout.
 
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Mr. Tibbs
GBR said:
That is not even close to being remotely true. Most thought the line at -8.5 was a bit high. A lot of husker fans have PTSD for night games against ranked teams. It's been a very very long time since we've played well in those conditions.

There might be a couple of yahoos on message boards, but husker fans are not confident in anything right now related to football.

Most predictions I've seen are in the 5 to 10 point win area.

A very very very few think it will be a blowout.
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hoping for a great game that is determined by the last possession and NO ONE GETS HURT .
 
#309      
DeonThomas
GBR said:
That is not even close to being remotely true. Most thought the line at -8.5 was a bit high. A lot of husker fans have PTSD for night games against ranked teams. It's been a very very long time since we've played well in those conditions.

There might be a couple of yahoos on message boards, but husker fans are not confident in anything right now related to football.

Most predictions I've seen are in the 5 to 10 point win area.

Quite a few think it will be a blowout by the Illini.
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FIFY....
 
#310      
Roundball Sage
Fighter of the Nightman said:
... Nebraska right now. They have not been, in any real sense, an elite football program in almost 25 years. A new coach and a 3-0 start that is not any more impressive than ours on paper, and they're literally ALL hyper-confident in at least a two-score victory, lol.
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Again, one has to understand the importance of that U's football program to the psyche of the entire State. They were so good for so long... and got to the Pinnacle of College Ball for many seasons. So it's a matter of personal and hyper-State identity and pride in having National success for an extended period (two generations at least).

And when the Huskers quickly went down into the depths... Nebraska people were quite a bit lost and didn't know how to handle it. Both 'identity' and 'success' were suddenly stripped away and left a large hurting and confused fan base.

They have been down for so long for them it's like they've been crawling across a parched desert with nothing to drink. And now after all these years they find an oasis and some water! Ahhhh! That feels and tastes so good. We're back!

I can tell you that if the Illini prevail and knock off the Huskers that a good deal of that Nebraska hyper-confidence will quickly crumble like a dried out corn stalk in the blazing sun in a dry farm field.

And you have to factor in the fact that the Illini football program has not scared anyone Nationally for a long time. That is out there in the National mindset.

Fighter of the Nightman said:
I must admit, I admire the passion, and I frankly wish our fans had a more naturally optimistic outlook that promoted Illinois as the greatest thing since sliced bread.. in Lincoln who will graciously welcome Illini fans to come have an appetizer at their tailgate and ask them how they are enjoying Lincoln so far, lol ... but their online fan base is at least as nasty and combative and undeservedly arrogant as any out there that I have seen, personally.
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Yes and no. Older Husker fans of that older generation or two are honestly considerate and fair-minded (at least most of them). And young Husker fans can tend to be on the nasty and beligerent side (again, not all of them). It's mostly a generational thing. The fans who remember Bob Devany and Tom Osborne tend to mimic those guy's respectful and fatherly personalities -- while the younger fans can be more like the mentality of the several failed Coaches the Huskers went through when the two legends left the field. Angry, mad, and not too patient about things or open-minded about the opposition.
 
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Illinir1
Tomorrow's Illini game in Lincoln is being publicized as their 400th consecutive sellout of their Mwmorial Stadium. At first I was impressed...."Wow, even not having been to a bowl game since 2016, they continue to sellout their 85,458 seat stadium." Then I said "I think I smell a rat. Let's Google that." After doinv so, I'm throwing the B.S. flag on Big Red's 400 consecutive sellouts. From 12/6/22 Omaha World Herald article:
"Univ. of Nebraska football’s six consecutive losing seasons “took a significant toll on gate attendance” during the 2022 season, according to Sam McKewon of the OMAHA WORLD-HERALD. For the first time since the World-Herald started requesting the numbers, the scanned ticket total for a game -- Nov. 19 vs. Wisconsin -- "dipped below 50,000." NU’s scanned ticket number for the Wisconsin game “registered at 46,613 -- 8,225 fewer than the previous low of 54,838 for the frigid 2018 Illinois game.” This year’s game against Minnesota -- at 57,730 -- became the "third game to have fewer than 60,000 scanned tickets since the World-Herald started charting the totals.” These numbers "differ significantly from official attendance figures -- routinely in the upper 80,000s -- in part because scanned ticket data doesn’t include media, players, coaches, support staff, concession workers and others who might be included in the announced attendance.” NU's sellout streak “survived to 389 games” through the use of a “Red Carpet Experience” that "matches booster-bought tickets to underserved youth." The streak is "sacred enough among Husker high rollers that it’s likely to continue whether rank-and-file fans purchase tickets or not.”"
 
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IlliniKat91
Illinir1 said:
Tomorrow's Illini game in Lincoln is being publicized as their 400th consecutive sellout of their Mwmorial Stadium. At first I was impressed...."Wow, even not having been to a bowl game since 2016, they continue to sellout their 85,458 seat stadium." Then I said "I think I smell a rat. Let's Google that." After doinv so, I'm throwing the B.S. flag on Big Red's 400 consecutive sellouts. From 12/6/22 Omaha World Herald article:
"Univ. of Nebraska football’s six consecutive losing seasons “took a significant toll on gate attendance” during the 2022 season, according to Sam McKewon of the OMAHA WORLD-HERALD. For the first time since the World-Herald started requesting the numbers, the scanned ticket total for a game -- Nov. 19 vs. Wisconsin -- "dipped below 50,000." NU’s scanned ticket number for the Wisconsin game “registered at 46,613 -- 8,225 fewer than the previous low of 54,838 for the frigid 2018 Illinois game.” This year’s game against Minnesota -- at 57,730 -- became the "third game to have fewer than 60,000 scanned tickets since the World-Herald started charting the totals.” These numbers "differ significantly from official attendance figures -- routinely in the upper 80,000s -- in part because scanned ticket data doesn’t include media, players, coaches, support staff, concession workers and others who might be included in the announced attendance.” NU's sellout streak “survived to 389 games” through the use of a “Red Carpet Experience” that "matches booster-bought tickets to underserved youth." The streak is "sacred enough among Husker high rollers that it’s likely to continue whether rank-and-file fans purchase tickets or not.”"
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We been knew. It's a wide open secret for a while that they tickets are bought out just to (technically) continue the streak.

That being said, I'd bet tomorrow night is a lot closer to 80k than not.
 
#314      
Illinir1
IlliniKat91 said:
We been knew. It's a wide open secret for a while that they tickets are bought out just to (technically) continue the streak.

That being said, I'd bet tomorrow night is a lot closer to 80k than not.
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Only, per the article, the unsold tickets aren't bought out but however many "booster ticket's" are sold are "given" to the underserved to ensure a "sellout". That'd be like I Fund saying "We have 35,000 season ticket sales, so we'll give up to 35,000 tickets away to ensure a sellout" (whether the tickets are used or not).
 
#315      
Dkayak
We easily moved 60,000 into our stadium for a 6pm game on a Thursday. We didn’t even arrive until about 5pm, but had no delays on the Interstate or streets. Many arrived later in the day, after most classes were done. I’m sure another 30,000 wouldn’t have been terribly different except for walking distances. I doubt it has ever crossed anyone’s mind to cancel classes for the whole day for weeknight games. Maybe after 3pm? Nah.
 
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Genesis
We are capable of winning this game, but I think the passing game will have to rack up about 350 yds. We haven't shown that yet, and this is a very good defense we're going against, but I think we'll show some creativity that we've kept in the bag up until now.
 
#318      
IlliniKat91
Illinir1 said:
Only, per the article, the unsold tickets aren't bought out but however many "booster ticket's" are sold are "given" to the underserved to ensure a "sellout". That'd be like I Fund saying "We have 35,000 season ticket sales, so we'll give up to 35,000 tickets away to ensure a sellout" (whether the tickets are used or not).
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Yeah, I don't feel your apparent outrage. It's still old news that their sell outs aren't real butts-in-seats sell outs.
 
#319      
IlliniNation1
IlliniKat91 said:
Yeah, I don't feel your apparent outrage. It's still old news that their sell outs aren't real butts-in-seats sell outs.
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If this was the case there would never be a sellout in any stadium. If the tickets are sold. It's a sellout. Idk why people are so sour on the sellout thing. It's still impressive whether people want to nit pick it or not. Anyways who cares. It'll be a full stadium, hopefully we see some orange in the crowd.
 
#320      
IlliniKat91
IlliniNation1 said:
If this was the case there would never be a sellout in any stadium. If the tickets are sold. It's a sellout. Idk why people are so sour on the sellout thing. It's still impressive whether people want to nit pick it or not. Anyways who cares. It'll be a full stadium, hopefully we see some orange in the crowd.
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Exactly. I wish we had big name boosters who cared enough to buy us to sell outs week after week and kept our name in the national sports media in a positive way, even if it's fluff.
 
#321      
BretMyBeachHouse
I"ve got to admire those hard working Nebraska professors. If I wanted to schedule a class on a Friday afternoon at U of I, could I even do it? Apparently at Nebraska all the students are set to show up for class in the late afternoon so in these circumstances they need to cancel.
 
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Old.Edgy
GBR said:
That is not even close to being remotely true. Most thought the line at -8.5 was a bit high. A lot of husker fans have PTSD for night games against ranked teams. It's been a very very long time since we've played well in those conditions.

There might be a couple of yahoos on message boards, but husker fans are not confident in anything right now related to football.

Most predictions I've seen are in the 5 to 10 point win area.

A very very very few think it will be a blowout.
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Most of the sports writers, podcasters, prognosticators etc., are picking Nebraska - most think it will be close... Some think so because of their history, and some because they landed the 5-star QB, and some because of Matt Ruhle... Once (IF) WE build a better record of winning, stacking wins and stacking seasons and land a 5-star QB, with our big name head coach, then PERHAPS sports writers, prognosticators and podcasters will start picking us also... But we have to catch lightning in a bottle more than once a decade for any of that to happen.... Go Illini...
 
#325      
lstewart53x3
Nebraska 24-13.

Nebraska jumps out to an early 14-0 lead with the help of the crowd. We settle into the game and make it close. It’s 17-13 in the 4th quarter before Nebraska scores the game clinching touchdown late.
 
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