See y’all in Lincoln
Pregame: Illinois at Nebraska, Saturday, October 29th, 2:30pm CT, ABC
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I’m trying to convince my wife to buy tickets. My kids and I don’t have school for some random reason on Friday, so it wouldn’t be tough to get out there! It’s only a 7 hour drive! She tells me “I’d rather save the money for bowl game tickets”.
What a time we live in!
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Watching PU/UNL at my local, Hopsmith - what up, Chicago crew??
Holy shlt, if our defense stays consistent, we will beat both of these teams easily. TRASH defense.
Holy shlt, if our defense stays consistent, we will beat both of these teams easily. TRASH defense.
Chase may rush for 300 yards against their defense
Shief
- Champaign Area
And for 2 to 4 touchdowns
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Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
We should be able to carve them up. Hang onto the ball and this should be a pretty comfortable win. Still surreal.
I have a SWA flight I have been holding on to because traveling alone sucks. But SWA does fly to Orlando (horrible airport) and Tampa so I might use it then. I think we should have a meeting place so we could meet in person before the game? Or we should look for tickets that we could at least sit in the same area. I went to the bowl game when I was in Dallas against Louisiana Tech and got to meet a few people as the Cotton Bowl venue was not very full so fans could move around to a better seat.Or tickets in Indy…..maybe @Indy Illini Fan will host us
The only thing that makes me hesitant about this one is Nebraska's style. They spread you out more, more tempo, more shots downfield, etc. Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin are all very similar stylistically....and very different from Nebraska.
I think we can handle it, but we just haven't seen it that much this year. On paper we should be fine. Pretty good pass rush, our DB's have looked really good. But, that has mostly been against teams that are run heavy and would rather control the clock than play tempo.
I think we can handle it, but we just haven't seen it that much this year. On paper we should be fine. Pretty good pass rush, our DB's have looked really good. But, that has mostly been against teams that are run heavy and would rather control the clock than play tempo.
KrushCow31
Former Krush Cow
- Chicago, IL
Lol even in their "miracle" prediction, we lose to Michigan.
Illinois Football
Predictions Update
Oct 16, 2022
• After beating Minnesota 26-14 yesterday, Illinois is now projected to finish the regular season 9-3 (6-3 Big Ten). • We currently rank the Fighting Illini as the #5 team in the Big Ten (and #26 team in the country). • Next game: Sat, Oct 29 at #72 Nebraska. Our power ratings give the Fighting Illini a 75% chance to win.
Well, there's miracles... and then there's alternate dimensions...
IlliniRocketFan
- Rochester, IL
True, but it looks like they have them losing to Purdue also. Hmmmmm.
And Josh Huepel.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Well he left to be UCF's head coach.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
My friend who farms in Indinia (near West Lafayette, coincidentally) sent me the photo below a couple weeks ago during the harvest. It's the engine of one of their $700,000 John Deere combines after it threw a bearing cap that punctured the wall of the block. Rendered completely immobile and useless in the middle of a soybean field (IIRC; may have been corn.) $97,000 in parts and labor to replace it.
I'll keep this in mind as the preferred metaphor for what the stress of handling our D and O will do to the Husker machine two weeks hence.
I'll keep this in mind as the preferred metaphor for what the stress of handling our D and O will do to the Husker machine two weeks hence.
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
as far as anyone has heard/seen, we avoided any injuries/aggravations of known injuries against minnesota? and its reasonable to expect mccray back against nebraska?
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
The only injury I’m aware of is Love. Not sure what happened/how serious it is.
I imagine we’ll be very healthy overall against Nebby.
$97,000??? Wow! Did they try duct tape first?
Regardless of the results prior, the biggest test of the program's rise to competence will come in Ann Arbor. And that is said with no trepidation. The Illini can match up well with Cheatigan in all position groups. Skunks have a small size advantage as well as consistency of execution on offense, but the Illini will have an advantage in motivation. I also expect the Illini to have an opportunity to follow a path to victory....but the probability of a win will belong to the Wolverines if they play well.
Roll of special duct tape for combine repair is a special product.....$102,000 per roll.
7 guarantees a winning season. That would be big. I’m hopeful this season can lead to good things on the 2024 recruiting class. The most important thing to build sustainable success is stacking recruiting classes on top of each other.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Most pundits now have us (on average) at #18 in the nation, and the #4 team in the Big 10, breathing down the neck of Penn State for #3 in the conference --- with a real shot at the Orange, Cotton or Rose Bowl........if not higher.
Illinois Football
Predictions Update
Oct 16, 2022
• After beating Minnesota 26-14 yesterday, Illinois is now projected to finish the regular season 9-3 (6-3 Big Ten). • We currently rank the Fighting Illini as the #5 team in the Big Ten (and #26 team in the country). • Next game: Sat, Oct 29 at #72 Nebraska. Our power ratings give the Fighting Illini a 75% chance to win.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
I like our chances with Bret Bielema going up against "Mr 48 yr old Brings Baseball Mitt to World Series Game"
The Idiots at least hung with Michigan for awhile. I feel like we have better than a puncher's chance to beat them. That said, I don't expect to win at the moment however, if we continue to gel offensively the odds get better.
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