Pregame: Illinois at Ohio State, Saturday, September 26th, 11:00am CT, FOX
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I did enjoy seeing the advertisement for the game played throughout the NFL slate on Fox yesterday. There were shots of Feagin at RB last year and Bailey. Any publicity is good publicity for the program. 
how much better they are than us? fully expecting another iu-style pantsing. i'm sorry but i don't see how we keep this within 6 touchdowns.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I understand it's all ruled by TV now and the executives at FOX clearly believe that dominating the 11:00 am CT window is better than competing with ABC / ESPN for primetime viewers, but ... as I watched Ole Miss and LSU this weekend, it really struck me how weird it is that an especially hyped Big Ten matchup at night is so rare (i.e., it will simply be one of NBC's 3 picks it gets vs. FOX's 7 and CBS' 3).
Like, OSU has played four of its last six home games at 12:00 pm local time simply because FOX tells them they have to, lol ... that would get very old.
Like, OSU has played four of its last six home games at 12:00 pm local time simply because FOX tells them they have to, lol ... that would get very old.
Dan
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So now that we're in league play, we'll get updated injury reports at approx. 7pm Wed, 7pm Thu, 7pm Fri, & 9am Sat. [via]
Injury availaiblity reports will be posted here at bigten.org
Injury availaiblity reports will be posted here at bigten.org
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
I say the stick Heckel man to man on Jeremiah Smith.
He got beat by Makai Lemon last year - He got better
He'll get beat this year by Smith - He'll get better
A kid that played 8-man football in BFE Kansas gets to guard the #20 NFL draft pick and a soon to be top 5 draft pick.
He'll be a 1st team All-Big ten CB before he graduates Illinois at this rate.
Juice Clarke did a very good job converging Smith last year. The thing that worries me is the run defense
The what?
TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
UAB's run game got shut down by the Ragin Cagun's, 74 yards vs 194 on us. We've got a qb and a legit B1G WR 1, I just hope the defense doesn't pull a 2023 on us and have us miss a bowl game.
I think this game will tell us a lot.
I think this game will tell us a lot.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Defense looked much better. You are tackling in open field and from different angles in 3-3-5 than our old 3-4 and 4-2-5.
It puts a premium on speed and open field tackling. Thats why Urlacher was a safety at New Mexico.
Matthew Bailey and Xavier Scott have chance to become first round draft picks as killer run stopping safeties who also can cover. Think Sydney Brown.
Bailey seems to be thriving. Its a work in progress for our LBs. We need better athletes. Not just speed but agility and open field tackling. SEC teams excel here.
It puts a premium on speed and open field tackling. Thats why Urlacher was a safety at New Mexico.
Matthew Bailey and Xavier Scott have chance to become first round draft picks as killer run stopping safeties who also can cover. Think Sydney Brown.
Bailey seems to be thriving. Its a work in progress for our LBs. We need better athletes. Not just speed but agility and open field tackling. SEC teams excel here.
I have little or no expectations. Get through this game and continue to improve. I would hope that the offense shows up and moves the ball against the Buckeyes while scoring a few points. My main fear is that the OSU offense shows up and scores at will and puts 50 plus points on the board. I just think OSU can score as much as they want with the way the Illinois defense has played.
Down from 27.5. So there is hope!?!
We need to play defense with 14 players
And all of the other conferences have sprinkled in some conference games in these early weeks. The B1G could move a few key matchups earlier.
I’m going 49-13 tOSU. Game will be over in the third quarter.
I know some have been surly when the budget/spending and how we ran out of money topic arises, but Bert had some comments on it today in his presser. Said tOSU spent double what we did. I still feel like our admin expected teams to all spend the same and we got caught with our pants down.
I know some have been surly when the budget/spending and how we ran out of money topic arises, but Bert had some comments on it today in his presser. Said tOSU spent double what we did. I still feel like our admin expected teams to all spend the same and we got caught with our pants down.
Let's just get out of Columbus without any serious injuries.
Neidermeyer
- Faber College
Who's Bert?
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