Pregame: Illinois at Oregon, Saturday, October 26th, 2:30pm CT, CBS

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GoDucks349
OrangeBlue98 said:
Doesn’t Autzen have some sort of unique thing like a European-style roof/canopy that holds noise in? I know Autzen is a loud location despite being small-ish, and I thought something helped keep the noise in.
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There are a few things that are a little different about Autzen, first, not noise related, but the field runs East West rather than North South like most fields. Second, it's dug into the ground, I believe the playing surface is lower than the parking lot. Third, it was built for football only so the fans are much closer to the field and they are elevated so the front row is probably 8-10 feet above the playing surface. This puts the fans about 10-12 feet from the opposing bench. The East and West Endzones have large video screens and scoreboards, the North side has a wall of vertical sky boxes and on the South side you have the roof. I suspect all of these to some degree (except the East West field) impact keeping the sound inside the stadium and focused on the playing field.

Also, we don't have a lot of fans sitting on their butts during games.
 
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Illini2010-11
GoDucks349 said:
There are a few things that are a little different about Autzen, first, not noise related, but the field runs East West rather than North South like most fields. Second, it's dug into the ground, I believe the playing surface is lower than the parking lot. Third, it was built for football only so the fans are much closer to the field and they are elevated so the front row is probably 8-10 feet above the playing surface. This puts the fans about 10-12 feet from the opposing bench. The East and West Endzones have large video screens and scoreboards, the North side has a wall of vertical sky boxes and on the South side you have the roof. I suspect all of these to some degree (except the East West field) impact keeping the sound inside the stadium and focused on the playing field.

Also, we don't have a lot of fans sitting on their butts during games.
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Hopefully you will on Saturday ;)
 
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GoDucks349
New Creation said:
Commented on a ducks video that we will win 38-35 and I think they have put out a hit on me lol

Also their TE Ferguson is out. So that is a plus for us. We have a hard time covering TE
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we're definitely not short on very good tight ends. Herbert (Justin's brother) and Shadiq (perhaps the best athlete playing for Oregon this year) are the #2 & #3 TEs
 
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IlliniFanTX
illiram said:
How do teams get their equipment to the island when they play at Hawaii?
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DeonThomas
illiram said:
96 1/2 hours to game time. It's our time. Make the best of it fellas.

Shout out to Josh Whitman for the culture he has created. I was hard on him early on, but he had a vision some of us did not see. Whitman, Bielema and Underwood have brought excitement beyond our wildest Illini dreams.

I will be eating Duck a L'Orange Saturday night in celebration.
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Is it a great time to be an Illini fan? Absolutely!!!!!

However ----- "Excitement beyond our wildest dreams.......?"

Nah. I'll have to disagree, here. Instead, it seems more like a return to our best-ever reality from 40 years ago ---- Whitman, Bielema and Underwood = Neale Stoner, Mike White and Lou Henson. And perhaps those who lived through the 1920's or 1950's could make their own case. Your comments are making me think that those who lived through the 1980's may actually have been suffering more than others, because we've known all along where our athletic programs could/should be with the right AD at the helm. Being on national TV every week with Keith Jackson/Gary Bender/Pat Haden (football) or Dick Vitale/Billy Packer/Al McGuire (basketball) was 100% routine.

a wild dream? nah
a return to normalcy? absolutely!
 
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1970 John
illiram said:
96 1/2 hours to game time. It's our time. Make the best of it fellas.

Shout out to Josh Whitman for the culture he has created. I was hard on him early on, but he had a vision some of us did not see. Whitman, Bielema and Underwood have brought excitement beyond our wildest Illini dreams.

I will be eating Duck a L'Orange Saturday night in celebration.
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chiefini
skyIdub said:
But omg i'll take another packed MS doing this all year!!!


Strategically place fans in the know to shush each section!!

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I had to use my retired teacher “Shush! We’re on offense” three times last Saturday. There’s a guy whose heart is in the right place, but who obviously doesn’t know/understand football, who starts a very loud I-L-L chant when Illinois has done something good on offense. Too many people who don’t know football answer him. Drives me crazy…
 
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skyIdub
chiefini said:
I had to use my retired teacher “Shush! We’re on offense” three times last Saturday. There’s a guy whose heart is in the right place, but who obviously doesn’t know/understand football, who starts a very loud I-L-L chant when Illinois has done something good on offense. Too many people who don’t know football answer him. Drives me crazy…
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Fighter of the Nightman
ChiefGritty said:
We covered 19.5 by the absolute skin of our teeth at PSU, then gave up 49 points at home to Purdue.

I kinda like us to cover that line (this is not a Chip Kelly run-it-up Oregon offense anymore), but it's two touchdowns without breaking a sweat.

Michigan is DRAMATICALLY worse than Oregon. No comparison.
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Am I missing something? Seems like an overtly and purposely pessimistic reading of our covering the PSU spread. We lost by 14, and they scored their last 7 in garbage time.
 
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dbjm
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Am I missing something? Seems like an overtly and purposely pessimistic reading of our covering the PSU spread. We lost by 14, and they scored their last 7 in garbage time.
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After all these years, on IL, you’re surprised?
 
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#250      
Doogie94
I'm thinking I might try to fly into Autzen for the game. Anyone know where I can get seats in the Illini section? Are there ticket forums for Illini fans that work well?
If someone here has 2 tickets that they aren't going to use, I'd help put them to good use :)

EDIT: Last time I was there, I saw my 2nd favorite O&B Boise State and Kellen Moore hammer the Ducks, so I'd like to see my favorite O&B do the same!
 
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