Pregame: Illinois at Penn State, Saturday, September 28th, 6:30pm CT, NBC
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altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Watch Minnesota @ Michigan. It will induce a long mid-afternoon nap, if not an outright coma.
EDIT: Your wife's intervention is a textbook example of why marriage is virtuous. Saving your a$$ from wasting an afternoon watching meaningless games, and preserving your ability to play the trump card this evening when she wants you to do something other than watch the Illini.
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ESPN was spurned by the big ten and will do anything to downplay any team success out of the big ten going forward. Anything that appears to strengthen the conference including a surprise good team like Illinois will be downplayed. Don’t watch them voluntarily, don’t give them the ratings or platform. As far as urban Meyer goes, he’s become a huge idiot and does not do his homework, it’s an easy paycheck for him. He is still riding his success as a coach but it’s not translating to skill/success as an analyst.
I-L-L!
I-L-L!
Don’t worry about it Illini brothers. Remember the barge game? It was the same thing and we came out as victors as we will today. Our team has confidence because the players know their abilities and the coaches See it every day in practice. Penn State University is nothing for our great team.
I felt this edit *emotionally points at chest *
I"m not sure that finally pulling off a win in 9OTs is really making a case for "knowing how to win", but I get your point.
I think the amazing thing with Bielema is that his teams don't seem to be intimidated on the road. He and Underwood both have that and it's a huge part of their success.
Great story I didn't know about the NW colors.
Stevenson was from BloNo. There is a long list of Danville guys including Hackman and the Van Dykes.
Despite my earlier comment, Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
you are correct about that
Meyer is an idiot. His success in college football is clouded by rampant cheating. His nfl tenure was an embarrassment.
Anybody else having a hard time finding this game on DraftKings?
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
Report from the ground: they are definitely trying for a white out
I am getting nervous that all these comments about the line being incomprehensible (I agree) are karma-ing us into a nineteen point loss. Please, god, no!
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Are they succeeding?
Krombopulos_Michael
- Aurora, Illinois (that’s a suburb of Chicago)
IF the beloved win, this would have to be one of the sweetest W’s I can remember considering everything surrounding this game from the manufactured outrage on the PSU side to whatever “analysis” came out of the major pregame shows today.
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
Eh from what I see so far I would expect it to pretty much be a white out, haven’t seen a single blip of orange except for myself, where’s everybody at!?
If you’re in Illinois currently, they won’t show it because you can’t bet on in state universities while in Illinois.
After seeing this Nebraska performance, the 18 point line is making much more sense…
Love the start time for this game. Perfect for those in eastern time zone.
Everybody sing it with me!
Happy birthday to Pru…………….
let’s beat PSU…………..
Grab two neighbor ladies…………..
And throw back a brew (or his medication of choice, of course)!
I-L-L!
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
At least via app. You can bet within a physical sportsbook location in Illinois.
Listening to the talking heads on a betting show:
In their last 18 games, PSU is 17-0-1 against the spread when it is +7 to +24.
People are just jumping on that.
Years and years of heartbreak mean I can't see a path to victory today, but that's why I'm not on the coaching staff. Hope Bret and Barry and Aaron have done nothing but eat, sleep, and breathe PSU film and have a flawless game plan ready to execute tonight. It feels like we're in a better position than we have been for a long, long time.
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