Pregame: Illinois at Penn State, Saturday, September 28th, 6:30pm CT, NBC

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#426      
Second place is 1st loser
Outside of Valentine, we don't have a back that can get out of the backfield quickly and with a burst. We've seen that against FAR worse defense than we'll see tonight.

The offensive line had better be great. If we can't establish the run, Luke will be running for his life. Sadly, I do expect that to be the case.

17-7 PSU at the half
31-10 PSU Final
 
#427      
pruman91
CaptainCrutch said:
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!
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I N I
 
#428      
jamie13197
The Galloping Ghost said:
I'm well past an age where I care to listen to a bunch of national dudes opine about teams they barely know, let alone follow, but I wouldn't mind if our guys were tuning in for an extra chip on their shoulder. The worst people around are out here giving us zero respect. I hope we make them eat their words.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1840048007368130760
https://twitter.com/x/status/1840050436830633988
https://twitter.com/x/status/1840051960172470351
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A bunch of over paid blow hards. No research regarding our Illini. I haven't watched ESPN in quite awhile. Worthless.
 
#431      
JKR
OskieWowWow said:
I've got confidence in our WRs. I'm a little worried about punt returns. It only take one muff on the road to wreck the game
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I hope that we get a chance to field some punts.
 
#432      
Mr. Tibbs
fuddrules said:
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.
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like this years team has all that much to do with the teams from 2022 & 2023 ?
 
#434      
JKR
Mr. Tibbs said:
true side story to this
McClain Stevenson is a NW alum, from Danville tho

he wanted to wear a purple NW sweater and have Blake as a NW grad, but the purple color looked terrible on TV .
So he switched it to a blue UI sweater, had Blake as a UI grad and all was good
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The show came out in about '72. We still had B & W in those days (of course we had just gotten rid of party lines, too, in rural Illinois).
 
#436      
CaptainCrutch
I’ve listened to a ton of podcasts breaking this down. Most are talking out of their butts expecting a big cover.

I have seen one or two give really good analysis, and yes they still pick PSU to win.

Sounds like the concerns for Illinois are that Penn state basically hasn’t played anyone yet so they might be conservative and have some stuff we haven’t seen, plus it’s gonna be a huge home advantage, and there’s way more depth. Their run game is really, really good and they have a top-notch OC guiding it. If there’s weaknesses, kotelnicky will find them. He’s beat AHen’s brakes off before, I think he’s ready to do it again.

We win if Luke’s hot streak continues, Drew Allar falters against what is unquestionably the best defense he’s faced this season, and we take advantage of our favorable special teams unit.

WWWWWillinois.
 
#437      
illiram
No respect from anyone. It's us against the world. I'll say it again, "Why not us?".

We will win this game, and now I don't even think it will be close. This is set up perfectly for us.
 
#438      
illinipioneer
CaptainCrutch said:
I’ve listened to a ton of podcasts breaking this down. Most are talking out of their butts expecting a big cover.

I have seen one or two give really good analysis, and yes they still pick PSU to win.

Sounds like the concerns for Illinois are that Penn state basically hasn’t played anyone yet so they might be conservative and have some stuff we haven’t seen, plus it’s gonna be a huge home advantage, and there’s way more depth. Their run game is really, really good and they have a top-notch OC guiding it. If there’s weaknesses, kotelnicky will find them. He’s beat AHen’s brakes off before, I think he’s ready to do it again.

We win if Luke’s hot streak continues, Drew Allar falters against what is unquestionably the best defense he’s faced this season, and we take advantage of our favorable special teams unit.

WWWWWillinois.
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I see the logic but Aller is not the running threat we saw with KU that changes the approach, can’t use the transitive property in this case.
 
#447      
1970 John
The Galloping Ghost said:
I'm well past an age where I care to listen to a bunch of national dudes opine about teams they barely know, let alone follow, but I wouldn't mind if our guys were tuning in for an extra chip on their shoulder. The worst people around are out here giving us zero respect. I hope we make them eat their words.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1840048007368130760
https://twitter.com/x/status/1840050436830633988
https://twitter.com/x/status/1840051960172470351
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Safe pick for the talking heads. And probably the right one for them to make. It's up to Illinois to prove them wrong. They have been wrong every game against a ranked team so far this year.
 
#449      
JFGsCoffeeMug
If we win, just watch all of the analysts fall over one another to call out everyone else for underestimating this Illinois team.
 
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