Pregame: Illinois vs Chattanooga, Thursday, September 22nd, 7:30pm CT, BTN

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OskieWowWow
ChiefGritty said:
But 4-8 or worse is very much possible if we continue to play sloppy football.

I hate to harp on that, but it's been alarming to see those old Illinois losing habits seeping back in when they'd been so refreshingly diminished last year.

It had looked like the Bielema message and focus was taking root. That needs to be the case for us to have success.
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We had a team full of experienced superseniors last year. There are a lot of young players on this team, mistakes are to be expected (and hopefully corrected).
 
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WeWillWhen
ChiefGritty said:
But 4-8 or worse is very much possible if we continue to play sloppy football.

I hate to harp on that, but it's been alarming to see those old Illinois losing habits seeping back in when they'd been so refreshingly diminished last year.

It had looked like the Bielema message and focus was taking root. That needs to be the case for us to have success.
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Bielema said that these things would be a focus of attention between now and the Chattanooga game, so I expect to see improvement.
 
#63      
illiniguy
MustangWally said:
My father and brother were Badgers, so I didn't become an Illini fan until the day I stepped on campus.
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Wally, I thought your dad played football for Chattanooga. Hope you’re not conflicted next game.

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Ramrod2010
It used to be that the lower northeast section (might be 101, like in the tweet Dan posted) was for students that weren't part of Block I. Are they just stuffing all students into the North EZ now?
 
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DeonThomas
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Not sure they will this year, my Iowa fan friends are about as dejected as ever (or, at least since 1980)! 😂
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Sorry to throw this out there Nightman, but I had to chuckle at the hint of Iowa fans being as dejected "as ever." (I realize I shouldn't be so literal.) This shows nearly 20 years of Iowa football before Hayden Fry arrived to turn things around (he actually started in 1979). The Hawkeyes were hapless and their fans were suffering miserably like we have been (for the most part) over the past 20+ years. A 1-1 start to the 2022 season, after 40 years of unprecedented success, is nowhere close to where things were for their fanbase in 1980.


19804-7-1
19795-6-0
19782-9-0
19774-7-0
19765-6-0
19753-8-0
19743-8-0
19730-11-0
19723-7-1
19711-10-0
19703-6-1
19695-5-0
19685-5-0
19671-8-1
19662-8-0
19651-9-0
19643-6-0
19633-3-2
19624-5-0
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
DeonThomas said:
Sorry to throw this out there Nightman, but I had to chuckle at the hint of Iowa fans being as dejected "as ever." (I realize I shouldn't be so literal.) This shows nearly 20 years of Iowa football before Hayden Fry arrived to turn things around (he actually started in 1979). The Hawkeyes were hapless and their fans were suffering miserably like we have been (for the most part) over the past 20+ years. A 1-1 start to the 2022 season, after 40 years of unprecedented success, is nowhere close to where things were for their fanbase in 1980.


19804-7-1
19795-6-0
19782-9-0
19774-7-0
19765-6-0
19753-8-0
19743-8-0
19730-11-0
19723-7-1
19711-10-0
19703-6-1
19695-5-0
19685-5-0
19671-8-1
19662-8-0
19651-9-0
19643-6-0
19633-3-2
19624-5-0
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Lol, yeah, I just meant in my life since I’ve known these folks. It’s not so much the record as it is the demoralizing offense and the nepotism behind the OC still having a job.
 
#73      
CDRUSN
fulton steamer said:
I became an Illini fan at age 8, which was 1958.
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You gotta start younger than that. I was born up in the Horseshoe, and emerged from the womb just in time to check if the field goal the Illini were kicking was good. Too poor to buy a pacifier, I teethed on an orange mouthpiece. In honor of Grange and Butkus, my folks gave me the first and middle names of Red and Dick. Try fighting your way through school with those names. After I learned to walk, my dad gave me an orange and blue football and told me to hang on to it. If I dropped it, I had to do 10 laps around the house while singing the 3 in 1. Every Halloween, I trick or treated dressed as the Chief. My dogs are named Oskee and Wow wow. Yeah, I guess you could call me a fan.
 
#75      
mhuml32
DeonThomas said:
Sorry to throw this out there Nightman, but I had to chuckle at the hint of Iowa fans being as dejected "as ever." (I realize I shouldn't be so literal.) This shows nearly 20 years of Iowa football before Hayden Fry arrived to turn things around (he actually started in 1979). The Hawkeyes were hapless and their fans were suffering miserably like we have been (for the most part) over the past 20+ years. A 1-1 start to the 2022 season, after 40 years of unprecedented success, is nowhere close to where things were for their fanbase in 1980.


19804-7-1
19795-6-0
19782-9-0
19774-7-0
19765-6-0
19753-8-0
19743-8-0
19730-11-0
19723-7-1
19711-10-0
19703-6-1
19695-5-0
19685-5-0
19671-8-1
19662-8-0
19651-9-0
19643-6-0
19633-3-2
19624-5-0
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Never apologize for sharing these stats about Iowa football
 
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