pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Saturday, October 8th, 6:30pm CT, BTN
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Agree 1000%. I will add that sitting outside on a sunny 70 degree fall day, watching Keith Jackson announce the Alabama/Tennessee game on the 3rd Saturday in October is right up there.
for those who are too young or weren't born, he was the play by play guy for the Nick Anderson "shot" game. "Incredibllllllle!" still rings in my ears from that game
Iowa injury updates
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Kirk Ferentz updates status of DB Terry Roberts, DT Yahya Black for B1G West meeting with Illinois
Kirk Ferentz discussed the status of the two players.
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The DL who is out- did he start off the year as a starter?Iowa injury updates
Kirk Ferentz updates status of DB Terry Roberts, DT Yahya Black for B1G West meeting with Illinois
Kirk Ferentz discussed the status of the two players.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Bret said Orange-Blue-Orange combo in his football 101 segment with Martin.....That could have changed since it was filmed but I doubt it,
I attended 88-92. I went to Seattle for the Final Four my freshman year. I was pumped for what Illinois basketball would be.
Iowa took that all away. "Dr" Tom, Bruce Pearl. Set us back for a freaking decade.
I loathe this school, their coaches, their fans. I want them to lose every game they play in every sport, unless against Notre Dame, in which case, I want a meteor to hit the stadium during the 3rd quarter. I want to humiliate this team Saturday. I want Kirk Ferentz to have to defend keeping his idiot son as OC after this game. I want Iowa fans to cry next week on sports talk radio about getting beat down by Illinois. I want Illinois to start a 10 game winning streak against this team.
REVENGE MFers.
Iowa took that all away. "Dr" Tom, Bruce Pearl. Set us back for a freaking decade.
I loathe this school, their coaches, their fans. I want them to lose every game they play in every sport, unless against Notre Dame, in which case, I want a meteor to hit the stadium during the 3rd quarter. I want to humiliate this team Saturday. I want Kirk Ferentz to have to defend keeping his idiot son as OC after this game. I want Iowa fans to cry next week on sports talk radio about getting beat down by Illinois. I want Illinois to start a 10 game winning streak against this team.
REVENGE MFers.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
The most amazing thing about the Illinois defense’s nation-leading 43.7% completion percentage allowed is that all five QBs they’ve faced has been a 4th or 5th year player with a career completion percentage over 60%.
I think there has been a little too much disrespect toward Iowa (which I completely understand, I want to blow them out too). But let's remember they still have an elite defense and they make a ton of plays on special teams. Petras is bad, but he has only thrown 2 INT's this year. They haven't given up a fumble yet and they have turned teams over 1.8 times per game.
As much as their fans hate it, Iowa is going to come in here and play very conservative and wait for us to make some bad mistakes. Petras isn't going to try and force a ball on 3rd down like Mertz did. They are happy to punt it away and play the field position game, if that's what it takes to win.
I think with how big this game is and playing at night at home in front of the biggest crowd in a long time, we will try to be aggressive and take some shots/have a few trick plays ready.
I think some fans are getting a little too confident after the Wisconsin game, when it reality this a completely different and much tougher game IMO.
I'll be perfectly happy with an 8-6 win (2 FG's and a safety).
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
The last O/U I saw was 35.5. I don't see any reality where the Over is a good bet--I'm thinking more like a 14-3 game tomorrow night.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Makes sense, we haven't changed our home uniform at all under BB. Which I appreciate. I have high hopes for our updated unis next year, I am anticipating a return to a very Kittner-era look.
Does anybody know how far we are from a sellout? It looks like we have a ways to go.
No turnovers
Keep moving the chains
Wait for Chase Brown to break some long runs
Get ahead early and put pressure on Iowa offense to score
We have shown we can go deep to Bryant when we need to.
5th year experienced QB has only 2 interceptions in 5 games
Trust our defense against the worst offense in the B10
We will have 55,000 loud fans giving the team energy
Wear them down.
28-3. Chase Brown goes for 160 yds are 2 tds
Keep moving the chains
Wait for Chase Brown to break some long runs
Get ahead early and put pressure on Iowa offense to score
We have shown we can go deep to Bryant when we need to.
5th year experienced QB has only 2 interceptions in 5 games
Trust our defense against the worst offense in the B10
We will have 55,000 loud fans giving the team energy
Wear them down.
28-3. Chase Brown goes for 160 yds are 2 tds
Any chance McCray plays? We could use him in a rock fight with a team like this. Think there's no chance Iowa's offense is any threat to us, just gotta avoid turnovers. Run it all day and only ask DeVito to throw when we need to. I'm predicting Iowa to finish with fewer than 200 yards. I think we could really toast them if we wanted, but the play calling might just stay a little more conservative because of how terrible their offense is.
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
Other than C, how experienced is this version of the IA OL?
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
Orange jerseys should be a once every 4 year thing so every player who is here for 4 years gets a chance
the Greys ? I don’t like them & don’t want to see them again .
Would take a lot to sell out at this point. All those rows at the top of the horseshoe are wide open. Doubt we even crack 50k
Jeremy Werner hit the nail on the head. While the 4 pack was a nice thing, that should have been in play and marketed immediately after the Wisconsin victory.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Typically, ticket sales are a year behind performance. If we have a good season this year, we’ll sell out some games next year.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
I'm inclined to say this train has already left the station.
"If we have a great season.." is boarding at track '22.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Wasn’t the NU beatdown last year white pants? Not a look I disapprove of … if we do orange jerseys, I hope helmet or pants are white.
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