Pregame: Illinois vs Kansas (Exhibition), Sunday, October 29th, 5:00pm CT, BTN

jrichisamazing · Oct 27, 2023

I'm interested to see how BU handles the minutes.

Will he play the main guys more in this one? Or will the minutes be similar to last game? While we have a lot of experience, our core hasn't played much together. It would be valuable to get some chemistry against a top team.

jrichisamazing · Oct 27, 2023

Also interested specifically in Sincere's minutes. Moretti and DGL both had more minutes in the first game. Are they ahead of him?

illini0440 · Oct 27, 2023

jrichisamazing said:
Also interested specifically in Sincere's minutes. Moretti and DGL both had more minutes in the first game. Are they ahead of him?

Who needs to get their feet wet more….Buck or moretti and DGL? That’s all it is

thefalcon5 · Oct 27, 2023

Yeah this feels like a good time to remember this is still an exhibition game. All 40 minutes aren’t going to be played with normal game lineups

Calvin · Oct 27, 2023

Whatever the over-reactions were for the first exhibition, can't wait to see these. The level of competition is essentially going from 0 to 100 here, but I'm not expecting that to temper what gets posted, or who gets roasted

Illini231 · Oct 27, 2023

Lowkey think the best thing that can happen in this losing in a nail biter and no one gets injured. If we lose in a nail biter it's gonna show that we are more than capable but have work to do. I bet Self secretly hopes Kansas loses.

iron · Oct 27, 2023

Calvin said:
Whatever the over-reactions were for the first exhibition, can't wait to see these. The level of competition is essentially going from 0 to 100 here, but I'm not expecting that to temper what gets posted, or who gets roasted

As long as we don't lose by like more than 15 I won't care.

NarrowJ · Oct 27, 2023

Dan said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1717927834058928374

Battle89 · Oct 27, 2023

Calvin said:
Whatever the over-reactions were for the first exhibition, can't wait to see these. The level of competition is essentially going from 0 to 100 here, but I'm not expecting that to temper what gets posted, or who gets roasted

This, on all points. Really wonder if we have ever had back-to-back games with a wider disparity of opponent?

Dan · Oct 27, 2023

Illini IndyCar Fan · Oct 27, 2023

Ransom Stoddard said:
I just got this email:

Based on the way it's written, I'm assuming this is open to anyone with a ticket.

Completely BS that Icon used a Minnesota company instead of one of the local breweries to make their beer.

PizzaHutParkingLot · Oct 27, 2023

I hope KU runs some press against us, the earlier that gets ironed out the better

Calvin · Oct 27, 2023

PizzaHutParkingLot said:
I hope KU runs some press against us, the earlier that gets ironed out the better

Most teams press when they're down, so I'd be ok with that

GallopingGhost · Oct 27, 2023

EyeoftheIllini said:
So anyone have a scouting report on Kansas? Key players — both returners and newcomer — to keep an eye on?

See my last post in this thread

Fighter of the Nightman · Oct 27, 2023

Illini IndyCar Fan said:
We’re a couple days out from having the pre-season #1 team coached by one of our own former coaches playing in our arena, and there are thousands of unsold tickets left. I’m really concerned about what the attendance is going to be on Sunday.

I'm going to go ahead and guess that anyone watching it on TV will think it's full. We just sold out three home games in a matter of minutes, and we drew over 15,000 for last year's exhibition game vs. Quincy (I cannot find figures on this year's, but looking at social media posts, it looked pretty full!).

Dan said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1717932282466517346

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1717927834058928374

I LOVE THIS.

Hpbush said:
If this was a real game it would have been sold out in seconds. I’m not too worried about it.

Exactly.

BRucks · Oct 27, 2023

Ransom Stoddard said:
I just got this email:

Based on the way it's written, I'm assuming this is open to anyone with a ticket.

What's Marcus Griffin up to these days?

ChiTown · Oct 27, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1717993167050424697

Scoregasm · Oct 27, 2023

Fighter of the Nightman said:
I'm going to go ahead and guess that anyone watching it on TV will think it's full. We just sold out three home games in a matter of minutes, and we drew over 15,000 for last year's exhibition game vs. Quincy (I cannot find figures on this year's, but looking at social media posts, it looked pretty full!).

I LOVE THIS.

Exactly.

Luke Goode is pasty.

BretMyBeachHouse · Oct 27, 2023

Illini IndyCar Fan said:
Completely BS that Icon used a Minnesota company instead of one of the local breweries to make their beer.

I don't think it's quite so simple. Craft breweries aren't necessarily going to be able to do this at the price they want. They may have been turned down by locals.

Illini IndyCar Fan · Oct 28, 2023

BretMyBeachHouse said:
I don't think it's quite so simple. Craft breweries aren't necessarily going to be able to do this at the price they want. They may have been turned down by locals.

I get that, and the fact they went with a lowest cost provider instead of a local brewery is why this was so poorly executed.

lstewart53x3 · Oct 28, 2023

Illini IndyCar Fan said:
I get that, and the fact they went with a lowest cost provider instead of a local brewery is why this was so poorly executed.

Huh? The goal of this product is to be high margin so that there’s plenty of profit to invest into NIL.

Pikeillinifan · Oct 28, 2023

lstewart53x3 said:
Huh? The goal of this product is to be high margin so that there’s plenty of profit to invest into NIL.

Agreed here, while supporting local businesses is important, it’s not the objective with this, we need every penny we can get for NIL if we ever hope to compete at the highest level consistently.

Ransom Stoddard · Oct 28, 2023

Illini IndyCar Fan said:
I get that, and the fact they went with a lowest cost provider instead of a local brewery is why this was so poorly executed.

I think the local breweries are the ones that executed poorly. Think of the brand recognition if that can said "Riggs ICON" or "Tryptich ICON". Instead it appears that they priced themselves out of an opportunity.

LouHenson · Oct 28, 2023

illini0440 said:
Coors light? lol

Yea it was lol. He has nothing but respect for Illinois/Champaign - just bad timing for the Illini.

band camp · Oct 28, 2023

lstewart53x3 said:
Huh? The goal of this product is to be high margin so that there’s plenty of profit to invest into NIL.

I think they are missing a bigger marketing/partnership opportunity by going outside the state or CU.
Official brewery of Icon Light Lager or something of that nature.
However if they farmed it out to New Glarus in Wisconsin, I could get past that.

Pregame: Illinois vs Kansas (Exhibition), Sunday, October 29th, 5:00pm CT, BTN

jrichisamazing

jrichisamazing

illini0440

thefalcon5

Calvin

Illini231

iron

NarrowJ

Battle89

Dan

Admin

Illini IndyCar Fan

PizzaHutParkingLot

Calvin

GallopingGhost

Fighter of the Nightman

BRucks

ChiTown

Scoregasm

BretMyBeachHouse

Illini IndyCar Fan

lstewart53x3

Pikeillinifan

Ransom Stoddard

Ordained Dudeist Priest

LouHenson

band camp