Pregame: Illinois vs Nebraska, Friday, November 6th, 7:00pm CT, FOX

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#102      
OrangeBlue98
Honestly have no clue about this one.

I could see Nebraska as a broken team that mails it in after last week, or they come out motivated as hell. Right now, I have no good read on our guys as well. Just so many variables and unknowns.

I do think this game, on paper, is the best chance for that sixth win. That’s all I really want to see right now. Everything after that is the cherry on top.
 
#104      
DeonThomas
Huskers and Illini with more than their share of National Titles in football. In fact, each with 5 Natty's:

NEB:
1970: 11-0-1 (Bob Devaney)
1971: 13-0 (Bob Devaney)
1994: 13-0 (Tom Osborne)
1995: 12-0 (Tom Osborne)
1997: 13-0 (Tom Osborne)

ILL:
1914: 7-0 (Zuppke)
1919: 6-1 (Zuppke)
1923: 8-0 (Zuppke)
1927: 7-0-1 (Zuppke)
1951: 9-0-1 (Ray Eliot)
 
#106      
the Castle on Daniel
DeonThomas said:
Huskers and Illini with more than their share of National Titles in football. In fact, each with 5 Natty's:

NEB:
1970: 11-0-1 (Bob Devaney)
1971: 13-0 (Bob Devaney)
1994: 13-0 (Tom Osborne)
1995: 12-0 (Tom Osborne)
1997: 13-0 (Tom Osborne)

ILL:
1914: 7-0 (Zuppke)
1919: 6-1 (Zuppke)
1923: 8-0 (Zuppke)
1927: 7-0-1 (Zuppke)
1951: 9-0-1 (Ray Eliot)
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Lol, I love claiming our five titles, but seeing as our second to last title was nearly 100 years ago and our last title was 19 years before their first, this is an insane comparison, lol.
 
#107      
SuperintendentChalmers
DeonThomas said:
Looks like they may be playing on a baseball field in that one. I'm sure John Facenda (of NFL Films) could tell us.
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Saban was coaching the Broncos at the time (what I remember most about him was his reputation as a coaching nomad, he even worked in the Yankees front office for a bit). So I think it's the original, unenclosed Mile High Stadium, which started as Bears Stadium for the AAA baseball team that left town when the Rockies joined MLB.
 
#108      
Oracle21
Nebraska has had 3 straight gut-wrenching losses.

Vs Indiana (Lead 17-6 with 12 min left)
Vs Oregon (Lead 14-9 with 35 seconds left)
Vs Washington (Lead 7-3 with 1:49 left and Washington had 4th & 18)

I think this game is probably the easiest to get of the 4 left to get a bowl game. But it won’t be easy.
 
#110      
skyIdub
Please get the defense some tackling fuel.

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#113      
altgeld88
DeonThomas said:
Looks like they may be playing on a baseball field in that one. I'm sure John Facenda (of NFL Films) could tell us.
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My gut tells me that's the original Mile High Stadium in Denver (home to the AAA Denver Bears,a consistent strong attendance draw over the years). The Broncos are in reddish orange. Lou coached them a couple times, IIRC.

My initial reflex was it was the Boston Patriots in red (he coached them orginally) but I really do think that's Mile High.

[EDIT: And there it is:

https://www.milehighreport.com/2012/12/16/3771676/on-this-day-in-broncos-history-december-16

Coincidentally, he coached a single season at Maryland. I had no idea.]

[EDIT #2: @SuperintendentChalmers beat me to it.]
 
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lstewart53x3
TheFlyingIllini1317 said:
Finally had a good run D vs a P4 team. For Nebraska we have to keep AC in the pocket, and fix the bad we had vs Maryland. Field position! Their avg was the 39, and I think we had 4 three and outs. Let's make some noise on Friday!
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#117      
MrPocket
kyillinifan said:
As other posters have said, "Keep Colandra in the pocket like they did to Washington (Md) qb. I thought he would run run run on us but we kept him in the pocket most of his passes. Nb qb will run out of the pocket. They have a good def, but eventually Washington got to them. Would love to see another long run from the line of scrimmage on Friday. Will be in my seat on Friday. In all Blue and lets Blew Nb back to their corn fields. They will have a good following and you will hear "go big red".
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i wonder if some of Washington's unwillingness to scramble was more "business decision" than great Illinois defensive scheme. certainly not discounting what we did on defense, only pointing out that Washington may be more concerned about next year's NIL than this year's W-L record. doubt that'll be the case with Colandrea.
 
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