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

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Mr. Tibbs
GraingerGremlin said:
Supposed to 50°F at kickoff for Friday. Perfect for anyone wanting to break out their navy jackets for the first-ever Hail to the Blue Out!
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#129      
ptgrd23
Defense is a work in progress. Our line backers are getting pressure on the QB. Have to be careful to keep containment during the rush.

I wonder if Tanner Heckel has a bum shoulder. He tackles upright and often is just doing an arm tackle. If he cant tackle he should not be playing. I want to see Rankin !
 
#132      
Timj83
Altuve27 said:
Really need to get this one given the difficulty of the remaining schedule. I will say I feel much better about our ability to compete and have a chance against quality teams with the greatly improved defense.
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Improved D and Hauser back gives us a punchers chance in every game. Hoping we pull off 2-2 7 wins would be massive given how miserable we were after Purdue/Hauser injury. Keep that positive momentum and hopefully pull off another solid bowl win
 
#134      
Mr. Tibbs
I like to think of Frank Solich seeing this on his social media feed, then snuggling up in his College Football Hall of Fame jacket, rolling over, and drifting back into a deep, untroubled sleep.
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whilst in his den in his 2.5M home in Naples , Fla ?
 
#138      
Ander1345
Didn't he also have this problem when he was coaching at Carolina? I remember him saying something about him and his son not being able to go to Hornets games.
 
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#143      
BretMyBeachHouse
Illini2010-11 said:
That entire interaction from fan to family of the coach is way below the belt and unacceptable in every form.

However, this type of thing feels inevitable considering how cursed that coaching role has become.
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Not going to excuse the fan reaction, but about three weeks ago he should have decided to keep his family in the skybox and exit about an hour after a loss.

I'm not sure what you mean by cursed. A few millionaires have been made. I'm assuming they have a ton of NIL, but I suppose I could be wrong.

I don't think the coaches have been cursed. They just haven't been that good. I don't think they'll do that much better when they move on from Rhule.
 
#144      
BZuppke
the Castle on Daniel said:
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.
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It is an insane comparison - won ours over 5 decades. They won theirs in two bunches. It took them until the 1970s to win one!! I think ours are more impressive.
 
#146      
PasadenaIllini
I feel like this one could turn ugly on us. There are too many things our under-talented defense has to do. Contain Colandra in the pocket. Cover Nebby's very capable receivers. Stop their really good running game. IMO, our offense will need to play their best game of the season for us to compete in this one.
 
#147      
DeonThomas
Sounds like Houser is most definitely good to go. Given that, I'm going with the home team this week. While NEB seems to be stronger on both sides of the ball statistically, I'm just going to go with my gut. It's going to be really tough to go 2-2 over the final four games unless we win this one. Guess I'm clearly a "homer."

23 ILLINI
20 NEB

With the spread now all the way down to +4.5, we cover and we win the game outright. (8-0 vs the spread; 5-3 in choosing the winning team. I missed Duke, Purdue and MSU.)
 
#148      
TheChief4Life
BZuppke said:
It is an insane comparison - won ours over 5 decades. They won theirs in two bunches. It took them until the 1970s to win one!! I think ours are more impressive.
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Really? We won 4 over 13 years in a time when 50 teams played and the sport was just "run the ball and win 7-0". That is not impressive. Our 1951 title isn't even consensus. Saying "won ours over 5 decades" is such a misleading comment.

Nebraska's title run in the 90's is one of the best title runs in the history of college football.
 
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