Pregame: Illinois vs Nebraska, Friday, September 29th, 7:00pm CT, FS1
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Glory Days
- Palmetto, FL
Below average talent on the road can only conjure up so much "inspiration."
This will be an evenly matched football game, an as such, breaks could swing the outcome wildly. I could see a 24 point win for either squad.
You think we can score 24 points? Does the defense kick field goals too?
Here I was reading along with Glory Days and agreeing with his posts, then all of a sudden I see this and I'm like :huh:
From what I have seen, it'll take a lot of breaks to even reach 24 points, let alone achieve that margin of victory
Thought the exact same thing
Coincidentally, those are the two teams we most need to beat this year for the rebuild to stay on track. Now that we have seen them as the two other weakest teams in the B1G, win those two and anything else is gravy!
I know this is selfish of me but I am so curious to see what cam Thomas has that I wish they would give him the nod. Granted, I don't see him at practice so maybe he's really just not ready. But I think this season is still salvageable and with good QB play there are plenty of winnable games left. I get that we want to keep his redshirt, but we have three QBs committed in next years class. If Cams ready, I wish they'd let him go
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FT35
- Naperville
I'm taking a half day. I don't tailgate but I live in the Chicago area so there is no way I could leave at 5, battle rush hour traffic and get to the game in time.
I'll be interested to see how well Nebraska travels for this game. They must have brought around 15,000 fans to the game in 2015. I've never seen anything like it. Ohio State is the only other school that comes close to bringing that many fans.
With this being a Friday game and them having a down year I wouldn't expect them to bring as many fans.
I didn't see the game, but in looking at the box score the one thing that stood out was that Rutgers had no sacks. Considering that Nebraska had given up 5 sacks in previous 2 games and that Rutgers only had 3 sacks in previous 3 games, I have to think the no sacks was more about Rutgers pass rush than Neb. offensive line play. Think that bodes well for the Illini's defensive line on Friday.
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
Not happy about this game on a Friday. College football should stay on Saturdays. I realize a whole herd of horses are out of the barn on this one, but wish My Team would take a stand and preserve Fridays for high school games!
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Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Man this looks like such a winnable game. Illinois should have an advantage coming off of their bye week. If you win this one you can start fantasizing about getting to six wins and a bowl, something I did not think was possible for this group. Probably thinking more with my heart than my head here. Illinois 17, Nebraska 14.
Why? Please explain.
Lovie has talked about his perspective on the national anthem protests before and he's said many times that he talks to his players about what's going on in the world.
He's the leader of many young black men that have chosen him to be their paternal figure for at least the next few years of their lives. He has every right to state what the majority of them are feeling. And if you actually listen to what he says, he says nothing controversial. He's an Ex superbowl NFL coach, he can do as he pleases.
Before the season began, I thought the Nebraska game would be the true test that shows how much we have improved over last year. The freshmen have had a chance to acclimate, we've had a bye week to get ready, and Nebraska is not as good as predicted. I like our chances. However, after seeing the improvement of Purdue and Indiana, getting to 6 wins is going to be a major challenge.
Figured the USF game would make all the yoyo's do there thing. We should win this game, not because it's a home game, our defense is as good as there's and we have something to prove. Illini 31-10.
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