Pregame: Illinois vs Penn State, Saturday, September 16th, 11:00am CT, FOX
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sacraig
- The desert
I hope so, but 2 positive examples in 40 years doesn't give me a ton of confidence.
Doubt they go to Eugene they following week. They have games like Florida State/Clemson and Ohio State/Notre Dame (which is probably the likely destination honestly) that week.
That's the problem we have not shown we have a running game, nor the Oline to establish one. I feel for Luke at this point he's not gonna last 5 games being our leading rusher. Plus, at some point he will start seeing ghost and it will destroy his passing game! I'm shocked with our Oline. I thought we had 3 starters and a 4th man who played a ton of snaps last year returning?
Our Defense is a wreck right now and I simply don't get it with our front 6 or 7 depending on the defensive alignment called. After looking at Big10west, Iowa is who we expected them to be. Score 20 pts per game and back it up with top 5 Defense in the country. No other team in the West scares me. Not Whiskey, Gophers, Purdue, etc...
Get you act together men. I L L
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Very doubtful. There are not many marquis games next week, and if any Fox decision makers visited this board or saw all the tickets still for sale next week, they likely feared a poor fan turnout for the show at the Grove (and based on our bipolar fan base, they might be right).
We have a rough start after 2 games and many are jumping off ship. Nebraska gets smacked two weeks in a row, and they still will crank out "sellouts". Until we consistently pack Memorial Stadium, we will face an uphill national perception of an indifferent fan base. Our best path forward: turnout for all home games and play competitive football. The wins will come, as will positive national media presence.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Prime —- and Illini alumnus Rick George!
Yeah, college coaches should be prohibited contractually from reproducing. We need 24/7 100% focus on our team.
It's been two games with a new coordinator....give it at least a few more games. 2021 started 2-5 before we turned the season around
I would like to not go 5-7 like 2021. We could aim higher than that.
Lincoln has a population of approximately 300.000, Champaign-Urbana, approximately 100,000.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
yep......I just saw that too.....................................fox sports with the fake news................I just had to say it ...............I really really did.....
I was just fixing to say the samething. Colorado st at Colorado seems like a less than stellar game with cu playing oregon and usc the following two weeks. Sooo maybe they still come here?? Thats just my opinion though
Is Zy still at RT?
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
That should be self-evident.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Game does not matter to the media. The hype around Colorado is news worthy and all shows want to capitalize on it.
But Big Noon is still technically at Champaign...the kickoff show will just be remote (like many jobs these days) from Boulder.
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DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Appropriate. Good job Vegas.
Now let's prove them wrong!!
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Buy them some cheap Halloween masks too.
Dan
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"Fox’s top announcing team — Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt — will still make the trip to Champaign for the network’s national broadcast of Saturday’s Illinois-Penn State Big Ten opener at 11 a.m."
www.news-gazette.com
Fox calls audible — Big Noon Kickoff show cancels Champaign visit, sticking with 'Coach Prime'
Since debuting in 2019, the show has been to 10 Big Ten campuses — Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin — but
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