Line is -24 Illinois now
Pregame: Illinois vs Purdue, Saturday, October 12th, 2:30pm CT, FS1
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Bring back sexy rexy !
Ummm, Illinois is playing Ohio State on December 7th for the B1G championship!
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Thanks, that's literally the most depressing thing I have ever heard.
Semi-OT, but as someone who was in junior high when Eric Gordon flipped his commitment, I grew up to H-A-T-E Indiana and easily view them as our biggest rival. Combine that with how horrible Purdue was in basketball during my first years as a fan (some might forget this, but from 2001-2006, they were 82-98 overall and 34-62 in the Big Ten while we were completely dominating the league...), and I not only never had much animosity for Purdue ... I viewed them as a friendly neighbor that hated Indiana even more than we did! Then the Weber/Keady relationship seemed to even further solidify that.
However, I dragged my wife down to Champaign in 2022 to sit in 20-something weather (it literally started snowing) to watch Purdue ruin our hopes of a Big Ten West title, all the while their fan section and band echoed off of the East Balcony overhang and was louder than our student section and band. Safe to say, I developed quite the distaste for them that day, haha. For a school that I see as a "mostly alumni fan base," they were also surprisingly trashy.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Why you gotta bring that up? I certainly don't need inducements to begin drinking immediately after lunch!
To be fair, we kept Hazell's teams company in the BT cellar.
Illinois Central baby!!!! Currently known as Canadian National (CN).
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Something's up
A line zooming away from the open on Monday is one thing, but this is very late breaking.
Ah, yup, this explains the line movement.
(They might be better off without Card the way they've been playing)
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GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Let's just hope they do not have a John Paddock waiting in the wings.
I think their backup QB is named Pohn Jaddock.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Very true. It is hard to score less points than they already are with Card playing.
Purdue is a very dysfunctional team right now, let's continue that trend.
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Always remember any team can beat any team on any given Saturday. Just ask Ole Miss, Alabama, or other teams. I don’t believe Pu will beat us. Their dapper is down. Has Walter’s lost his team? They don’t look good. Punch them in the nose early and often, Go Illini.
Whew. Nothing to worry about then.
Yeah I remember facing a seemingly rock bottom MSU when we were at our peak 2 years ago
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
A QB change would make a lot of sense for this big of a line movement but haven't seen anything specific.
38 career passing attempts by the Purdue backups. A redshirt freshman (Ryan Browne) has taken all of the non-Card snaps this year (11).
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
What still haunts me about that game was that the Illini racked up 441 yards of offense and still only mustered 15 points -- 1 turnover and 5 turnover on downs (6 if you include end of game drive). Quite remarkable how often the team stalled on drives that fateful day.
if I remember correctly, it was impossible to kick that day due to wind. Almost every drive was TD or bust
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Yep, and bust we did. Unfortunately that play carried over into the Purdue game as well. A two-week stretch worth forgetting.
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
That just might be the ugliest thing I have ever read on IL.
OMG
Tom Fornelli talked about this on the Cover3 pod...
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
May the gods save us from the headlines Sunday proclaiming a career day for the unsung Purdue redshirt freshman...
Henry needs to unleash the hounds.....
Purdue defense looks weak, reminds me of some of Lovie's weak defenses early on. They seem slow, poor tackling, poor reaction, easily blocked.
I think the Illinois offense will pound them with the run or pass, the OC is probably getting twitchy watching this offense. I can see multiple trick plays, Purdue seems vulnerable to them. I would bet the "over", not sure about the "cover".
I think the Illinois offense will pound them with the run or pass, the OC is probably getting twitchy watching this offense. I can see multiple trick plays, Purdue seems vulnerable to them. I would bet the "over", not sure about the "cover".
I still remember our D making a freshman Graham Mertz an early Heismann candidate in 2020 I believe it was. He lived off that one victory for about three years. So, let’s not make Ryan Browne the next Graham Mertz for crying out loud. For the record, I would be shocked if we allow that to happen with the current staff.
Can't "like" Griity's post, but I will like all posts commenting on how nauseating it is. Thanks, Gritty.
No surprise, his OL has been getting him killed.
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