Pregame: Illinois vs Purdue, Saturday, October 12th, 2:30pm CT, FS1
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Does anyone know what’s going on with Mario Sanders the wide receiver?
Well it's no silly narrative that the engine of Coach Bielemas machine is still revved up by Lovies parts.. As is the Bears getting all those extra picks. He gave the processes motion but no direction.. Those draft picks came for him but they were well guided by Coach B and FamILLy..
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
He hasn't taken an offensive snap. Eight other WRs have (Bryant, Franklin, Elzy, Hollins (out for year), Capka-Jones, Dixon, Beatty, & Witcher).
Did I miss this being posted? This explains why the point spread moved recently
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Sometimes I feel like when a starting QB is playing really bad the backup will just play better like that Nebraska game last year.
It now looks like my prediction of 222-0 is likely.
Go Illini!
Go Illini!
That link has to be fake. Adam Schefter reports on NFL. Not college.
I just searched and cannot find anything that corroborates Card being out... Perhaps the parenthesized word in that image is a clue.....
I'm confident that Brandon will be playing in the NFL in 2 or 3 years making bank. Talented, huge, athletic, and high iq! If you wanna make a living playing on Sunday. You come play for coachB.
One more note, I hope we beat them 60-0.. he is no longer a Illini. Let's smoke them and get ready for bigBlue!
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
Which Brandon? Or both?
blackdog
- Champaign
Listed reason for being out is A**......sounds like a troll post to me.
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
No. 23 Illinois hopes to avoid letdown against struggling Purdue
With important Big Ten games coming up against No. 24 Michigan and No. 3 Oregon and five ranked opponents on its schedule over a seven-game stretch, No. 23 Illinois can’t
Back at home, No. 23 Illinois faces nemesis Purdue and former defensive coordinator
Illinois hasn’t played a home game in a month. Road games at then No. 22-Nebraska and then-No. 9 Penn State and a bye week left Memorial Stadium silent since Sept.
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The crazy thing is before 2022 I would have said who cares. Sure you want to have a good record against any conference foe, but I didn't really care about finishing 12th in the conference instead of 13th. Or winning 4 games instead of 3. Our program was in such a rough place that going 2-6 against Purdue was the least of our worries.
Now the losses in 22 and 23 have made it personal. Now I want to crush Purdue by 30 for the next 10+ years.
But I guess what I'm really trying to say is I'm very grateful for Bielema and Whitman. They have made every game mean something again.
Houston Card can't play defense, from what I've seen of their defense, it is very vanilla.
They seem like a predictable/mechanic group, not an athletic group. Can see both RBs and WRs should have a good day.
They seem like a predictable/mechanic group, not an athletic group. Can see both RBs and WRs should have a good day.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I believe the latest sellout tracker was just short of 54k? As a reminder to everyone, due to all of the "invisible" seats underneath the East Balcony overhang, this is what just over 54k looked like last year vs. Wisconsin:
Should be a great day for football with a full (looking) crowd!!
Should be a great day for football with a full (looking) crowd!!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Browne is a big kid that moves pretty well, they've used him as a wildcat-type option in the past.
Key against the run, stay in pretty base stuff and make this kid throw into coverage would be the prescription I'd think.
Updated Sellout Tracker:
Official attendance prediction coming later tonight or tomorrow morning, but the ticket availability compares pretty well to last year's Wisconsin game (54,205). Perhaps 55,000 is in play, but we'll see how the next 24 hours go.
Official attendance prediction coming later tonight or tomorrow morning, but the ticket availability compares pretty well to last year's Wisconsin game (54,205). Perhaps 55,000 is in play, but we'll see how the next 24 hours go.
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