Bad news for this game is…..evidently we suck
Pregame: Illinois vs Rutgers, Thursday, January 8th, 7:30pm CT, BTN
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I hope not. I think a tad more positivity is warranted.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
He’s like the anti-Samson. Less hair, better play.
Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris set to be on the call Thursday night.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Good news for this game is…..Rutgers is worse than pSU!
Yeah winning by 14-20 points will make fans 
Anything less will be a gun to the head.
Anything less will be a gun to the head.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Iowa will give us one of their more spirited efforts of the year, given the loss to Minnesota and rivalry/hype factor. We want to go into Sunday’s game confident and amped.
Let’s run Rutgers out of our gym.
Let’s run Rutgers out of our gym.
We still have to show up- evident of all the craziness the past few days.
Rutgers gave OSU a game over the weekend.
It's a home game against the worst team in the B10. IMO -- we should win by at minimum 15-20pts.
People said the same thing before Penn State, but for the gazillionth time it was a road game in the B10, which are never easy.
Rutgers at home, no excuse to not come out assertive for this one (although if we win by 12 due to a few late buckets, I'm still not treating it as a loss like some might chose lol).
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skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Ha! If this is a close game at home vs Rutgers, the post game thread will be an all timer!
we will need all the popcorn. All of it.
By the transitive property, we are better than Michigan, though, so we got that going for us! /s
Thank you
Get this win against Rutgers at home first....then spend the next couple days preparing for the game at Iowa....treat this as a Championship, all out max effort, loser goes home, balz to the wall type game. Iowa losing to Minny will make this a must win game for them...be one of the tougher road games so far this year. The gauntlet has begun.
I have a bag of Orville on stand by.Ha! If this is a close game at home vs Rutgers, the post game thread will be an all timer!
we will need all the popcorn. All of it.
Ya and Michigan opened as a 25.5 point favorite last night & we have had a meltdown on this board since Saturday on what “should” have been a 25+ win. For our own sake- let’s just show up tomorrow night foot on the gas and roll into Iowa City with the same energy, aye?
and Oregon's AD Said, hold my beer!
I'm officially cancelling anyone's birthday party the night before. I'm sorry but we must make sacrifices
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I stand by my earlier statement that Michigan’s bloated record and large-margin wins are greatly aided by having played a schedule that’s stronger on name recognition than it is on actual quality of opponent. The Penn State game adds more credence to my hypothesis.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I think they've looked awesome regardless of competition. But, I think part of their success has hinged on the fact that they're a new group of players, kind of a uniquely constructed roster, and there wasn't much film out on them to help other coaches prep.
I definitely think it'll be better to play them later in the year than earlier. Which, we play them at the end of February on our home court, so that's good.
We didn't lose. Was quite alot for a BIG road win by 8 points because we "should've" won by 20+.
IMO post nebraska was absolutely a meltdown.
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skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Nah. Meltdown is firebradunderwood.com with > 50% Loyalty Board approval.
Post PSU several years back was. We lost that ourselves. Still got a good seeding but that game was a disaster.
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