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Howard Griffith to Serve as Honorary Captain vs. USC - University of Illinois Athletics
Griffith was a star for Illinois' 1990 Big Ten co-championship team.
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Pregame: Illinois vs USC, Saturday, September 27th, 11:00am CT, FOX
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Check Seat Geek, you can buy parking ahead of time there.
They meant west, and specifically probably talking about the Trade Center (has "Wolfram" and "Weber and Thies" signage) lot to the southwest of Kirby/State St.
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
In an objective sense, yes. We're (maybe) a better team, the opponent is better, the chance to be on national TV and get the stink off of last week's appearance on national TV, etc.
But for me, the Michigan game was the antidote to a specific type of Illinois athletics fatalism. We had so many extracurriculars involved, we specifically requested to play Michigan on that day for the purpose of the 100th anniversary, CBS was turning the game into art.....it would have been SO "Illinois" to bungle it and we just did the opposite.
Awesome! Did just that and bought a ticket for Lot 49. Gonna walk around and try to check out a bit of everything around the area as we really don't get to visit Champaign ever. Definitely going to try and stop and have a beer with a few fellow folks tailgating.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
FIFY
As the adage goes: conflict clarifies. Let's hope it clarifies in our favor tomorrow.
So Fox has Big Noon Kickoff at our game, but our game's kickoff is at 11am.
I already can't deal with the goofy betting odds,
now they are messing with TIME?
Hey, maybe we can run up the score for an hour before USC takes the field?!
I already can't deal with the goofy betting odds,
now they are messing with TIME?
Hey, maybe we can run up the score for an hour before USC takes the field?!
Sorry if I missed this, does anyone know where the BNK show will move to when it’s inside the stadium for the last 30 min before kickoff?
Huh?
#7 Penn State, 2021. Their other losses that year: #3 Iowa, #5 Ohio State, #7 Michigan, #12 MSU. Beat #12 Wisconsin and #22 Auburn.
On paper they are one of the best. USC has had some crazy good recruiting classes and has a stacked roster.
That PSU team ended up winning 7 games and had a worse SP+ than Minnesota who we beat that season. USC will win at least 7 this year
I am aware - I listed out 4 of their 5 losses, all in the top 12. The 5th was us.
They’ll win at least 7? They’re 4-0 I sure hope they can find a way to finish the season 3-5 if they’re the best regular season win Beilema’s had.
We agree and that's what PSU ended up at while losing to the 64th best team by SP+ at home (us), the 22nd best team, the 26th best team and the 27th best team. That Auburn team ended up finishing 29th by SP+ too. En total they ended up 19th, behind Minnesota at 18. They were a good team, but I'd be surprised if USC doesn't finish better by the end of the year.
What we need to beat the Trojans is the old Trojan horse play!!
Hoping for the best, expecting the worst
Issues with Oline against indiana were bad technique and poor communication. Both of these fall mainly of poor prep by coaches. I am shocked that after playing 13 games together last year and 3 this year that both technique and communication are poor.
USC has been known to do this the past few years though. Put up big numbers against no names, but crumble when the games really matter. Especially away from home. This would be a big statement win for them to change that narrative.
This is why that Michigan win is way more important IMO. That game will never be forgotten. With the stadium anniversary, the cool uniforms, and playing a long time rival.... that game will be talked about forever.
And that would've made it soul crushing if we lost it. I would argue if we lost that game, we wouldn't have sold out any games this year.
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