Week 9 News & Games

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Brosky
This Indiana team is amazing. That coach, whoever he is, obviously mastered the portal. Does Indiana really have that much $$? Anyway, we can see how the college sports landscape is cracking. There are other good examples too. Army and Navy are both undefeated for the first time in forever.
 
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Pikeillinifan
Brosky said:
This Indiana team is amazing. That coach, whoever he is, obviously mastered the portal. Does Indiana really have that much $$? Anyway, we can see how the college sports landscape is cracking. There are other good examples too. Army and Navy are both undefeated for the first time in forever.
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Indiana is relatively high up on the NIL list, but I think, like us, they over-index that $ toward hoops. I think they are performing well above their NIL spend for football.
 
#28      
Illini in Italy
Pikeillinifan said:
Indiana is relatively high up on the NIL list, but I think, like us, they over-index that $ toward hoops. I think they are performing well above their NIL spend for football.
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Just a supposition, but I'm thinking with their HC departing for Indiana from JMU, it wouldn't take huge dollars to follow him . . .
 
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Calvin said:
What a strange year for Indiana to be this good. 4 wins against nobody ranked, a combined 5-12 in conference, with no teams on the schedule above .500 except a lone game with OSU. Of their remaining decent teams (uMich and Washington), they have both at home. You'd have to look at that schedule and think 8-1 is most likely.
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It looks like Notre Dame’s regular schedule. IU's schedule is almost as soft as Notre Dame’s. OK, maybe a slight exaggeration, but I took a look at ND’s schedule, and it is pretty soft. Their only big win was against Texas A&M, but Louisville is no longer ranked and is not even getting votes. Upcoming games include ranked Navy (24) and Army (23), both of whom also have pretty weak schedules, weaker than ND’s, I would guess (I don’t want to analyze every team on their schedule). They also play FSU which at the time it was scheduled was considered a pretty good game but now? Luck of the Irish continues. I don’t understand how and why ND keeps getting away with their year-in and year-out weak schedule (with some exceptions).
 
#31      
Fly Illini Fly!
probably just my uneducated mind... but why isn't scUM turning to Jaden Davis? Top 100 true frosh? I mean... with what they got right now...?
 
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ChiefGritty
https://twitter.com/x/status/1848744149782061314

I mean...holy smokes.

Is MSU-Iowa not there because it didn't crack 2M?

Remember for scale, OSU-Oregon as a network night game with pretty limited competition did 9.6M.

(And just to be clear, 3.0M is a bad number for the 2:30 CBS game between two ranked teams relative to what the SEC is doing, but a GREAT number relative to the pittance Illinois football has mostly played to in recent years. Our program's visibility is way way up. Our third 3M+ audience of the year, surely a fourth coming on Saturday)
 
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Pikeillinifan
ChiefGritty said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1848744149782061314

I mean...holy smokes.

Is MSU-Iowa not there because it didn't crack 2M?

Remember for scale, OSU-Oregon as a network night game with pretty limited competition did 9.6M.

(And just to be clear, 3.0M is a bad number for the 2:30 CBS game between two ranked teams relative to what the SEC is doing, but a GREAT number relative to the pittance Illinois football has mostly played to in recent years. Our program's visibility is way way up. Our third 3M+ audience of the year, surely a fourth coming on Saturday)
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I was hoping for 4M+, but as you said, compared to our past viewership, we're making huge strides.
 
#34      
zentrails
Not sure if this is a week 9 game or if anyone even cares, but:
FIU - Sam Houston game 0-0 at the HALF.
I don't remember ever seeing that before
 
#35      
SoCal Illini
Looks like Conference USA had something of a Tuesday night showcase. The 4 teams lit up the scoreboards for a combined 41 pts.
 
#37      
IlliniFaninHoosierLand
SoCal Illini said:
Looks like Conference USA had something of a Tuesday night showcase. The 4 teams lit up the scoreboards for a combined 41 pts.
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Conference USA has been doing this the last few years. It's basically their own version of the far superior mid-week #MACtion that has been going on for years. The schools basically play Tuesday or Wednesday nights throughout most of the month of October. ESPN and CBS Sports Network basically need the programming this time of year so it does give them a way to fill up those hours.
 
#39      
zentrails
RabidDawgClassic said:
You obviously weren’t alive for the 0-0 tie with Northwestern in 1978, then. 😉🤢🤮
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Thanks, didn't follow college football back then, too busy studying, and our team was bad then anyway IIRC,
junior year at UIUC, did watch the basketball team once in a while
 
#42      
IlliniFaninHoosierLand
ChazzReinhold said:
Pitt over Syracuse 31-0 at halftime with an astounding 83, yes 83 yards of offense.
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Those of you on here who listen to the Score will know this reference.
 
#48      
derrick6
Well, at least they are being paid now…some of them.
 
#50      
IlliniFaninHoosierLand
Today's top games include Notre Dame-Navy (at MetLife Stadium), Mizzou-Alabama, Texas-Vanderbilt, and LSU-Texas A&M.

Today's schedule among the state schools:

-Noon, ESPN+: SIU at Indiana State
-2:00 PM, ESPN+: EIU at UT Martin
-2:00 PM, ESPN+: WIU at Lindenwood
-2:30 PM, ESPN+: NIU at Ball State
 
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