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I know our team plays in 6 days, but the Friday night aspect really ruins it

Posted by IlliniOllie

on August 23, 2025, 21:43:05, in reply to "Is Roughy okay?"

instead of looking forward to and prepping this week for a tailgate this weekend, I’ll just be watching the game at home after work. Totally kills the season opener vibe. Fuck Friday night games.

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College Football is back, baby - biclops August 23, 2025, 10:54:04

Gee whiz. We return 18 of 22 starters from the bowl team. - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 19:37:40
- And not for nothing, but on 19 July the Duke spread moved from -2.5 to -3.5 - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 19:49:20
YouTubeTV and Fox are fighting. not fun. * - assassin Yesterday, 18:10:40
- Wouldn’t that crush YTTV on Sunday ticket?* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 19:24:01
- at least our first two games are on peacock and espn/abc, respectively* - biclops Yesterday, 18:38:59
  - That OSU-Texas game though…* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 18:40:31
    - do people not know antennas still work?* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:07:37
      - It can be a problem when you live in a woods 85 miles from the transmitter.* - EffinIllini Yesterday, 20:41:19
        
        It can also be a problem when you live in the year 2025* - opossum jenkins Today, 6:00:59
        
        Fair if you're far away. but even in 2025, super cheap to get a window antenna and - John Coctostan Today, 7:49:36
    - I mean, I guess maybe that’s a thing if you’re a fan of the sport instead of a fan of the team* - biclops Yesterday, 18:42:59
- Would that mean no btn?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 18:26:13
  - Correct. - Dilbert Yesterday, 18:27:50
    - Not great* - EffinIllini Yesterday, 18:32:20
FWIW, I’m enjoying this year old podcast about the death of college football - ATL Yesterday, 17:52:04
- Godfrey knows his stuff when it comes to college football * - Jersey Yesterday, 20:31:26
  - Really close to ponying up for Phantom Island for Godfrey with Bill C & the eyes lists. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 20:48:28
    - I signed up for the Shutdown Fullcast patreon - Jersey Yesterday, 22:00:18
      - Well, crap. - EffinIllini Today, 8:59:56
J Leman talked about zone vs gap run plays towards the end of Werner’s podcast today - biclops Yesterday, 17:20:31
Bert said JC Davis practiced Saturday and today so that’s good (I hope)* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 16:40:19
Huh. I fully expected there to be a college football game today. I find it odd there’s not. - ATL August 24, 2025, 11:45:05
When we played over there, did we come home and play the next week? - illini August 24, 2025, 10:29:40
- Our game was supposed to be in 2021, got moved to Champaign instead vs. Nebraska* - illini222 August 24, 2025, 10:38:10
  - Man how did I forget that? I even remember canceling the hotel. * - illini August 24, 2025, 11:42:39
  - Man I'd love to do that game.. awesome experience - ijustkrushalot August 24, 2025, 11:21:26
    - The "Glastnost Bowl" still hasn't taken place... - osklister August 24, 2025, 11:43:29
      - Hungry Man Chicken Kyiv Bowl also on hold* - memyselfandillini August 24, 2025, 12:11:37
Avery Johnson’s dad fought his own son - KCWildcat August 24, 2025, 7:28:38
- In a Pizza Hut parking lot? It is manhattan ks after all.* - ATL August 24, 2025, 7:34:31
  - Who had to bring a baggie??? - osklister August 24, 2025, 10:24:21
  - Not a Burger King bathroom?* - PapaDels August 24, 2025, 10:12:40
  - Dublin tbf* - KCWildcat August 24, 2025, 9:04:07
Is Roughy okay? - CWR10 August 23, 2025, 20:05:21
- clickbait* - bbonb August 24, 2025, 13:57:57
- This place likes to vilify people for no reason * - jjlocke923 August 24, 2025, 12:11:08
  - True. But we also like to vilify people for very good reasons. - AintHatin August 24, 2025, 12:31:06
- At the end of the day, they’re just not mutually exclusive things* - snipes824 August 24, 2025, 11:07:11
- A lotta time on the back of that firetruck. Those fumes.... - osklister August 24, 2025, 10:25:31
- It'd be one thing if he said an Alabama-Clemson season kickoff wasn't for him - RVA August 24, 2025, 6:48:48
  - Where's he say that "he's better?" This whole subthread is strange* - longsnapper August 24, 2025, 7:31:06
    - I didn't think it was that big of deal. I don't love fan policing. I love Basketball and Soccer - JacobRDaugherty August 24, 2025, 12:34:14
    - Yeah. It’s a different take, sure, but doesn’t move the needle* - bjl63 August 24, 2025, 9:35:40
    - We spend all day every day on a forum where people are constantly spewing their banal, asinine... - Tuscy August 24, 2025, 7:43:23
      - Only one person posted anything resembling "fuck that asshole" - RVA August 24, 2025, 16:30:13
        
        It's happened many, many times over the years. * - Tuscy Yesterday, 9:20:55
      - Is that engagement supposed to be only positive?* - chorizo August 24, 2025, 8:01:39
        
        This subthread is not engagement, though. If people want to engage on Twitter, fine. - longsnapper August 24, 2025, 9:57:44
        
        I don't know. It wouldn't if it were my forum. * - Tuscy August 24, 2025, 9:31:28
    - I haven’t seen the twitter thread, but he has suggested that previously, - larue33 August 24, 2025, 7:42:09
- I don’t care about the opinion. The need to state the opinion, unprompted, is what I don’t get - IlliniSax05 August 23, 2025, 22:47:32
- Strange outlook but I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion* - Mrap24 August 23, 2025, 22:30:38
  - He’s better than us because all he cares about is Illinois football - illini21 August 23, 2025, 22:59:18
    - WTF* - bjl63 August 24, 2025, 9:26:30
    - Why such a strong reaction to a pretty tame tweet?* - longsnapper August 24, 2025, 7:29:42
- He has often expressed that point of view. He is an Illini fan, not a college sports fan. - larue33 August 23, 2025, 22:06:47
- I know our team plays in 6 days, but the Friday night aspect really ruins it - IlliniOllie August 23, 2025, 21:43:05
- Jesus Christ what a loser* - illini21 August 23, 2025, 21:04:13
- Weird opinion IMO. So he wouldn’t watch games of teams he isn’t rooting for?* - PapaDels August 23, 2025, 20:58:05
  - I mean, I kind of feel the same way. I love illinois football.I didn't watch one second - bulldogmba August 23, 2025, 23:56:45
That Kansas stadium is weird as hell* - opossum jenkins August 23, 2025, 17:36:19
- Kansas is weird as hell. (FIFY) - osklister August 24, 2025, 10:28:54
I think Idaho State is going to beat the spread * - biclops August 23, 2025, 17:28:43
Yeah, Barry Odom took all his good defensive players to Purdue. - opossum jenkins August 23, 2025, 15:25:31
lol. Never change, Alex Orji* - opossum jenkins August 23, 2025, 15:18:04
Man I love watching football* - Taz August 23, 2025, 14:56:31
*downloads mountain west tv app* * - biclops August 23, 2025, 14:38:35
- Oh, thank God it’s on….Ryz sports network when amateur ultimate frisbee ends* - opossum jenkins August 23, 2025, 14:46:34
- Yeah, WTF* - opossum jenkins August 23, 2025, 14:40:15
under bettors get the just victory.* - Ari Gold August 23, 2025, 14:31:23
Oh man this is fun as hell - ijustkrushalot August 23, 2025, 14:16:21
- Welcome to the Illini with Cyclone Sig Other Club! - KingTalkyTiki August 23, 2025, 15:16:17
  - One of my best football experiences. 10/10 would go again * - ijustkrushalot August 23, 2025, 16:16:37
Chris Klieman, you idiot!* - Poldark August 23, 2025, 14:12:11
This game is an unexpected sickos special * - ATL August 23, 2025, 13:28:35
Very, very evenly matched teams* - opossum jenkins August 23, 2025, 13:02:29
Big Citrus is a great nickname * - illiniranger August 23, 2025, 12:27:00
Did y’all see the defensive delay of game call? Nuts - illini thunder August 23, 2025, 12:10:52
- nm - KingTalkyTiki August 23, 2025, 15:15:18
- they said the LB was simulating the snap count - biclops August 23, 2025, 12:18:55
  - My question is if he was verbalizing it? Most broadcasts can’t tell that unless you have a dish mic - illini thunder August 23, 2025, 13:40:40
jfc this game lol* - biclops August 23, 2025, 12:07:49
Two opportunities to convert 1 yard inside the 10 and you don’t let your star QB run it - illiniranger August 23, 2025, 11:59:40
“Oh my God. Why’d you do that”* - opossum jenkins August 23, 2025, 11:55:22
- Under center single back short yardage runs are horrible - illiniranger August 23, 2025, 12:01:04
#2 for KSU gets to top speed in one step. Electric. * - illiniranger August 23, 2025, 11:50:28
Just turned it on, it is pissing rain there. * - illiniranger August 23, 2025, 11:26:37
- The remnants of Erin was heading that way* - bjl63 August 23, 2025, 11:36:59
  - Aye, sure n' beggorah tis not more than a gentle mist.... - osklister August 24, 2025, 11:45:26
GO CYCLONES! - DiamondDazzle August 23, 2025, 11:24:08
- Congrats on the win. * - harb August 23, 2025, 15:49:02
And it begins with a comedy of errors. * - larue33 August 23, 2025, 11:17:38
Farmageddon* - bbonb August 23, 2025, 11:17:18
- More like Fartmageddon* - VIV August 23, 2025, 11:20:18
That was a dumb play * - ATL August 23, 2025, 11:13:37

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