The Deuce: Honestly, this is pretty much what I expected.

Game week. osu. @ ILLINI +16. O/U 51. 11am. FOX - redgrange77 October 6, 2025, 7:15:26

Week 7 Biggest Mismatches by Position Group (NerdStats)... - EffinIllini Today, 9:33:08
- I don't know that I'm more disappointed in anything about our performances this year than - ATL Today, 10:16:50
  - Leman had some things to say about that - biclops Today, 10:21:44
We're gonna lose and we're gonna lose huge. * - VIV Today, 9:07:25
- Everyone knows they are going to open up the playbook for Sayin some time before the PSU game - OB25 Today, 12:59:03
- we need substantial ball control to avoid 50 or 60-balling. doubt we can do it. hope I'm wrong.* - Orangeillini Today, 12:20:56
- Yup. * - Tuscy Today, 12:13:35
- Currently, their defense is historically excellent. I don't know how much we can score* - ArtVandelay Today, 11:35:59
- It's going to be Oregon-last year like... and that assumes we can get a stop at some point. - uofi1998 Today, 10:51:45
- Yeah, i'm here too. Depleted secondary against a QB who has been really good - Gene Parmesan Today, 10:51:19
- Objectively, I’m here. With my heart, I think we can keep it respectable* - snipes824 Today, 10:34:41
  - With my heart, I hope we can keep it respectable* - osklister Today, 11:47:17
- It’s hard to envision how we ever get a stop on defense.* - OB25 Today, 10:33:03
  - turnover fairy* - ECEIllinois Today, 11:16:09
  - maybe Aaron Henry has just been playing a long con all season - IlliniSax05 Today, 10:48:50
    - You gotta keep the con after you take his money. - osklister Today, 11:54:28
- Just don't get horribly killed* - OWWDig Today, 10:07:04
- VIV - Taz Today, 9:53:25
- Nah, Ohio State is not ready for this environment.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 9:10:35
  - Certainly... if there's one thing OSU has never experienced, it's a big time road environment* - uofi1998 Today, 10:50:49
    - Ryan Day is going to crap his pants when he sees our crowd, the pageantry, and our - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:54:26
      - The Marching Illini / mariachi de Joliet collab at halftime will be turnt* - ArtVandelay Today, 11:38:12
      - He does have a chubby little punchable face...* - uofi1998 Today, 10:59:14
        
        Yeah, also Ohio State should not have a white QB named Julian. - Warrin'_Illini Today, 11:02:08
  - I think Washington game is a good barometer - ijustkrushalot Today, 9:34:47
    - ooo - EffinIllini Today, 10:40:36
    - Washington offense is better than ours by FEI. That includes their horror show vs OSU * - illiniranger Today, 10:05:05
  - I think we’ll play ok enough but they’ll be in control start to finish - illiniranger Today, 9:27:41
    - If we have a PSU-like game I’d consider that a win * - ATL Today, 10:04:31
      - Yep* - illini21 Today, 10:26:24
    - [pronounced like Matt Damon in the South Park Movie] HANK BEATTY [plmditspm]* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 9:34:04
    - Hoping for a 27-13 kind of game - bjl63 Today, 9:32:25
      - it's gonna be like 45-10* - VIV Today, 10:25:49
        
        Better than 63-10, I guess* - ATL Today, 10:40:50
      - Agreed. Hope it's like the first score you proposed and we at least hang around.* - EffinIllini Today, 9:41:17
Mariachi De Joliet performing at halftime!* - Poldark Today, 6:32:22
- Marching Illini have other plans that day. - osklister Today, 9:07:07
We're gonna win* - Taz Yesterday, 21:24:34
- I like the cut your jib * - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 21:47:53
German? Portnoy gave Monical's a 7.4* - Poldark Yesterday, 17:55:10
- it's fine. as ijka said its too expensive for what it is but it hits the spot every once in a while* - lcubed Today, 10:11:11
- My 2 favorite C-U pizzas: Vinny's (by the slice) and Jets. I go back and forth. - Philo Today, 9:39:22
  - i used to work at 2nd and green and would walk to the old location at 3 for half price slices* - lcubed Today, 10:10:23
- it's fine, they charge too much for a pizza that's 1mm thick. - ijustkrushalot Today, 9:33:38
  - Got it for the first time in a few years recently. Couldn't believe the price* - illini21 Today, 10:16:55
- His ratings suck. He gave Casey's a 5. Said it was "too bacon-y"* - DanSaint Yesterday, 22:20:24
  - meh. he likes thinner and crispier pizza with new haven style being his favorite.* - Ari Gold Today, 7:39:29
    - Will the last city in the US that does not have a pizza style turn out the ligths before leaving? - osklister Today, 9:06:01
      - I understand the dig you're trying to make, but pulling that card on New Haven is a swing and miss* - VIV Today, 9:08:16
        
        I don’t think he’s made contact since the late 70s. * - assassin Today, 11:06:20
- oooo - Blazer Yesterday, 21:05:18
- He did Old Orchard as well - illini21 Yesterday, 19:18:47
  - Link? * - harb Yesterday, 19:19:07
    - Hasn’t been posted yet* - illini21 Yesterday, 20:59:37
- Did he score the Papa Del’s thin crust he had last time?* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 19:09:42
  - Yes, gave it around a 7.1. Not sure why wasn’t told to get the deep* - ibdoc Yesterday, 19:14:32
    - He said they called and were told it’s 50/50 on what people order* - OB25 Yesterday, 19:19:26
    - Dots…. - harb Yesterday, 19:18:46
    - He’s not a fan of deep dish. Would’ve definitely given it a lower score* - illini21 Yesterday, 19:17:50
  - Yes, 7.1 - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 19:14:24
JFC Carolina football. They legalized cheating and you can’t even do that right. - ATL October 7, 2025, 21:13:37
- This should clear things up - UIHuskie Yesterday, 20:50:48
- time to bail - assassin Yesterday, 15:48:31
  - That's some thread - jdl Yesterday, 15:59:41
    - Whoever could have seen this going badly?* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 16:17:54
      - Really thought UNC would have gotten a couple of years out of him, not busted by 1st week of Oct. * - osklister Yesterday, 16:22:25
        
        Honestly, this is pretty much what I expected. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 16:26:24
        
        What I think I love most about this - bjl63 Yesterday, 18:50:14
        
        It's pretty crazy, the NFL doesn't want him because nobody gets the keys to everything anymore. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:33:58
        
        As noted, maybe he wants that record (and teams would expect him to retire the next day). - osklister Yesterday, 16:39:30
    - "Multiple coaches unable to contact him during the bye week." Shoulda tried the girlfriend's number - osklister Yesterday, 16:16:03
    - I do feel bad for the kids - biclops Yesterday, 16:03:13
  - Putting Belichick in the media would be hilarious.* - ATL Yesterday, 15:53:53
    - ... pregame show wearing a suitcoat with the sleeves ripped off.... - osklister Yesterday, 16:17:20
    - he was doing some film breakdown stuff last year that people liked - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:02:21
      - For the same reasons he'd dating a woman in her 20s* - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 16:11:52
- Stephen Godfrey on the Belichick disaster - ATL Yesterday, 14:23:44
  - He's making Lovie look like Bear Bryant.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:37:37
    - Hiring Lovie made a lot more sense than UNC hiring Belichick did* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 16:31:38
Heard both the Score afternoon and morning shows reference Luke as a Heisman candidate - AintHatin October 7, 2025, 11:05:59
- Locked in at Luke 200 to 1 in July. Now he's 100 to 1 ?? - redgrange77 October 7, 2025, 15:56:59
- Tom Fornelli boosting Luke big time helped* - JacobRDaugherty October 7, 2025, 11:35:19
- Well, I'm a fan of course. But just talking B1G qb's.... tOSU, Indiana (and the USC guy) are getting - osklister October 7, 2025, 11:15:44
we dropped to 32 in FEI - illiniranger October 7, 2025, 10:53:48
- one terrifying thing about the DFEI ratings WRT Ohio State - illiniranger October 7, 2025, 10:56:13
  - PJ Fleck said it’s the best defense he’s faced in 13 years in the Big Ten* - OB25 October 7, 2025, 12:07:07
    - When Rowboat Boy talks, people listen. - osklister October 7, 2025, 16:24:28
  - Yeah I think I’ve been under appreciating how dominant that D has been* - snipes824 October 7, 2025, 11:53:09
  - Living in Ohio, I’m surrounded by them. - opossum jenkins October 7, 2025, 11:24:34
    - In my experience that 4th Q drive in 2007 gave them permanent trauma* - meanjeans October 7, 2025, 11:41:15
      - Plus 1988-94 results* - JacobRDaugherty October 7, 2025, 12:07:03
        
        my Illini fandom began in 1988 so I grew up just expecting us to beat Ohio St.* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 14:29:31
        
        100%. I remember watching the Walter Young game in 2002 with a bunch of OSU - Blazer October 7, 2025, 15:59:25
  - The whole 4th quarter will be garbage time. I don’t think we even hit 10 with their starters in.* - voiceofreason October 7, 2025, 11:13:07
  - Yeah, they are nuts* - gvibes October 7, 2025, 11:08:52
  - Washington has a better OFEI ranking than we do*, played tOSU at home, and scored 6. - EffinIllini October 7, 2025, 11:01:28
    - The most they've allowed is 9 by Real Ohio. They've allowed 2 touchdowns this year. - ATL Today, 11:49:06
Bring me home Bret… - LeatherneckIllini October 7, 2025, 9:41:37
Off-topic: Three coaches who could replace James Franklin at PSU. LOL. (First one is Nick Saban. :-) - osklister October 7, 2025, 9:15:46
- Franklin's buyout is $56M. - EffinIllini October 7, 2025, 11:27:51
- I think if Cignetti goes to a blueblood type program he will be able to build a fully functional - ATL October 7, 2025, 9:48:00
  - He could win a title at PSU.* - opossum jenkins October 7, 2025, 11:25:44
  - Can he coach?? Wait, let me Google him... - osklister October 7, 2025, 11:25:26
Line moved to +14.5 - redgrange77 October 7, 2025, 6:33:20
Not a strong graphic design program at Michigan I guess - ATL October 6, 2025, 15:29:55
- They must have hired the old "RAWE CEEK" Ferrari F1 graphic designer - illinibone October 6, 2025, 16:44:41
- Is that the proper pronunciation for Temu?* - uofi1998 October 6, 2025, 16:14:19
  - Here's a Kedric designed shirt from that fine site? - illini222 Yesterday, 22:43:48
- Kick Mtimew sounds like one of those names from a movie scene where the character - biclops October 6, 2025, 15:47:02
  - i think he's a rostered player on that Japanese Baseball Game - assassin October 6, 2025, 15:50:17
    - RIP Sleve McDichael* - Sammich October 6, 2025, 16:39:27
- We should see if we can get them to mock up some orange and blue of these bad boys. - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 15:31:42
Juice will be at the game* - ECEIllinois October 6, 2025, 14:19:16
- Guest O-Coordinator: the Zooker. - osklister October 6, 2025, 15:44:19
Fornelli makes the case for Altmyer & Beatty - biclops October 6, 2025, 14:15:45
- Man that was fun to listen to* - illini21 October 6, 2025, 15:30:40
David Olano repeats as Big Ten STPOTW - Poldark October 6, 2025, 14:11:55
- The Neil Rackers game! - Blazer October 6, 2025, 15:10:31
- he's a weapon * - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 14:18:50
  - Hard to think there is a college kicker any better than him* - bjl63 October 6, 2025, 14:59:38
    - Pretty sure he could start for the Titans right now.* - uofi1998 October 6, 2025, 15:10:39
i just saw OSU scored 42 points on just 58 plays last week. Oh my * - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 14:08:24
this post goes viral every week, but explosives >>>> success rate - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 14:03:15
- we’ve been on the wrong side of that graph against every P4 opponent * - biclops October 6, 2025, 14:05:16
  - if you have 6 plays > 45 yards, you're going to score a ton, which we did - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 14:06:48
Werner: Resetich and Laughery likely both play on Saturday - ATL October 6, 2025, 13:37:36
- I just don’t get Patterson. He looks like a below average Sun Belt guy - opossum jenkins October 6, 2025, 13:51:34
  - if you remember Zach Tobe - that txfer hurt us bad * - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 13:53:49
    - I do. He was on the field as Tech beat Clemson* - opossum jenkins October 6, 2025, 13:54:21
      - we struck out on our DB recruiting and we are playing Patterson (a JUCO) and Cox (who has MAC talent - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 13:56:19
        
        ...and our first team all Big Ten DB is out for the year... and somehow we've gotten this far.* - uofi1998 October 6, 2025, 15:07:14
        
        Nick Hankins will start as a true freshman next season* - jayd October 7, 2025, 12:12:26
        
        Plus the Terrance Brooks fiasco* - OB25 October 6, 2025, 14:10:06
  - I've heard loose language on podcasts that maybe he's hurt* - ATL October 6, 2025, 13:52:51
I just saw what Julian Sayin looks like (a fat Julian Casablancas). - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 13:35:38
- Just Sayin * - jdl October 6, 2025, 13:44:21
Oregon/IU should be tremendous content in the aftermath of our huge win.* - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 10:53:43
- Autzen is such a tough place to play. * - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 10:58:58
  - Always feels like the whole Oregon team is on a 1.25x speed setting everytime I watch a game there* - OB25 October 6, 2025, 11:15:27
    - It's crazy to me that they have never won a national championship - Sounder October 6, 2025, 12:45:02
      - Yeah Lanning will get one eventually - illini21 October 6, 2025, 13:57:31
        
        Uncle Phil really wants to see them win before he dies (he's 87)* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:58:48
      - Oregon v Miami for the national title would be an all-timer* - opossum jenkins October 6, 2025, 13:45:07
  - It never rains in Autzen Stadium* - Sounder October 6, 2025, 11:01:07
    - but it pours - Sammich October 6, 2025, 13:28:18
  - I hope Oregon wins 64-9.* - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 11:00:50
What made our run game so successful against U$C but not so much against PU* - RSMBob October 6, 2025, 10:07:35
- PU came down hill very hard with LBs, which opened up a lot of passing behind them* - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 10:26:07
  - Yep. Lots of defensive formations that had 9-10 guys within 8-9 yards of LOS* - ilinni11 October 6, 2025, 16:04:37
didn't start this thread for y'all to throw players under the bus - redgrange77 October 6, 2025, 9:52:40
- Dats rite. We should see if we can wear some Michigan-esque uniforms on Saturday. - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 9:57:13
  - *blank stare* - IlliniSax05 October 6, 2025, 9:59:50
    - Ryan Day can't beat Michigan. If we look like Michigan, maybe it will help.* - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 10:01:40
      - ooo - IlliniSax05 October 6, 2025, 10:05:27
        
        An orange & blue helmet shaped like the Michigan one should do the trick.* - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 10:17:14
        
        Just wear princeton unis* - Chilango October 6, 2025, 11:20:58
        
        that would be possibly the dumbest thing anyone has ever done in the history of time - IlliniSax05 October 6, 2025, 11:06:15
        
        You won't think it's dumb when Bret is hoisting the Illibuck!* - Warrin'_Illini October 6, 2025, 11:21:01
I’m just not sure how we defend them - Mrap24 October 6, 2025, 9:43:15
- Hope the run game is working and you can get some first downs. Control the ball, and try - UofIL6 October 6, 2025, 9:53:20
Got to say my patience with Laughery is exhausted. He’s the least available RB since Dre Brown. - opossum jenkins October 6, 2025, 8:21:47
- He was hurt a lot when he was in HS, as well* - HoseB October 6, 2025, 13:24:27
- See also: Epstein, Mike. - Memphian October 6, 2025, 9:31:07
  - Except in epstein’s limited time on the field, he was clearly better than laughery - snipes824 October 6, 2025, 9:35:28
- Would have been really nice to figure out a way to keep McCray from transferring - ATL October 6, 2025, 8:25:15
  - For fun: this season, 21 total carries (and I have no idea if he's injured/whatever). - osklister October 6, 2025, 9:34:40
    - Most of those in the red zone - RVA October 6, 2025, 11:18:27
  - He’s much better than Feagin, they can’t afford to play him over an Illinois 4* - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 9:23:08
- Calil is the best RB on the team anyway. Time for him to get the most carries.* - uofi1998 October 6, 2025, 8:24:01
  - i'm OK with him being in the mix until he's an upperclassmen - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 10:35:41
  - Except for the fumbles. - Chilango October 6, 2025, 9:38:53
We have to control the clock - snipes824 October 6, 2025, 8:16:23
- No team has scored double figures against tOSU yet this year. - EffinIllini October 6, 2025, 9:05:40
SP+ has it ILL +12. That wouldn’t be a bad outcome * - illiniranger October 6, 2025, 8:04:23
- Honestly, staying within 2 scores and looking like we belong out there would be OK. - uofi1998 October 6, 2025, 8:08:48
I feel better about this one than I did IU* - GMAW October 6, 2025, 7:22:15
- Any particular reason or just gut hunch? * - meanjeans October 6, 2025, 10:11:31
  - You didn't ask me, but I feel similarly. A few reasons... - AintHatin October 6, 2025, 12:39:54
- Same* - opossum jenkins October 6, 2025, 8:05:27
- I'm going to ride with you... have any winning Mega Millions numbers while you're at it? - uofi1998 October 6, 2025, 8:03:57
  - I didn't say we would win. I just think we'll be far more competitve* - GMAW October 6, 2025, 8:05:28
    - Listen... I'm good with that. - uofi1998 October 6, 2025, 8:07:52
- That makes one of us. I like our team and anything can happen, but tOSU is really good* - OWWDig October 6, 2025, 8:01:26

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