My daughter & nephews were in the crowd for both BNK shows. Said the tOSU crowd was much bigger.
I only went to the USC show. Tailgated for all of tOSU.  Previous Message Our product was embarrassing for so many years. I can't imagine watching that and not wanting to go to school at U of I. I remember visiting Boston College and the tour guide noted that applications rose by 250% the year after the Doug Flutie Hail Mary year. Being good in football can help the school in so many ways. Previous Message
That being said, the atmosphere has been pretty incredible, the likes we haven't consistently seen since the mid 1980s. Great weather has helped as well.
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 Open Week Illini FB thread - we've played 3 of the top 5 SP+ and are 1-2 - ATL October 13, 2025, 13:30:30
- Back in the AP at #23* - Blazer Yesterday, 13:00:48
- CBS has Minnesota-Iowa for their afternoon game. We are 2:30 on BTN* - biclops Yesterday, 11:03:26
- Listening to that f’n Tim Brando during Gopher game slobbering all night ver Minny and USC and - LovetheChief October 18, 2025, 7:47:20
- I guess it’s good that this isn’t a B1G bowl - Tortillini October 17, 2025, 15:55:16
- When I complain about Aaron Henry and alignment problems, this is what I mean - illiniranger October 16, 2025, 21:54:21
- hmm, Bret signal? - assassin October 15, 2025, 13:34:36
- Penn State just reached out?* - ECEIllinois October 15, 2025, 14:20:07
- Hinted elsewhere that it might just be about a player being added to an award watch list (Beatty?)* - OB25 October 15, 2025, 13:43:55
- also, Bretcouragement on Ca'lil - assassin October 15, 2025, 13:36:54
- Congratulations on the titans job, curt cignetti!* - ATL October 15, 2025, 13:36:52
- I’m not right about much, but claiming donuts on my off-season thoughts about this schedule - OB25 October 15, 2025, 9:38:10
- TIL: Alex Golesh’s wife’s name is Alexis* - biclops October 14, 2025, 18:15:16
- IDC if he’s actually good or not, but a dude with a nickname like “bone-crusher” is a must get IMO - biclops October 14, 2025, 18:12:29
- Rutgers game sold out* - Poldark October 14, 2025, 10:08:45
- GET HEALTHY. BEAT WASHINGTON.* - ATL October 14, 2025, 12:12:19
- There was a time a few years where I legitimately thought we’d never sell out that stadium again - OB25 October 14, 2025, 10:11:32
- Agree on both points. I thought the sellouts would be tOSU, Michigan; and with away fans Wisco-Ioway - osklister October 14, 2025, 10:24:59
- I'm rarely a negative guy but they did make the stadium smaller - RSMBob October 14, 2025, 10:15:23
- kinda wish they could've done the renovations w/o reducing capacity - ECEIllinois October 14, 2025, 12:12:05
- They did, but even post-2008 renovations there were still only 3-4 sellouts - Blazer October 14, 2025, 11:25:04
- That was accounted for in my thought we’d never sell it out unless totally filled with opposing fans - OB25 October 14, 2025, 10:31:20
- Watching the Illini on both Big Noon shows still kind of blows my mind. - Warrin'_Illini October 14, 2025, 10:29:56
- My daughter & nephews were in the crowd for both BNK shows. Said the tOSU crowd was much bigger. - EffinIllini October 14, 2025, 11:11:37
- Related, Roughy has a pretty great weekly column discussing our stat profiles* - reggiedunlop October 13, 2025, 15:53:05
- Link?* - bbonb October 14, 2025, 18:32:06
- That’s the no priors list. Not the same data as the official SP+* - Blazer October 13, 2025, 14:43:10
- 10-2 is doable. Let's beat UDub* - ECEIllinois October 13, 2025, 14:42:01
- that's not what that is saying * - illiniranger October 13, 2025, 14:15:15
- I'm praying so hard on IU's downfall. Prayed for downfall, no change. - Warrin'_Illini October 13, 2025, 13:34:37
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on October 14, 2025, 11:11:37, in reply to "Watching the Illini on both Big Noon shows still kind of blows my mind."
- osklister Yesterday, 13:10:15