The Deuce: I still can't believe Penn St fired him*

Illinois v Wisconsin game week thread - Taz November 17, 2025, 7:40:08

Penn State is 1-6 in B1G? Wow.* - cpsteine Today, 8:37:09
Tulane is 25 and in the playoff* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 19:55:19
- Tulare beat a 4-5 Florida Atlantic team by 11 and suddenly they’re ranked in the CFP? - timmer Today, 7:02:31
  - I know, isn’t it great?!* - Carl Spackler Today, 7:04:44
- Don’t you DARE shortchange us. - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 20:14:08
  - My sincerest apologies* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 21:27:29
Ranked 21 in playoff top 25* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 19:47:13
- fuck yeah * - biclops Yesterday, 19:50:31
  - Lots of carnage still ahead for the teams ranked above us (autofill from 2007)* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 20:50:35
    - We are going to end up around 16 which is exactly where this team belongs…. - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 20:57:29
      - Great, now I'm getting my hopes up.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 20:58:48
Hey roughy - ATL Yesterday, 13:45:12
- will take every big dude with experience we can get* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 13:49:03
  - As long as this isn’t a sign that we aren’t getting the high rated guys that visited last weekend.* - OB25 Yesterday, 14:47:20
    - Those were both prep recruits right? Seems like we have enough room for some of both* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 16:06:01
      - I was referring to the two pretty highly regarded JUCO guys that visited. - OB25 Yesterday, 16:11:18
        
        Oh gotcha. Well point stands. I mean we have 4 starting spots open* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 16:44:20
      - have been courting several big JUCO names in addition - assassin Yesterday, 16:09:32
    - Agreed. Those two would be huge gets* - illini21 Yesterday, 15:08:23
Dave Wischnowsky will be there.* - Poldark Yesterday, 13:12:50
- So it's officially a big game. - osklister Yesterday, 13:19:23
B1G equity deal on pause - biclops November 17, 2025, 18:29:15
- Prob for best. But it’s interesting that UM wants to leave its options open. - cpsteine November 17, 2025, 20:58:07
  - I disagree. I think most fans don't want a world with a super conference - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 6:46:52
    - shit - I wrote that incorrectly. I meant to write: most fans *don't* want. sorry. college football - cpsteine Yesterday, 8:04:51
    - And I think super-conference teams and their fans like going 10-2 to 12-0 every year - IlliniOllie Yesterday, 7:52:14
    - I'm not sure anybody cares even a little what the fans think. We have decades of evidence... - uofi1998 Yesterday, 7:41:40
      - Money before fans is the new mantra* - bjl63 Yesterday, 8:42:55
        
        Well, maybe not so new. But it's coming. Might be down the road a few years, but.... :-/ - osklister Yesterday, 9:30:39
- Gonna be really hard to claim you’re a non profit, educational enterprise when taking investment - ATL November 17, 2025, 18:44:19
Need to get two tix still, anyone know what section the away section is?* - reggiedunlop November 17, 2025, 16:30:49
- We are in section DD (seats from DIA) - Taz November 17, 2025, 20:48:35
James Franklin to Virginia Tech, per Thamel* - AintHatin November 17, 2025, 15:04:35
- I still can't believe Penn St fired him* - illini21 Yesterday, 15:09:02
- home run hire - Poldark November 17, 2025, 15:14:58
  - Yeah, great pull for that program* - UofIL6 November 17, 2025, 15:38:57
    - He's 53 y.o. One more bite of the apple IMHO. - osklister Yesterday, 9:40:36
Given that we are now bowl eligible, I want to talk about bowl possibilities. I assume we're likely - ATL November 17, 2025, 14:14:34
- I think Vegas when we win out.* - Phytynlini Today, 5:58:48
- 'd love to be in a top non-playoff tier game against Texas* - RSMBob Yesterday, 15:39:55
- Why are we assuming Orlando is out? - Illiniphil November 17, 2025, 14:51:36
  - I think both Citrus and Outback have a 'not in two straight years' policy* - ATL November 17, 2025, 14:52:22
    - Outback was the 2022 season, wasn't it? - Illiniphil November 17, 2025, 14:54:36
      - Yes, which is why I didn't say Tampa is out* - ATL November 17, 2025, 15:00:02
        
        Derp. - Illiniphil November 17, 2025, 15:03:51
- Vegas and Nashville seem to be the leading destinations if we win out* - snipes824 November 17, 2025, 14:36:02
  - """WHEN""" we win out..... - osklister November 17, 2025, 14:40:39
- Current CBS bowl prediction: - ibdoc November 17, 2025, 14:34:43
  - Would be better than being shitpumped by LSU.* - Warrin'_Illini November 17, 2025, 14:51:38
    - We’d kick LSU’s ass* - opossum jenkins November 17, 2025, 14:58:26
      - Would Luke play in such a bowl game?* - Warrin'_Illini November 17, 2025, 15:00:21
        
        yes* - Poldark Yesterday, 8:47:50
  - I didn't think I'd have to worry about playing my wife's school, but here we are. - tvillini November 17, 2025, 14:44:56
  - If we lose the last two games of the season, we deserve Detroit.* - ATL November 17, 2025, 14:38:27
  - GTOOH with that bowl* - LovetheChief November 17, 2025, 14:38:22
Look at us, finally on the right side of the success rate graph - biclops November 17, 2025, 10:55:55
- Look at that, right next to tOSU!! We're definitely going to the playoffs!! - osklister November 17, 2025, 11:33:51
- hey - Sammich November 17, 2025, 11:17:42
I'm parking at my brother's house and walking over* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes November 17, 2025, 9:34:08
you already forgot our conversation lol* - Poldark November 17, 2025, 8:06:45
- Lots of people try to forget a conversation w/Poldark. * - osklister November 17, 2025, 11:35:03
- Lol no not at all. I'm just looking at all options. Now that they announced the game time - Taz November 17, 2025, 11:24:41
Tailgating non-existent. Be prepared to park and walk a long way* - JeffFrank November 17, 2025, 7:46:30

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