The Deuce: Can we not do this here please *

Illini vs. Alabama pre-game discussion thread - JFG November 17, 2025, 10:19:00

Favored by 3.5 tomorrow, interesting.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 15:09:29
- KenPom isn’t enamored with Bama* - CWR10 Yesterday, 15:40:03
  - I wondered about this. Surprising since they beat St Johns and hung with Purdue.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 16:16:56
    - Started #23 and have moved up to #20 - jdl Yesterday, 16:25:29
- Doesn’t surprise me. My grizzle says we lose but I expected us to be slight favorites* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:39:11
- *aye yo WTF meme* (nm) - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:13:48
Women’s team hit 67 at the field trip game today - digs Yesterday, 13:53:37
- I think it was Kendall Bostic who said this was the loudest game every year - biclops Yesterday, 15:56:38
- i don't get it, but i absolutely love seeing that many kids go bonkers for it* - lcubed Yesterday, 14:36:33
  - seems like a harmless thing that gets kids excited so whatever* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 15:34:54
  - this is reaching Macarena levels* - Sammich Yesterday, 14:38:03
    - Which, incedentally, is back apparently* - assassin Yesterday, 16:20:18
      - In pog form - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 16:24:17
Rothstein interview - jdl Yesterday, 11:23:07
- With every game, every interview, every article, I become more convinced that we're winning it all* - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 14:15:37
  - Quick question...do you like all pedophiles/sexual assaulters, or only some of them?* - JFG Yesterday, 14:35:38
    - Can we not do this here please * - biclops Yesterday, 15:44:41
    - None, as far as i know* - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 14:50:56
- Brad is so funny. Doesn’t give the local media anything but will tell rothstein everything - snipes824 Yesterday, 12:12:59
  - Isn’t that an agent thing? - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:24:49
  - I'd have a lot of contempt for local media as well if I had to repeatedly answer some of the - Blazer Yesterday, 13:49:04
    - It's crazy to me how Buchson is still employed after all these years - jayd Yesterday, 14:58:59
    - Some of the questions are so dumb and very clearly to get a quote for something they want to write. - JFG Yesterday, 14:33:30
      - 100%. I think Werner has really figured this out over the years - Blazer Yesterday, 14:38:21
        
        Yeah Werner is a professional. Buschon, Wagner, and Richey are painful - snipes824 Yesterday, 14:59:32
        
        If the question ends with “What does that say about this team?”, come up with a new one* - OB25 Yesterday, 14:42:54
        
        They obviously have to get quotes to create content, but it's so lazy. - JFG Yesterday, 14:47:18
  - This was disclosed on his radio show last night - Dilbert Yesterday, 12:14:59
    - Ok so maybe he’s just opening up about it more now - snipes824 Yesterday, 12:17:39
Same as any game against Alabama when the quality of teams is within a reasonable range… - OB25 November 17, 2025, 20:18:47
Roll call: I’ll be there with a big group* - Carl Spackler November 17, 2025, 19:17:43
- I'm bringing the yutes Parmesan* - Gene Parmesan November 17, 2025, 23:03:30
  - the pecorinos?* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:38:59
  - Just so freaking late* - gvibes November 17, 2025, 23:15:23
    - yeah, definitely not ideal getting home around 11 - Gene Parmesan Yesterday, 10:10:03
    - Well, UConn gets the 7:00 pm local start. - osklister Yesterday, 9:45:07
- Same and same * - biclops November 17, 2025, 20:59:09
- I’ll be there* - bjl63 November 17, 2025, 20:32:02
- Me and Dilly* - reggiedunlop November 17, 2025, 20:23:59
  - Confirmed* - Dilbert November 17, 2025, 20:33:09
  - And CIB* - reggiedunlop November 17, 2025, 20:24:09
I’d like to go to the Final Four this year* - opossum jenkins November 17, 2025, 19:12:56
- so say we all* - biclops November 17, 2025, 19:17:10
Mirkovic B1G FOTW (again) - biclops November 17, 2025, 18:14:07
Cool blurb in the Athletic - Jersey November 17, 2025, 13:22:00
- Classic SkinsHoops86 content * - biclops November 17, 2025, 16:23:20
Anybody going to be grabbing drinks before hand?* - IlliniJuice07 November 17, 2025, 12:57:56
- I may perhaps wet my whistle * - biclops November 17, 2025, 16:24:02
- yes* - Poldark November 17, 2025, 13:47:15
- Almost assuredly* - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 12:59:04
Wrong time to play them... as deep as we are, it's crazy how injured we are. - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 12:48:51
- Purdue skull fucked them in the glass. I expect we do the same* - Mrap24 November 17, 2025, 13:02:35
  - I enjoy a good skull fucking.* - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 13:27:37
    - giving not receiving - ibdoc November 17, 2025, 13:34:38
      - Usually...* - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 15:09:03
      - Don’t judge.* - DocWalk20 November 17, 2025, 13:51:01
        
        Judy. * - osklister November 17, 2025, 13:53:22
I think we beat them at full strength - illini November 17, 2025, 12:34:06
- They did a really good job of spacing and ball movement against Purdue. - Chicago1995 November 17, 2025, 13:37:49
- kinda where i'm at. either way, super happy to have these early season matchups and see where - John Coctostan November 17, 2025, 13:19:35
Up to #8 in the AP* - Blazer November 17, 2025, 12:07:45
From my early viewing, one of our key differentiators this year is going to be our 40 minutes - snipes824 November 17, 2025, 10:37:28
Alabama looked pretty good (and big) from what I saw against Purdue. - Warrin'_Illini November 17, 2025, 10:25:04
- If Illinois doesn't get too sped up, I think they'll be fine. - Chicago1995 November 17, 2025, 13:42:13
- Really wish I could have seen that game, but I have YouTube TV. - JFG November 17, 2025, 10:39:52

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