The Deuce: Bielema show will air tomorrow because of basketball game tonight*

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

Good breweries in Madison? - Taz Yesterday, 22:32:55
- Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, there is no beer in Wisconsin* - Sounder Today, 11:08:23
  - Lol* - Taz Today, 11:19:08
- My favorite is Working Draft. - JFG Today, 9:53:23
- Lucille has a great selection and variety of brews on tap as does The Cooper’s Tavern - DocWalk20 Today, 9:24:09
  - Strong cosign for Lucille - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 9:32:50
    - Yep. Surprised we haven’t yet run into each other at one of those events* - DocWalk20 Today, 11:05:34
- Great Dane, Capital Brewery* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 6:45:54
- Come tailgate with me* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 22:33:51
  - Where?* - Taz Yesterday, 22:34:46
    - Parking lot close-ish to the stadium* - reggiedunlop Today, 8:25:33
      - Have you ever been to a game in Madison? Northwestern has a more impressive tailgating - longsnapper Today, 8:27:20
        
        Once a year, we'll have a good crew of 50+, but it is a random ass parking lot - reggiedunlop Today, 8:40:33
        
        Ha. I know exactly which lot that is.* - longsnapper Today, 9:23:49
Can’t argue with facts - biclops Yesterday, 21:45:58
See you in section W on Saturday* - EffinIllini Yesterday, 21:10:32
- Make that Section V. - EffinIllini Today, 12:15:04
- Ill wave to you from R* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 21:26:23
Will Leitch on the effect of the Playoff on CFB fan expectations - ATL Yesterday, 16:09:52
- I’ve never liked his schtick* - Ron McDon Today, 10:03:33
- Meh he's a casual fan. Can't blame him really, but us die-hards are still happy* - Taz Yesterday, 22:34:35
  - preach* - Poldark Today, 9:10:10
- Nothing about that scenario would have been different before the playoff. - Sammich Yesterday, 19:47:49
  - Disagree. The playoff was never attainable for Illinois football before. It is now. The new - voiceofreason Today, 11:24:13
    - there's no meaning to anything in this universe except what each individual chooses to put on it - Sammich Today, 12:13:15
  - Yep. It's never been different in college football - Blazer Today, 1:21:21
  - I for one will contribute to the statue fund if we win 10 this year - ATL Yesterday, 19:55:13
James White to Benet Academy (catholic school in Lisle IL) - biclops Yesterday, 13:45:49
- do they produce a lot of D1 talent? good to have a Bielema guy there if they do* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 16:46:57
  - Doesn’t look like it. I checked 247’s state of IL prospect lists for 26, 25, and 24 - biclops Yesterday, 18:46:23
    - Off the top of my head, last guy we got from there was Pat Flavin - illiniranger Yesterday, 18:53:45
Now Wiscy +8. - redgrange77 November 19, 2025, 13:45:26
- I see 7.5* - biclops November 19, 2025, 13:53:31
New 247 rankings out. Hankins all the way up to #157 overall # 5 in state - illini21 November 19, 2025, 12:56:58
- Tommy Fraumann was the #42 player in the state, committed to Michigan, now a 4 star - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 13:50:21
- Meanwhile Bucky getting dragged by a 3 star - digs November 19, 2025, 13:34:18
  - You can tell a lot by what a person says... - uofi1998 November 19, 2025, 15:26:18
  - oof* - illini21 November 19, 2025, 14:25:51
  - I can only hope we have a throne for recruits to sit on for a picture. :-))) - osklister November 19, 2025, 13:48:53
Bielema show will air tomorrow because of basketball game tonight* - Poldark November 19, 2025, 9:06:33

Penn State is 1-6 in B1G? Wow.* - cpsteine November 19, 2025, 8:37:09
- That's a shame. :-O - osklister November 19, 2025, 12:41:19
Tulane is 25 and in the playoff* - Mrap24 November 18, 2025, 19:55:19
- Tulare beat a 4-5 Florida Atlantic team by 11 and suddenly they’re ranked in the CFP? - timmer November 19, 2025, 7:02:31
  - I know, isn’t it great?!* - Carl Spackler November 19, 2025, 7:04:44
- Don’t you DARE shortchange us. - Carl Spackler November 18, 2025, 20:14:08
  - My sincerest apologies* - Mrap24 November 18, 2025, 21:27:29
Ranked 21 in playoff top 25* - Mrap24 November 18, 2025, 19:47:13
- These guys know ball. Top 12 soon.* - Warrin'_Illini November 19, 2025, 8:54:10
  - #11. And 9 guaranteed losses in the top 22 coming up. 8 hopefully from 10-22. - Chuck Woodaby November 19, 2025, 9:13:42
- fuck yeah * - biclops November 18, 2025, 19:50:31
  - Lots of carnage still ahead for the teams ranked above us (autofill from 2007)* - Chuck Woodaby November 18, 2025, 20:50:35
    - We are going to end up around 16 which is exactly where this team belongs…. - LeatherneckIllini November 18, 2025, 20:57:29
      - Great, now I'm getting my hopes up.* - Chuck Woodaby November 18, 2025, 20:58:48
Hey roughy - ATL November 18, 2025, 13:45:12
- will take every big dude with experience we can get* - John Coctostan November 18, 2025, 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 November 18, 2025, 14:47:20
    - Those were both prep recruits right? Seems like we have enough room for some of both* - John Coctostan November 18, 2025, 16:06:01
      - I was referring to the two pretty highly regarded JUCO guys that visited. - OB25 November 18, 2025, 16:11:18
        
        Oh gotcha. Well point stands. I mean we have 4 starting spots open* - John Coctostan November 18, 2025, 16:44:20
      - have been courting several big JUCO names in addition - assassin November 18, 2025, 16:09:32
    - Agreed. Those two would be huge gets* - illini21 November 18, 2025, 15:08:23
Dave Wischnowsky will be there.* - Poldark November 18, 2025, 13:12:50
- So it's officially a big game. - osklister November 18, 2025, 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 November 18, 2025, 6:46:52
    - shit - I wrote that incorrectly. I meant to write: most fans *don't* want. sorry. college football - cpsteine November 18, 2025, 8:04:51
    - And I think super-conference teams and their fans like going 10-2 to 12-0 every year - IlliniOllie November 18, 2025, 7:52:14
    - I'm not sure anybody cares even a little what the fans think. We have decades of evidence... - uofi1998 November 18, 2025, 7:41:40
      - Money before fans is the new mantra* - bjl63 November 18, 2025, 8:42:55
        
        Well, maybe not so new. But it's coming. Might be down the road a few years, but.... :-/ - osklister November 18, 2025, 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 November 18, 2025, 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 November 18, 2025, 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 November 19, 2025, 5:58:48
- 'd love to be in a top non-playoff tier game against Texas* - RSMBob November 18, 2025, 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 November 18, 2025, 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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