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Hear hear.

Posted by osklister

on September 3, 2026, 11:59:10, in reply to "Eastern time is stupid*"

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UAB Game Week thread. - ATL August 31, 2026, 16:03:44

Does other game discussion go here or do we need another thread? - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 18:11:18
eff Garrick McGee* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 17:35:04
Marching Illini in t shirts and shorts not uniforms* - Poldark Yesterday, 17:03:05
- Are they hot?* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 17:16:41
  - literally yes. Go Brewers * - Poldark Yesterday, 17:21:20
- They are out there for 8 hours or so, so not a bad idea. Kinda glad now the game isn't until 8pm* - RSMBob Yesterday, 17:13:18
Anyone got any of those uniform updates? Hope we go all orange or OBO.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:38:40
MI switching to speedos and capes - biclops Yesterday, 16:32:14
- Dammit, they stole my look - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 16:33:29
Guido’s is now a place called Chophouse on Main* - bjl63 Yesterday, 16:31:19
Roughy/Joey Chestnut collab - OB25 Yesterday, 14:20:19
- oof. Roughy needs to collab with GLP-1. That can’t be healthy* - bbonb Yesterday, 18:00:35
- ooo - Philo Yesterday, 15:25:12
- LOL, with Chestnut putting mustard on a dog.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 15:23:41
- I think competitive eating might be the stupidest (harmless) thing in the world. * - larue33 Yesterday, 15:03:20
  - I'm not a nutritionist, but is it harmless? - Sounder Yesterday, 15:12:01
    - They could be harming themselves, but everybody gets to do that. * - larue33 Yesterday, 15:18:39
- He better not be feeding him Imo's. - tvillini Yesterday, 14:35:56
- I’m confused. What’s the connection between chestnut and the Illini?* - ATL Yesterday, 14:28:59
  - He's the World Horseshoe Eating Champion.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 15:14:36
  - Morris Chestnut was in the 2017 film "Girls Trip", which starred Queen Latifah - VIV Yesterday, 14:42:42
  - He likes hot dogs. We like hot dogs. Boom!* - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:39:45
- Is that really him? That's so cool.* - Sounder Yesterday, 14:23:19
  - Yep* - OB25 Yesterday, 14:25:25
  - Yes, that's Roughy* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 14:24:23
    - He's pretty unmistakable* - Sounder Yesterday, 14:30:23
People who know football better than me...tell me more about what I should expect - OWWDig Yesterday, 13:16:18
- In a word .... chaos - Draino Yesterday, 14:41:37
- I’m expecting the football equivalent of Underwood’s initial defensive strategy. - OB25 Yesterday, 14:18:34
- we've run a 3-3-5 under BB pretty much his entire time here - illiniranger Yesterday, 14:18:19
  - scanning the roster one more time, they have Beerman and Muragin listed as LB - illiniranger Yesterday, 14:28:25
    - Thanks. I'll try and look for those guys as well* - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:38:31
- Maybe Devon can come back and teach some nuances of the Seahawks version of the 3-3-5 - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 13:40:46
- 335 will confuse the opposing offensive lines, they won't know whom to block. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:31:22
- I feel like we're going to give up a million points and steal a game with a sack/fumble. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 13:27:29
- Don’t know about soft or hard but everybody says it’s supposed to be aggressive. - ATL Yesterday, 13:25:19
  - So blitz dependent. I have nightmares about Henry's 3-man rush* - OWWDig Yesterday, 13:26:37
    - 3-3-5 is the most common defense in college football and many teams run it without blitzing themselv - illiniranger Yesterday, 14:23:24
      - I thought we were more of a 4-3 most of the time...I guess I always considered Jacas - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:26:18
        
        we'll change the front from even (4) to odd (5) pretty frequently is my guess - illiniranger Yesterday, 14:37:41
        
        makes sense....just don't rush only 3!!* - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:39:13
        
        people get all bent out of shape about that but i'll say this about blitzing - illiniranger Yesterday, 14:47:34
        
        We got roasted last year when we rushed only 3 in big situations and go no pressure* - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:55:39
        
        i would urge people to not fixate on things that don't matter - illiniranger Yesterday, 15:16:35
      - twitchy* - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:26:16
        
        double post. guess I'm twitchy today* - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:26:36
- we're gonna give up a gabillion rushing yards* - assassin Yesterday, 13:25:07
  - This is a big risk * - ATL Yesterday, 13:25:34
Parking attendants were already sitting at the vet med parking lot before 8 this morning* - lcubed Yesterday, 13:04:57
- ... and Roughy was already first in line. - osklister Yesterday, 13:17:35
Ate lunch at Smith Burger Co - bjl63 Yesterday, 11:49:41
- That place is great. Awesome food, awesome beer. - JFG Yesterday, 15:04:19
- What a mess with all that construction. They need to fire whoever planned that. ;) * - Philo Yesterday, 14:28:16
  - Speaking of, I’ve got some bones to pick about some stoplights - Jackie Yesterday, 15:30:38
    - Those are to get people to start using Columbia instead of Washington. - Philo Yesterday, 16:21:54
      - The backups at Columbia and Market are going to get more absurd than they already are - Jackie Yesterday, 17:21:00
- Is this on campus?* - Toonces Yesterday, 12:27:00
  - There is a Smith Burger stand in the Colonnades Club too* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 12:36:45
    - Assembly Hall too* - assassin Yesterday, 12:39:40
  - no, one is downtown champaign, one is downtown urbana* - assassin Yesterday, 12:27:37
    - I still need to get over to The Yards. Looks like a cool spot* - illini21 Yesterday, 13:41:52
    - Mahomet, too, right?* - Dilbert Yesterday, 12:33:09
      - Just opened a couple weeks ago* - illini21 Yesterday, 13:41:24
      - maybe, i don't fuck with Mahomet* - assassin Yesterday, 12:37:51
- Hot damn, the pictures on the online menu look amazing* - OB25 Yesterday, 12:23:53
- Yeah, that place rocks. Definitely worth all the hype it gets* - illini21 Yesterday, 12:16:08
I am missing the game but not a bad reason - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 10:38:33
- congrats!* - Draino Yesterday, 14:07:26
- Mozl Tof….or however you spell it* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 13:00:53
  - Literal LOL* - Sounder Yesterday, 14:17:03
- congrats!* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 12:17:03
- Congrats! - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 12:16:36
- ooo - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 11:58:36
- Mazel tov! Best wishes to you and the entire family! - theBard Yesterday, 11:56:51
- Awesome! Congratulations!!! * - illinijohn Yesterday, 11:39:55
- Congrats. Enjoy the sleeplessness!* - OWWDig Yesterday, 11:13:39
- Congrats!* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 11:12:07
- Booyah!* - Jackie Yesterday, 11:04:36
- Hell yeah, congrats* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 10:59:26
- Awesome! Congrats! - Kajagoogoo Yesterday, 10:54:40
- Congrats!! - Illiniphil Yesterday, 10:47:18
- Congratulations!* - ATL Yesterday, 10:43:29
- WTG, Big Poppa!* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 10:40:43
- congrats on the minisomm!* - VIV Yesterday, 10:40:23
- Congrats!* - Tortillini Yesterday, 10:39:36
- Congrats! You have to name #2 Bert, however.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:39:30
- Congrats! * - Tuscy Yesterday, 10:39:08
Why does the game start at 8? That's dumb.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:28:54
- Wait furrealz? Goddammit this thing is gonna go past midnight * - Jackie Yesterday, 11:05:32
  - Well hopefully it’ll be over after the first quarter * - ATL Yesterday, 12:22:14
- It starts at 9 in God's Time Zone* - ATL Yesterday, 10:42:43
  - You, Sir are mistaken. The correct God's Time Zone... - EffinIllini Yesterday, 14:22:12
  - perfect for the west coast* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 12:17:23
    - I'll be home on time and everything. gotta love it* - assassin Yesterday, 12:18:01
  - Because God KNOWS nobody wants to miss a second of effin' Rutgers vs some other horsespit "school". - osklister Yesterday, 11:58:30
  - I don't know how you people do it. It sucks.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 11:06:25
  - Eastern time is stupid* - bjl63 Yesterday, 10:43:23
    - #valid* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 12:14:59
    - Hear hear. - osklister Yesterday, 11:59:10
You guys, it's game day! Who's wearing orange? - ATL Yesterday, 09:00:53
- I'm wearing blue* - OWWDig Yesterday, 11:13:06
  - Same. Navy golf shirt I picked up in the Illini pro shop last winter. * - harb Yesterday, 15:41:44
Joey Chestnut to sound the siren. Brit Miller honorary captain.* - Poldark September 2, 2026, 16:59:51
- WHOA. Illini by 50.* - Tortillini Yesterday, 09:53:58
  - Hi Tort! Take UAB -27.5 and the Over 53.5!* - Poldark Yesterday, 10:00:10
    - UAB is a 27.5 point favorite tonight? * - VIV Yesterday, 10:39:33
      - with the questions on Illinois defense yes* - Poldark Yesterday, 10:40:58
    - 45-27* - bjl63 Yesterday, 10:01:35
This Thursday thing sucks. I will miss the game due to Open House at school* - OWWDig September 2, 2026, 13:31:48
- We went to last weeks open house.* - Mrap24 September 2, 2026, 15:34:03
  - nice of you to stop by and say hello!* - OWWDig Yesterday, 11:12:43
    - No idea what room to find you in. All her classes are in the old building. - Mrap24 Yesterday, 12:38:20
      - my office and classroom are in the old building.* - OWWDig Yesterday, 13:25:34
- I like it in this particular instance since it's a holiday weekend. Doesn't interfere - Taz September 2, 2026, 15:25:50
  - except those that cannot take Friday off* - OWWDig Yesterday, 11:12:24
- it's better than Friday which should belong to high school football - Poldark September 2, 2026, 15:19:41
  - Hear hear. * - osklister September 2, 2026, 15:23:47
  - Yea, that's terrible too* - OWWDig September 2, 2026, 15:23:28
- Agreed, Thursday night games suck* - IlliniOllie September 2, 2026, 14:47:30
- I love it. Will be home by lunchtime Friday - bjl63 September 2, 2026, 14:45:40
- It really does. Friday would be so much better.* - Warrin'_Illini September 2, 2026, 14:05:34
  - Yes. I'm taking 4 HS seniors with me. - EffinIllini September 2, 2026, 14:21:50
    - Brutal. Hopefully the game will be well in hand by then and you don't miss much.* - Warrin'_Illini September 2, 2026, 14:38:29
  - Right. Friday is not ideal, but at least folks can get to town for the game and stay over - OWWDig September 2, 2026, 14:14:56
    - For sure, that sucks. I should have been more proactive and taken Friday off.* - Warrin'_Illini September 2, 2026, 14:18:41
      - I can't because my teacher contract doesn't allow us to take personal time when it's - OWWDig September 2, 2026, 14:37:22
        
        wrong place* - ATL Yesterday, 10:42:25
- It totally blows. Im interested to see how much it effects attendance.* - Ron McDon September 2, 2026, 13:33:04
  - attendance is gonna be shitty - IlliniSax05 September 2, 2026, 14:20:35
  - We were able to sell our parking pass (32), but not the tickets yet* - OWWDig September 2, 2026, 13:44:21
    - Sold my tickets, but it definitely hurt the price. Sold one of my two parking passes. Still have - Ron McDon September 2, 2026, 14:29:04
      - MrsDig just informed me that we did sell our East Main pair for $9. I'm rollin in the dough!!* - OWWDig September 2, 2026, 14:38:32
        
        Whoa, that's $4.50 each?? Listen Rockefeller, can ya loan me a few bucks?? - osklister September 2, 2026, 15:25:33
Bad fan ======> - ATL September 2, 2026, 12:54:29
- Fuck Augus.....*checks notes*....September?* - Blazer September 2, 2026, 13:29:28
  - ^^^^ was supposed to be a reply to Jackie vvvvvvvv* - Blazer September 2, 2026, 14:41:04
Gonna be a scorcher, kids* - Jackie August 31, 2026, 18:41:19
- Yesterday you said you'd call Sears* - assassin September 2, 2026, 14:16:11
  - You can’t prove that * - Jackie September 2, 2026, 14:40:10
  - I'll call today* - Blazer September 2, 2026, 14:40:07
    - You’ll call now. * - assassin September 2, 2026, 14:47:58
      - I'll call now* - Blazer September 2, 2026, 15:14:01
        
        in case anyone hasn't already read it... - Sammich September 2, 2026, 15:22:46
- 85° is a scorcher?* - bbonb August 31, 2026, 18:46:43
  - It’s not a dry heat, bonbon. Extreme heat warning issued today *shrug** - Jackie September 2, 2026, 13:43:16
    - yikes. Drink lots of pickle juice* - bbonb September 2, 2026, 13:49:51
      - ^^sounds vaguely dirty^^ - osklister September 2, 2026, 15:27:27
      - ooo - EffinIllini September 2, 2026, 13:53:26
        
        Really good beer, had it for the first time before the S16 game - RVA September 2, 2026, 14:00:45
        
        I'm just not a dill pickle flavor fan (outside of actual dill pickles). - EffinIllini September 2, 2026, 14:19:36
If anyone has a Lot 31 pass for Thursday night that they're not using, let me know. - Illiniphil August 31, 2026, 17:55:17
- I have a Lot 42 I'm not gonna be able to use that is on the grass* - OrangeSox August 31, 2026, 18:33:26
  - I think the rest of the people we tailgate with are picking up 31 passes as they can. - Illiniphil August 31, 2026, 18:46:33
Very much looking forward to this, obviously. But the Week 1 slate is terrible. - Warrin'_Illini August 31, 2026, 16:07:00

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