| Game 1: Illinois vs UAB Game Thread
Posted by assassin
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on September 3, 2026, 19:39:26| QB play week 1
Posted by biclops
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| Thank god it’s not Mensah anymore *
Posted by meanjeans
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Previous Message| Yeah. They essentially benched their starter yesterday to seal the win*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| From what I saw of that game, we’ve got real problems on our hands if we can’t beat them at home*
Posted by OB25
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| They were sloppy (QB) but we were sloppy (tackling). Their RB was really good.
Posted by ATL Their defense generally didn't look good.
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| I thought their defense looked just fine. They’ve got a couple tackle monsters at LB.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| My only real fear is their RB*
Posted by biclops
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| Whoa - did you guys hear what Tate said on SMSL yesterday?
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| I’m calloused enough to accept that it’s not for D1 hockey*
Posted by timmer
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| Can we put it towards NIL and get a DL?*
Posted by UofIL6
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| right? the stadium upgrades are nice, but surely an extra $10M/yr for NIL would be better*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| I forget how the payment mechanics work here
Posted by snipes824
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| Yes, win games and the stadium/attendance will naturally follow*
Posted by UofIL6
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| Hampton getting the start for Southern Miss today*
Posted by AintHatin
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| Good for these guys
Posted by jdl
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| Agreed. That’s cool*
Posted by snipes824
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| On betting the over in all remaining games this season*
Posted by timmer
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| I just want to note that i support all of ranger's points below. people way way way out over
Posted by John Coctostan
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| No way to put lipstick on a 400-yard pig, but I didn’t mind what I saw. If I was going to pick one
Posted by meanjeans
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| hey while we’re on the subject did you know we have the biggest video board in the nation?*
Posted by lcubed
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| People who don't like it also probably don't appreciate the engineering marvel across the street!*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| but who was the tallest Illini ever?
Posted by Sammich
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| so it’s not brett robisch?*
Posted by lcubed
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| I also don't get what people were expecting
Posted by Blazer
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| Low expectations + high hopes FTW*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| sometimes you can't convince yourself to accept disappointment ahead of time
Posted by Sammich
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| Yeah you can understand a weakness fundamentally, but we’re still fans
Posted by snipes824
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| You're not wrong, but I wish we weren't "wasting" a season where we appear to have a real
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| The NIL thing is a big mystery
Posted by Blazer
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| shoulda traded down on scoreboard *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| I strongly suspect we’ve chosen to divert resources from football to basketball*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| I don't really see the evidence of that.
Posted by larue33
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| I doubt the retention this year was cheap
Posted by Blazer And maybe that meant people who would have spread money both ways were diverted to basketball.
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| Hmm. I have no idea if resources are being diverted but...
Posted by baconface
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| He also said the the issues with the D line
Posted by larue33
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| Good. We should be in the top 10, and closer to 1 than 10.
Posted by JFG
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| Then why didn’t he just say top 5 smh*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| I might of butchered what he said but in any event he was estimating.*
Posted by baconface
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| Neither of us see evidence of it.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| As to bread being buttered,
Posted by larue33
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| I'm assuming the players we kept got significant raises*
Posted by RVA
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| I’m assuming that the DL market was more than we were willing to spend on.
Posted by ATL
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| mostly agree but I do think they misread the market for their own guys *
Posted by baconface
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| Agreed. But you on the other hand you can generally make more money switching jobs than staying put
Posted by ATL
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| my industry also and I get it. There's just no way they wouldn't have ponied up for at least one of
Posted by baconface
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| They clearly did. But like, we aren’t going to outspend A&M and a motivated Michigan State.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| I think they assumed with the revenue sharing cap schools would be more constrained
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| It's clearly a bad assumption and extremely naive
Posted by Blazer
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| Seems that way.
Posted by EffinIllini
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| It’s a ten win schedule. It’s a bummer. *
Posted by assassin
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| Yeah, it's tough. A few more cromulent BT-level defensive players would go a long way.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I was told 6-7 wins would pacify the fanbase forever.
Posted by uofi1998
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| I’ll never leave this place. Been at this shit too many years with this program*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Speaking for myself only... just living in denial... Cigs has literally nothing to do with it.
Posted by uofi1998
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| With as much turnover as we we were looking at
Posted by Blazer
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| I’m not worried about the scheme. The lack of talent in the front 7 is what’s alarming
Posted by illini21
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| It was more just the eye test of our LBs being so slow and unagile in space. I don’t know
Posted by Orangeillini
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| I agree. Tackling was the problem. Bret said they didn't do as much in practice...so I guess
Posted by OWWDig
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| Tackling was better in the second half. My guess is it was not a technique issue so much as a get
Posted by ATL
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| LOL Sun-Times
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| They should have kept that in the bag for a higher leverage win *
Posted by meanjeans
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| one two three four five SIX SIX SIX*
Posted by Sammich
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| Better than Heil Kittner.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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| Lol*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Reddit big mad about the scoreboard.
Posted by EffinIllini
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| Wrigleyville Neighbors: Central Illinois chapter?*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| I like that when UAB was kicking field goals in its direction they turned the entire screen
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| 4 hours per game, 7 games a year. who cares?*
Posted by cpsteine
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| And maybe two of those are night games.*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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| We have1 more night game this year.. maybe Iowa will be a 230 kick
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Those are the stadium lights, not the scoreboard, right?
Posted by ATL
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| I’m convinced these nonner pricks aren’t familiar with the topography of central Illinois*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Which is to say there is none*
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| I know there’s a natural tendency to focus on the negative, but Houser/Valentine/Dixon…
Posted by OB25
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| We should also probably remember UAB had legit running backs.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| I’ll just say that I’m really glad we didn’t play UMass yesterday.
Posted by OB25
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| How did that even happen, they've been godawful but looked extremely competent last night
Posted by RVA
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| Rutgers stinks and Schiano is highly overrated*
Posted by bjl63
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| #10 RB in his class, and there's the usual caveats about transferring down vs up
Posted by RVA
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| He looked good. Hopefully another mitigating factor.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I thought they were super talented for a G5. They’re better than what low/middle B1G teams will run
Posted by illiniranger
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| I have to say I thought they looked like they had some talent... the former Iowa WR we recruited...
Posted by uofi1998
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| I largely agree.*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| The kid that jumped over our defender - NW does not have that guy.
Posted by illiniranger
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| Yep. 230 lbs Jack Paris melted trying to tackle him coming down hill*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Time to fire the DC? Could probably use a new voice in the clubhouse*
Posted by bbonb
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| My Wisconsin alum work colleague asked me on a Zoom today if we were "sick of Bielema" yet
Posted by GMAW
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| Reminds me of Illini fans that hate Bill Self.
Posted by QcIlliniFan
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| He was a known carouser up there and I’ve heard stories from Wisconsin friends
Posted by bjl63
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| The summer prior to his first season I was in Omaha talking with Arkansas fans
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Doubt they would have changed their opinions.
Posted by EffinIllini
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| Sat next to a South Carolina fan at the bar last night who admitted Bielema totally worked Beamer
Posted by RVA
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| Pretty contentious when he left. He wasn’t shy about saying Wisconsin wasn’t committed to winning*
Posted by illiniranger
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| Other thing is he seems to have matured a lot after getting fired at Arkansas*
Posted by ATL
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| He was like 34-35 when he got the Wisconsin job and went 12-1 his first year
Posted by illiniranger
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| People love a good carouser as long as you aren't getting arrested or bringing negative attention.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| and we’ve been back to the Rose Bowl zero times. #bertmakesmesick*
Posted by bbonb
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| Did you mention that last portion? I remember when he left for Arkansas, they were hugely pissed.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I have a good impression of Wisconsin’s academics but your colleague is not helping*
Posted by ATL
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| Is he sick of Luke Fickell?*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| He's basically the Wisconsin equivalent of a 2008 Weber loyalist
Posted by GMAW
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| Especially dumb question considering how bad they’ve been since he left*
Posted by OB25
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| The Hail Mary at halftime was a bad/good reminder of the Jaden Daniels one against the Bears.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I was overjoyed to learn Todd Grantham was the UAB defensive coordinator
Posted by RVA
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| Did the broadcast or anybody discuss why UAB basically defended the play with only 10 players?
Posted by UIHuskie
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| Offense was fine and will be, defense is going to be god awful and a huge problem*
Posted by Mrap24
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| Defense front...6...in this stupid scheme had zero contain and was outphysicaled.
Posted by Desert
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| New coaches, new roster, new scheme
Posted by Blazer
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| Agreed.
Posted by DocWalk20
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| That defintely wasn't me, I barely followed the offseason
Posted by Blazer
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| You’re right. It wasn’t you. I think it was ranger. My bad.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| I don't think the D is going to be great
Posted by jdl
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| Your rationale approach will not be tolerated in this immediate postgame time period*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Honestly scarier than expected. We got bulldozed up front.
Posted by uofi1998
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| Guys… we gave up 4 yards rushing per attempt
Posted by illiniranger
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| Eh... this is where stats kinda lie.*
Posted by uofi1998
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| we gave up 4 yards per attempt...to UAB. That's not exactly a good thing
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| 4 is below the national average. Last year WMU averaged 3.3 in a game we shut them out
Posted by illiniranger
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| To me it felt much more like an inability to make the initial stop
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Yeah that’s what I said in the game thread, we kept turning 1 yard gains into 4-5 a pop
Posted by OB25
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| Agreed, I almost said something like this. We aren't really big or talented, but were
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I’m going to turn into the joker
Posted by illiniranger
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| It's like these nerds have never played EA Sports College Football *
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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| The money excuse shouldn't fly with anyone. They screwed up and now have to live
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I’m going to give it another couple of games to improve. First game, and I’m sure they were holding
Posted by snipes824
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| You can’t hold back a lack of talent, though, and that was pretty evident last night
Posted by bjl63
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| Oh I fully agree. It looked bad, and it’s everything I feared
Posted by snipes824
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| We still have one on retainer, but
Posted by RVA
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| It was about as bad as I expected
Posted by bjl63
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| 32M... there's still 60+ million in the donation that didn't go to the tech refresh.
Posted by tvillini
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| Not to belabor the point but our front 7 is MAC-level quality. Will have to win a lot of shootouts.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| unless we move to the MAC*
Posted by bbonb
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| Biggest scoreboard in the MAC !! Top Five-level defense too !!
Posted by osklister
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| Definitely on the scoreboard. Maybe on the front 7*
Posted by uofi1998
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| I think Ty Cox is gonna be a very good player*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| I’d like to see more Cox on the field*
Posted by bbonb
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| There are plenty already *
Posted by uofi1998
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| Is this a WNBA reference?? Do they have to be purple?
Posted by osklister
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| He really bounced back after the first bad play *
Posted by illiniranger
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| Interesting stat
Posted by illiniranger
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| We can talk about TOP but we seemed super happy to force 30 seconds off each play
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| TOP doesn’t matter. Total plays matters
Posted by illiniranger
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| Bielema says the tackling is on him
Posted by biclops ?is=yCMTN-mgshDns0Pf
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| imo, the scoreboard was underwhelming. The stadium lights, though, were awesome. The light show
Posted by Philo
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| I thought the potential of the new board was seen a few times.
Posted by tvillini
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| One thing last night, they were often late updating what down it was*
Posted by bjl63
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| On TV it looked like they were only using the middle part for video
Posted by biclops
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| It's 32:9. They're not going to use the whole board for that. No one really does.
Posted by tvillini
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| Boo. 42-16 much sexxier score. Ah well*
Posted by Blazer
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| did you hear that? Illini can win ten games!*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| Jay Price qualified to be head coach *
Posted by ATL
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| I follow this stuff really closely. hand up, never heard of joshua davis*
Posted by snipes824
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| great grandson of Sammy Jr.*
Posted by bbonb
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| Keep an eye out for him in coming games.
Posted by osklister
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| Mid-May JUCO signing it seems *
Posted by assassin
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| yeah. I watched probably 80% of camp press conferences as well and can't remember bielema or thomas
Posted by snipes824
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| Full second string D now *
Posted by assassin
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| Bielema era has featured so many games like this
Posted by OrangeSox
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| Penalties. Not only did we not commit them, and UAB did. But UAB’a were drive killing for them.
Posted by tvillini
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| This. Watching Illinois play competent, intelligent football will never get old.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| I feel like this game basically nets out as a wash for me in terms of what we learned.
Posted by OB25
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| Tackling really only thing that surprises me on the down side
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Yep. Houser looks legit, skill positions look good, secondary cromulent
Posted by Blazer
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| Wish that SIU and Duke slate was switched *
Posted by assassin
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| Wish the UCLA game was at home
Posted by RVA
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| Holmes and Rhea super bright spots i think. And did Muragin basically get benched after
Posted by John Coctostan
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| holmes looks like the right kind of athlete*
Posted by snipes824
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| Rhea has quite the motor, will probably get swallowed up in the BT tho
Posted by assassin
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| Very nice. Blouses.*
Posted by Toonces
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| Our D is never getting off the field *
Posted by ATL
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| You should have said that earlier*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| They’re going to go back into the field, aren’t they?*
Posted by ATL
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| LOLOL let’s cover now*
Posted by OB25
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| Lol*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| Lol*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| FAIRY*
Posted by biclops
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| God bless you Resetich, a form tackle in the open field!*
Posted by OB25
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| We don’t contain for shit*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| New scheme, new coaches, new roster
Posted by Blazer
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| 3rd downs so far aren’t seeming any better than last year*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| We dial back the aggressiveness, which is maddening*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Amazing what happens when you attack*
Posted by RVA
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| The linebackers cannot make a tackle in space. Hard to watch. This isn’t Oregon or Ohio State*
Posted by OB25
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| It’s gonna be a tough year for the front 7*
Posted by Mrap24
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| 3 man rush?*
Posted by Mrap24
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| Seems like every 3rd down passing situation we lay down*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| the tackling in this game has been shambolic*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| By far the biggest issue imo*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| We’ll get that cleaned up*
Posted by assassin
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| So who has the best hot dogs on campus, Niros Gyros?*
Posted by RVA
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| Imagining Joey C methodically decimating all the stadium concessions stands*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| No Niro’s on campus anymore*
Posted by assassin
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| Sad. Underrated chicken tenders back in the day*
Posted by OB25
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| Houser’s progressions have been excellent*
Posted by Blazer
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| Seems like he had a guy crossing wide open there though*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Valentine redeemed Himself on the blitz pickup there. *
Posted by assassin
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| UAB has blown off their own foot like 5 times now.*
Posted by Toonces
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| I’ll say this for Bert - more times than not, the other team beats themselves more than we do*
Posted by OB25
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| Yep, and this is taking some getting used to*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Great pick up Valentine*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| I was worried we had too many returning snaps on the OL
Posted by RVA
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| SCOREBOARD SEASON*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| That videoboard seems abnormally large*
Posted by ab75
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| They got a new scoreboard?*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Starting Q4 with a….rave?*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| I don’t want to hear any complaints about our elite A/V prowess.*
Posted by Toonces
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| Free MDMA with a full price ticket. *
Posted by uofi1998
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| And glowsticks!*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| Looks like it’s time to buy season tix*
Posted by uofi1998
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| Trip around*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Does the announcer think Metallica is an EDM band?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| *has siezure**
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Ruling on field stands!*
Posted by OB25
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| So innovative 90% of the time. Predictable in the worst ways 10%*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Like that. Such a cool play design*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Ugh I feel like that’s getting reversed. Wild to call that same play again.*
Posted by OB25
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| C’mon, throw the ball. They can’t stop it.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Year after year Werner talks up the O-line
Posted by illini21
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| They don’t even get to watch practice anymore. Anything being said is just fed from coaching staff*
Posted by OB25
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| Looked short to me but I thought Valentine got it so…*
Posted by assassin
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| This*
Posted by ab75
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| No guarantee we come back to the 4th Q with possession*
Posted by uofi1998
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| Only saving grace is that you couldn't see where the ball was when he got tackled
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| No. Somewhat fortunately you can’t see the ball at all. *
Posted by assassin
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| lol Lunney so predictable *
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| stop fucking doing that*
Posted by snipes824
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| Snap it quick*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Jesus Christ Barry *
Posted by illiniranger
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| I still hate Lunney*
Posted by uofi1998
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| God dammit that was a 1st down!*
Posted by OB25
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| Good lord. Cmon oline*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| As usual we get fucked on the spot
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Sure looked like Valentine got it.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| He passed the sticks*
Posted by RVA
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| Yep*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Safe to say we know who WR1 is this year. *
Posted by uofi1998
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| Couple of chunk plays aside, really disappointing run blocking considering the opponent*
Posted by OB25
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| *breathes huge sigh of relief when UAB sends fg unit onto field**
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Slightly surprised they think they can stop us a couple more times.
Posted by assassin
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| I realize I hadn't seen an X injury update so thats cool at least*
Posted by RVA
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| I was just about to ask if he had been back out there yet.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| He was the guy that just pasted their QB. He’s fine. *
Posted by assassin
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| Right. That was the first time I’d seen him out there this half. Good to see.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Come on TO fairy, we need you*
Posted by OB25
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| Dude 52, what the fuck are you doing*
Posted by assassin
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| Our best defensive play might be the slow substitution*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| That’s because it doesn’t require tackling.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| That’s a huge tackle by Morris or he’s gone*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Qb sneak on 3rd and 2 huh lol*
Posted by assassin
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| Knew they could just get it next down *
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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| I like Lunney game.*
Posted by OB25
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| Hopefully the Ben Johnson camp paid off too*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Houser was money well spent*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| Houser looks good. Could he come back next year with 5-f-5?*
Posted by Toonces
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| Nope, he redshirted*
Posted by OB25
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| No matter. Just need a state court judge*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| Pretty sure this is already year 5 for him*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| We just need to find one sympathetic judge
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| I haven't seen any of the 1st half.
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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| That scoreboard strobe light after we score is hella annoying*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Ooo
Posted by Herman Blume
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| OK grandpas, let's get you both to bed
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| dime*
Posted by biclops
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| Dixon a NFLer *
Posted by illiniranger
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| Okie doked em again *
Posted by assassin
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| Houser seems serviceable*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| I’d say more than that. He’s got some wheels too.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Houser is the goods*
Posted by Blazer
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| Nice throw.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Nice pass. *
Posted by harb
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| Cheeks*
Posted by RVA
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| lulzzzzz*
Posted by assassin
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| Great effort by FullBlownAIDS. Butt was down, though. *
Posted by VIV
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| Dang. Hip was down.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| is the next efficiency move in football taking the 5 yards instead of the TO on 1st and 10?*
Posted by snipes824
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| Made it all the way to the third quarter before having to call a timeout to avoid a delay of game on
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Remember when Kaden Feagin was on the team?*
Posted by uofi1998
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| Let’s just start fattening him up for DL now*
Posted by assassin
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| There have been so few plays on offense that it’s hard to judge anything.
Posted by OB25
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| I’m just annoyed at the DL*
Posted by uofi1998
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| 6'3, 260, hmmm...*
Posted by RVA
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| Throw until they stop it, please.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| TOP dofferential is Spurrieresque*
Posted by ATL
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| What the fuck is all over the screen on this halftime show?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| They’ve basically cut the viewing area in half *
Posted by biclops
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| Are we past the return window on Hauck? *
Posted by meanjeans
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| I mean this first half wasn’t good and the defense will probably have issues
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| It’s not his fault. It’s whoever was responsible for managing our NIL budget.*
Posted by OB25
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| Yep—coordinator impact is overrated
Posted by Blazer
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| Josh Whitman and Bert
Posted by bjl63
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| Not sure I believe that. IDK though. *
Posted by uofi1998
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| I’m hoping either
Posted by Blazer b) our NIL capacity is finite and we decided to go all in on basketball for next year which limited what we could put into the football roster.
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| Brad Underwood?*
Posted by biclops
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| This (although if managed correctly, perhaps we don't need to bring in a gimmick)*
Posted by UofIL6
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| I assume Hauck wouldn’t be here in that scenario.*
Posted by OB25
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| Bert gonna do some yelling. *
Posted by assassin
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| And then wring 5 gallons of boob sweat out of his shirt*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Couldn't believe the UAB assistant who still had gelled hair standing straight up
Posted by RVA
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| That’s gotta be their S&C guy right?*
Posted by biclops
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| the receding hairline is what made it extra ridiculous *
Posted by assassin
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| AMAZINF! We get the ball first, oui?*
Posted by Toonces
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| Oui. *
Posted by assassin
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| I can’t wait for our 74 second TD drive *
Posted by ATL
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| Just stupidly return the opening kick *
Posted by assassin
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| never in doubt. Great offensive route*
Posted by bbonb
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| I like all the people watching the big tv instead of the play right in front of them *
Posted by biclops
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| We are so back.*
Posted by OB25
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| eberflusian!*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| I like Houser arm*
Posted by Blazer
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| Yep, same.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Hou-itser*
Posted by assassin
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| lol *
Posted by biclops
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| 0 man rush is a really really really bad idea*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| What the fuck. +
Posted by illiniranger
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| Better to be lucky than good sometimes*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Amazing*
Posted by Blazer
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| lol this game is drunk*
Posted by ATL
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| LOL*
Posted by snipes824
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| lol, wow*
Posted by UofIL6
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| Lol*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Haha awesome*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| LOL. What. *
Posted by assassin
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| Holy shit. *
Posted by harb
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| Ha of course*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Indiana struggled in Game 1 against ODU last year
Posted by Blazer
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| This game might not end before 1am*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| I don’t think that would have worked out great anyway. *
Posted by assassin
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| *Pours deep Wild Turkey 101**
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| Feels like we totally allowed that punt to the 1 to change the game.*
Posted by OB25
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| There’s visible pre-snap confusion too, especially in the 1st. Dudes not sure where to line up.*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Pretty normal stuff with roster turnover and a new scheme*
Posted by Blazer
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| Trouble*
Posted by OWWDig
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| getting stuffed on 4th was a game changer*
Posted by snipes824
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| Yeah our vaunted O has to at that’s kinda help the D out*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| we’re so back*
Posted by biclops
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| Yikes*
Posted by UofIL6
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| woof*
Posted by Blazer
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| Derp*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| Cox getting a little firmer*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| It’s everything we feared on full display. A G5 team is running the ball on us in a 2min dri
Posted by OB25
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| The oops, no defensive line approach is gonna lead to a long conference season*
Posted by RVA
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| SIU, and maybe Purdue?
Posted by assassin
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| A lot of talk about the 335 and our size, but we can’t tackle for shit. *
Posted by illiniranger
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| There’s a reason these guys were in the clearance bin*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| the tackling has been atrocious.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Yeah this is nothing scheme wise really. We have missed an amazing number of tackles*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| agreed. I see no issue with the scheme*
Posted by snipes824
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| Is this 3-3-5 gimmick bullshit or do other major programs run it too?*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| The 335 is the most common defense in college football
Posted by illiniranger
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| Not sure what you mean, but ok. I’ve heard nothing about us running a 3-3-5 before tonight.
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Other major programs not running it has been Bret’s main justification for going to it.
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Everyone runs this defense. Mint and Tite are the most common fronts in college football. They’re
Posted by illiniranger
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| Our first guy seldom makes the tackle*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Much better 4th down call than us*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| Much better rep by 32 there *
Posted by illiniranger
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| OPI?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| without a doubt*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| Absolutely
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Defensive player has a right to the ball*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| What is that ref even doing? Thats OPI*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| this is bad*
Posted by biclops
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| ffs.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Barry has a tendency to get cute in short yardage. He can’t help himself *
Posted by illiniranger
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| He’s run that play a bunch*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| The reverse out toss too. Just give it to your best player Barry *
Posted by illiniranger
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| no shit.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| This is gonna be a long year.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Yeah. Another year down the drain at halftime. *
Posted by assassin
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| LOL*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| I mean. *
Posted by assassin
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| Fucking gross*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| Pathetic*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Oof*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Short. *
Posted by harb
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| I think I've had my fill of scoreboard talk for this season. *
Posted by Memphian
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| Did you know the Ivisic brothers are twins?
Posted by Blazer
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| Did you know that Z is a few minutes older than Tomi?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Get used to it. It'll be the talking point for every crew this season
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Nick Smith, tallest Illini *
Posted by jdl
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| Mike Tisdale, 6,000 calories*
Posted by Blazer
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| Is there a bigger video board in college football?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Super interested to see how this looks against passing attacks. Might be alright there*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Do we do nuggets for missed FG’s?*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| Yes
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| this game may go past midnight!*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Guys from Florida should really be used to this heat and humidity*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Looks like cramp*
Posted by UofIL6
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| Oh god no. He yelled for the sideline immediately*
Posted by OB25
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| he went to locker room*
Posted by Poldark "The only thing the DSA hates more than Republicans is Democrats."
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| My guess is IV fluids*
Posted by OWWDig
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| Yep. *
Posted by harb
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| Ok good, cramp*
Posted by OB25
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| Ugh not X please *
Posted by biclops
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| Can someone explain the difference between those two penalties?*
Posted by RVA
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| But how is the defense supposed to know how close to the snap they’re shifting?*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Had the exact same thought.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Who the hell was that letting the RB just run right by him?*
Posted by OB25
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| Ish Kante is terrible*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Uggs are terrible as well*
Posted by HeatMizer
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| Faegin was on special teams?*
Posted by ATL
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| We can't afford to do conservative this season. Hated that series*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| Agreed, it’s freaking UAB*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| ST gonna be an adventure *
Posted by biclops
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| Our tackling is really standing out as lacking across the board*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| I dont think they were actually gonna go for it but probably should have*
Posted by RVA
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| Or not. *
Posted by assassin
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| it's UAB, but we definitely generate more pressure on pass plays
Posted by snipes824
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| Will Holmes has some juice. If he’s big enough against Big Ten OL’s.*
Posted by OB25
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| Called the hold there. Nice.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Now that’s a hold *
Posted by Herman Blume
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| The ends deliberately overpursuing is going to take a lot of getting used to*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| He got that easily. Also Farrell held badly. *
Posted by assassin
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| Well called that one *
Posted by assassin
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| Matthew Bailey chooses violence. Mercy.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| map map map map*
Posted by biclops
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| We’re running the 3-3-5 primarily as a Mint front vs a Tite front
Posted by illiniranger
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| After the first few plays, it hasn’t really been getting blown off the LOS that’s the problem…
Posted by OB25
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| lol, then got blown off the line on the next 2 plays. Nevermind*
Posted by OB25
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| Por que no los dos?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Beerman is actually good I think. *
Posted by assassin
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| Time for more Grant Beerman. *
Posted by uofi1998
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| Still looks like a child. He’s a year away physically.*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| He will now and henceforth be known as Duffman*
Posted by uofi1998
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| Jebus, the tackling*
Posted by OWWDig
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| Beer man HERE. *
Posted by harb
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| Soooo many missed tackles already. *
Posted by harb
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| Barna & Bailey*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Valentine looks bigger by a lot*
Posted by OB25
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| So does Kreutz*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| 12-0, baby!*
Posted by bbonb
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| lol at Feagin’s “block”*
Posted by biclops
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| We really need the new OL to get more reps together*
Posted by RVA
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| and the defense to not take so many snaps *
Posted by assassin
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| This is not complementary football*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| TOP 11:33 - 2:12*
Posted by biclops
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| Most overrated stat in football *
Posted by illiniranger
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| I’ve seen enough. Our kicker is terrible.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| FEED5*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Exceptional patience on that *
Posted by illiniranger
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| Now that looked like prime leveon bell. *
Posted by uofi1998
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| Recruiting matters. That’s what a 4 star looks like*
Posted by OB25
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| Lol, amazing. Our offense looks big, fast and talented.*
Posted by Toonces
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| What patience!*
Posted by timmer
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| Anyone take the over?*
Posted by biclops
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| I did. Both the half and the final*
Posted by timmer
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| Nice run by Valentine for the TD. *
Posted by harb
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| Man those were two really nice runs by Valentine.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| CaLil Sebastian!!!*
Posted by VIV
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| He scored that in the fastest fashion*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Scored too fast*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| Oh wow *
Posted by illiniranger
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| Calil. have a drive*
Posted by UofIL6
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| Getting huge Mike Cassity vibes*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| I was getting other side Schultz vibes coming into the game *
Posted by assassin
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| Defense has not given up a TD all season*
Posted by bbonb
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| And our O has scored a TD on every possession!*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Defense competing, just kind of limited.*
Posted by Toonces
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| UAB on pace for ~428 yards*
Posted by biclops
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| Ooo*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Not sure I’m a fan of the reflection the giant board casts on, well, everything*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| it’s awful on the TV *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| Good stand*
Posted by OB25
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| could’ve been a late hit there.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Prater was also held pretty badly. *
Posted by assassin
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| Yes*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Bend but don’t break!*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| This kid from UAB must have hit KAMS last night. Cramping already.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Burninating the corners*
Posted by RVA
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| Who is 32. Yikes. *
Posted by assassin
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| Ah, the younger Cox brother. *
Posted by assassin
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| this defense ain’t it*
Posted by biclops
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| This is one reason these games take 4 hrs*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Plus a full commercial break to drag someone off*
Posted by Potomac
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| It did not happen at the same time, Mike. Get fucked
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Hmm so it’s going to stand probably*
Posted by OB25
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| I don’t know if Pereira was even right in his analysis? Refs said nothing about timing*
Posted by OB25
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| these announcers are idiots.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Scoreboard*
Posted by timmer
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| Imbeciles.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| There’s no reason this should take longer than like 1 second*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Definitely tipped*
Posted by UofIL6
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| Fuck you refs*
Posted by biclops
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| That is a god awful call*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| That ball was tipped. *
Posted by assassin
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| Is it me or does the orange in our uni’s look almost red? *
Posted by Jersey
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| I think it’s a TV thing, but yes. *
Posted by assassin
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| Student section looks full, how's the rest of the stadium?*
Posted by RVA
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| upper east looked sparse? hi ollie!*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| That was basically the DJ Moore game winning TD play from the Packers playoff game*
Posted by OB25
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| yes.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Heisman*
Posted by bbonb
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| that kick was :eek*
Posted by biclops
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| never a doubt*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| I definitely thought he missed it*
Posted by assassin
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| Thought it missed*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Offense looks good*
Posted by UofIL6
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| He was kind of open*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| very impressive response.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Alrighty then*
Posted by RVA
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| Houser is the goods*
Posted by biclops
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| I like Houser game *
Posted by assassin
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| That was fun *
Posted by ATL
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| Busey Bank patch is subtle *
Posted by biclops
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| Did she say Bobby Lunney?*
Posted by biclops
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| Twice! *
Posted by Memphian
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| Who needs Hank Beatty anyway?*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| nice to have another hawkeye type player at illinois.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Teams should just run it down are throats*
Posted by Drippy
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| #ExcitingWhites*
Posted by OB25
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| Good last 30 seconds there*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| yes. penalty was a huge help.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| *stands up**
Posted by assassin
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| Their coach looks like a televangelist*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Death of the Pastor’s Wife*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| What’s an Ian Rhea? Quick fella. *
Posted by assassin
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| The great Mark Followill on the play by play*
Posted by bbonb
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| God we are so small. *
Posted by assassin
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| Looks like the 2003-05 DL*
Posted by uofi1998
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| tackling is terrible so far.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Please pass, UAB. Thanks*
Posted by UofIL6
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| hot knife through butter so far.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| Not feeling great about stopping the run *
Posted by biclops
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| Big big trouble*
Posted by assassin
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| Well the run defense not earning rave reviews 3 plays in*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Are they just gonna ignore the Illinois game? Have they mentioned where we can find it?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| The two minute warning commercial grab in college FB stinks *
Posted by Potomac
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| All the commercial grabs in football suck
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| NIL gotta come from somewhere*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| on an overflow channel.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| sounds like they’re going to move the buttgers game.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| But they screwed it up and sent us to the Rutgers commercial break feed*
Posted by OB25
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| I got the opening kick*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Get your shit together BTN*
Posted by biclops
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| Fox One app *
Posted by jdl
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| I have to sign up for a free trial for this shit?*
Posted by OB25
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| Should be able to use your cable login credentials *
Posted by jdl
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| Except that's showing this game still
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| I vote to eject Rutgers from the b1g*
Posted by biclops
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| Probably will until 8:15 *
Posted by jdl
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| Still showing Rutgers on fox one*
Posted by uofi1998
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| students section 98% full 16 minutes before kickoff *
Posted by Poldark "The only thing the DSA hates more than Republicans is Democrats."
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| My mom sent a pic - it was 90% full 35 min before kick*
Posted by bulldogmba
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| The big screen looks awesome. I am a fan.*
Posted by Toonces
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| Woof, still 84 degrees out. *
Posted by assassin
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| Platt and Brown out
Posted by jdl Illinois WR Jayshon Platt and LB Daniel Brown not dressed and are out for tonight’s game, of course. Others not dressed that haven’t been previously ruled out in the short term or for the season include OL Champ Smith, DB Xanai Scott, TE Logan Farrell, LB Jacob Alexander. #Illini
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| 8:15 kickoff*
Posted by illini81887
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