GAMBLING! Per VSin:
DK started Illini +3! Now down to Illini +1, PK(!), and +1.5! Hmmmm. Bet Michigan.
O/U started at 42. Now at 43.5! (I read on some website some dude claiming he had heard before the Illini/Purdue game that it was fixed and was told to take Purdue and the over!)
Stolen, of course, from FightingIllini.com (except bolded and parentheticals).
The Illinois football team is ranked #22 in this week's AP Top 25 and #21 in the Coaches Poll. The Fighting Illini are off to a 5-1 start and have been ranked for five consecutive weeks.
Saturday's sold out showdown against #24 Michigan will be the first AP Top 25 ranked vs. ranked game at Memorial Stadium since 2000. It will be the 24th ranked vs. ranked matchup in the history of Memorial Stadium, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this weekend. [What an indictment of this program.]
The game against Michigan will take place 100 years and one day after Red Grange's historic performance in the Memorial Stadium Dedication Game. The Dedication Game famously occurred against Michigan on Oct. 18, 1924, when Grange gained national headlines after scoring four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes to take down the previously undefeated Wolverines.
Illinois has announced detailed plans for the Rededication weekend, set for Thursday, Oct. 17-Saturday, Oct. 19. To view the complete schedule of Memorial Stadium Rededication plans, click here.
#22 Illinois and #24 Michigan kick off on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS.
During game day, special ceremonies and performances will be featured inside Memorial Stadium throughout pregame and during the game, including a special game-ball presentation by some of Illinois' most legendary players, and a memorable 3-in-1 performance that will involve family members of Illinois' athletic architects of the era – Athletic Director George Huff, Head Football Coach Robert Zuppke and star player Red Grange.
Big Ten Network will broadcast its B1G Tailgate show live from Grange Grove on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. CT prior to the #22 Fighting Illini hosting #24 Michigan for the Memorial Stadium Rededication Game (2:30 p.m. CT on CBS). Hosted by Mike Hall and Tyvis Powell, B1G Tailgate is the home for Big Ten football fans on Saturday mornings with original features, special guests, and Big Ten analysis live from campus.
On-set guests will include Illinois greats Juice Williams and Brandon Lloyd. The set will be located in the southwest corner of Grange Grove. The first 50 fans when doors open at 8 a.m. CT will receive a free Big Ten Network bucket hat.
B1G Tailgate originates from a different Big Ten campus each week, beginning at 9 a.m. CT leading into the first games of the day at 11 a.m. CT. The B1G Tailgate area is free and open to the public.
The Illinois-Michigan matchup is sold out. Fans still looking to purchase tickets for the Illinois-Michigan matchup are reminded to visit SeatGeek.com, the official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace of Illinois Athletics.
More to be stolen as it becomes available...