Illinois - UT Remember the Alamo (Beep!! Beep!! edition)

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Illinois - UT Remember the Alamo (Beep!! Beep!! edition)

« on: September 04, 2021, 05:55:59 PM »

Kickoff is less than an hour away. First place Fighting Illini looking to remain undefeated against the UTSA Roadrunners.

First year coach Bret Bielema (1-0) is currently tied with Vic Koenning for 2nd best winning percentage for a football head coach in school history. Per Wikipedia, Robert Lackey guided the team to a 6-0 record in his lone season at Illinois back in 1891. Bielema and the Illini have a shot at starting out this season at 6-0:

Nebraska (W)
UTSA
at Virginia
Maryland
at Purdue
Charlotte

Not exactly Murderer's Row.

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Somewhere in Mn

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Re: Illinois - UT Remember the Alamo (Beep!! Beep!! edition)

« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2021, 06:10:25 PM »

Quote from: dwc13 on September 04, 2021, 05:55:59 PM

Kickoff is less than an hour away. First place Fighting Illini looking to remain undefeated against the UTSA Roadrunners.

First year coach Bret Bielema (1-0) is currently tied with Vic Koenning for 2nd best winning percentage for a football head coach in school history. Per Wikipedia, Robert Lackey guided the team to a 6-0 record in his lone season at Illinois back in 1891. Bielema and the Illini have a shot at starting out this season at 6-0:

Nebraska (W)
UTSA
at Virginia
Maryland
at Purdue
Charlotte

Not exactly Murderer's Row.

Herbstreit thinks an upset is possible tonight, and at Va won't be easy.
I L L ....

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dwc13

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Re: Illinois - UT Remember the Alamo (Beep!! Beep!! edition)

« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2021, 06:46:26 PM »

Quote from: Mn on September 04, 2021, 06:10:25 PM

Herbstreit thinks an upset is possible tonight, and at Va won't be easy.
I L L ....

UTSA hasn't played a game, which is a huge advantage for Illinois. Plus, they're the road team so they might not have the depth on the DL in the 2nd half.

Virginia is a lacrosse school. That aside, the UVA defense was pretty bad last season.

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Re: Illinois - UT Remember the Alamo (Beep!! Beep!! edition)

« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2021, 07:30:42 PM »

Quote from: dwc13 on September 04, 2021, 06:46:26 PM

UTSA hasn't played a game, which is a huge advantage for Illinois. Plus, they're the road team so they might not have the depth on the DL in the 2nd half.

Virginia is a lacrosse school. That aside, the UVA defense was pretty bad last season.

edit: I N I

Herbstreit thought we might come in over confident against a team with a lot of returning starters and a good run game.
The UTSA defense won't be getting tired at this rate.

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illinicalvin

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Re: Illinois - UT Remember the Alamo (Beep!! Beep!! edition)

« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2021, 07:30:49 PM »

Wow, we kinda suck.

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dwc13

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Re: Illinois - UT Remember the Alamo (Beep!! Beep!! edition)

« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2021, 07:40:21 PM »

United States Tennis Association, er, University of Texas San Antonio leads 14-7 in the 2nd quarter.

Thanks to UTSA for its generosity on that Illinois drive, contributing an OOB kickoff (35 yards) and personal foul (15 yards).

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