WHEN: 11/5 Saturday
TIME: 2:30 PM CDT (your clocks fall back Sunday!)
OPPONENT: Sparty
WHERE: Champaign
TV: BTN (BOOOOOOO) - Cory Provus (play-by-play), Matt Millen
(analyst) and Elise Menaker (reporter)
ODDS: Started o/u 46½ and Illini -13. With MSU suspensions and criminal investigations, it is now o/u 43½ - 42½ and Illini -16½! Hmmm. Currently the weather claims there will be south winds 20 to 30mph. Seems like there will be a lot of runs to burn clock when heading South.
News and Notes stolen from FightingIllini.com:
19-26-2 All time versus Sparty. 10-12-1 @ home. 3-7 last 10, but won the last 2.
Bret "Trash" Bielema is 12-8 in his Illinois career (8-6 Big Ten). It is the best 20-game start for an Illinois head coach since John Mackovic started 13-6-1 in the 1988-89 seasons!
Dad's Day! The 100+-year tradition of Dads Day continues this weekend. The event first started in 1920 by the Dads Association. A “King Dad” will be crowned at halftime of Saturday’s game. Hopefully it will be The PAThey!
Pronounce his name right, bitches!
Tommy DeVito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . duh-VETO
• Illinois has 47 Illinois natives on its roster.
The Brown bros. are from Canada!
Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker’s wife, the former JoEllyn Haynesworth, is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Now you know!