Enough shit-assed Bears talk. I still have 1 ticket for this game if you want it. May have 2 tickets. Does not mean you have to sit in the seats if you want to sit elsewhere....Let me know.
Everything stolen from somewhere else:
Date/Time Saturday, Sept. 23 | 2:30 p.m. CT
Location Champaign, Illinois (Memorial Stadium) (for Judge Judy!)
TV BTN (Jason Ross Jr., Illini legend Howard Griffith, and Justine Ward on the call)
VSIN Odds Aggregation Started Illini -13 o/u 49.5 Now: Illini -14 to -14.5 (read FAU QB down for the season) o/u 45.5 (I read somewhere the Illini are 0-3 ATS this year)
The two sides will meet for the first time in program history, with FAU making the trip to take on a Big Ten opponent for the second consecutive season after playing at Purdue in 2022. Illinois is 6-4 all-time against teams currently in the American Athletic Conference (Charlotte 1-0, East Carolina 4-0, Navy 1-0, Tulane 0-1, USF 0-2, UTSA 0-1).
Band Day – High School bands from across the state will come for a special performance with the Marching Illini at halftime.
1951 Football Rose Bowl Team Champions – The 1951 squad, which posted a near-perfect 9-0-1 record on the season and grabbed a share of Illinois' last national title, will be honored on the field during Saturday's game. The 1951 Illini started off the season with seven straight wins, beating 20th-ranked Washington and No. 15 Michigan along the way. The Illini suffered its only non-win of the year against Ohio State when neither team managed to score in a 0-0 tie. Illinois capped the season with a 40-7 romping of Stanford in the 1952 Rose Bowl. Consensus All-American Johnny Karras led the team in rushing and Hall of Famer Al Brosky was a star in the defensive secondary. Nichi was already 57 years old in 1951.