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General Category => Halas Hall Football Forum => Topic started by: ThePAMan on October 04, 2022, 04:19:45 PM
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WHEN: October 8 - Saturday!
TIME: 6:30 PM CDT Another night game!
OPP: IOWA BOOOOOOOOOO!
WHERE: Champaign!
TV: BTN with Cory Provus, Jake Butt ("He said 'butt''), and Elise Menaker on the call.
RADIO: The Busey Bank Illini Sports Network with Brian Barnhart (play-by-play), Martin O'Donnell (analyst), and Michael Martin (reporter).
TICKETS: Available - $75 to at least one for $585 (77 Club).
PROMO: HAIL TO THE ORANGE OUT "All fans in attendance are encouraged to wear orange as part of the "Hail to the Orange Out" promotion."
VSIN says the game started at Illini -3 o/u 38.5
South Point has it Illini -4. Other books have it Illini -3.5 and o/u 35.5.
People betting Illini and the under!
Now more stats courtesy of FightingIllini.com!
Series: Illinois leads, 38-37-2
Last: L, 33-23 (11/20/21 at Champaign)
Streak: L8 (BETTER WHERE A METAL CUP FOR THIS ONE!)
In Champaign: Illinois leads, 20-16
Bielema vs. Iowa: 3-3
Dike Eddleman set an Illinois record with an 88-yard punt vs. Iowa on 11/6/1948!
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While I am at it, I have a question. Is there free wifi available around Lot 33? Going to be doing the RV thing for Dad's Weekend and just wondering if I can link up the Roku sticks to free wifi versus learning how to set up the phones as wifi point or whatever that process is. Anyone know?
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tickets are not going well
Read where Bret Bielema was told there may not even be 50,000 tickets sold and he was visibly upset
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I guessed -3, but I figured we would be the underdogs.
We never match up with xxxx. They're not scoring much. It's hard to believe they won't figure it out, but they're going against our defense.
And DeVito may see the toughest defense he'll see all year.
Ferentz is going against a trash coach, so we'll see what happens.
Get to the gates early, PAMan.
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I guessed -3, but I figured we would be the underdogs.
We never match up with xxxx. They're not scoring much. It's hard to believe they won't figure it out, but they're going against our defense.
And DeVito may see the toughest defense he'll see all year.
Ferentz is going against a trash coach, so we'll see what happens.
Get to the gates early, PAMan.
I don't plan on going this week. 1st weekend in Nov.
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tickets are not going well
Read where Bret Bielema was told there may not even be 50,000 tickets sold and he was visibly upset
The ticket situation on the website looks to only have a couple of wide open sections. Tickets seem to be $75 a pop regardless of where you sit (excluding the clubs), which may be hindering sales.
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Ferentz is going against a trash coach, so we'll see what happens.
Well done.
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Yeah I can’t see paying for the cheapest ticket being $75 each. Just bad bad marketing jacking them up so much now. Get the seats filled with those cheap tickets and then Jack them up next year. Gotta get people there and packed first. Terrible marketing.
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Yeah I can’t see paying for the cheapest ticket being $75 each. Just bad bad marketing jacking them up so much now. Get the seats filled with those cheap tickets and then Jack them up next year. Gotta get people there and packed first. Terrible marketing.
Agreed.
Not to mention the whole “not being able to handle crowds” thing.
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https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1577423599517855745
This is a great follow in general
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Let's take stock of what's happening right now.
Thinking that the team would suck and Iowa would travel well, Guenther Jr. jacks up the price of tickets for the Iowa game to $75 to gouge stupid Iowans. Ok so far.
Oh, but wait! The Illini actually look competent and the Iowans look like crap! Hey, the Illini have a chance to win! Actual Illini fans may actually want to attend the game!
Problem is that Illini fans have had their balls kicked in too many times in these scenarios and don't want to pay $75 plus parking, plus waiting an hour to get in the game, plus waiting an hour to get a warm beer or a cold hot dog, to sit in the balcony in an endzone.
Instead of being creative, reacting smartly, etc. by lowering ticket prices or offering BOGO half price, etc. for 2 games, whatever, Guenther Jr. starts relying in corporate sponsors and alums to buy tickets to give away.and they still are not selling out.
Just another DIA shitshow under our POS AD. Hopefully he wins his pregame jog.
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Let's take stock of what's happening right now.
Thinking that the team would suck and Iowa would travel well, Guenther Jr. jacks up the price of tickets for the Iowa game to $75 to gouge stupid Iowans. Ok so far.
Oh, but wait! The Illini actually look competent and the Iowans look like crap! Hey, the Illini have a chance to win! Actual Illini fans may actually want to attend the game!
Problem is that Illini fans have had their balls kicked in too many times in these scenarios and don't want to pay $75 plus parking, plus waiting an hour to get in the game, plus waiting an hour to get a warm beer or a cold hot dog, to sit in the balcony in an endzone.
Instead of being creative, reacting smartly, etc. by lowering ticket prices or offering BOGO half price, etc. for 2 games, whatever, Guenther Jr. starts relying in corporate sponsors and alums to buy tickets to give away.and they still are not selling out.
Just another DIA shitshow under our POS AD. Hopefully he wins his pregame jog.
100 percent agree. Get butts in the seats. Best way to do that is just offer super cheap seats for this game. Give some away to some local high schools. You don't lose money giving away tickets because you still get revenue from concessions and parking. This is a very very important game.
Whatever it takes. This isn't rocket science.
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This is a very very important game.
Yes it is. I was there for evening Ron Turner MI Fumble Game Leading to Replay, there was a Zook/Juice era evening game against MI (of course the shithead behind me got pissed at me for giving Lloyd Carr "the finger"), the Lou Tepper Penn State Kerry Collins debacle game and all were rowdy as all hell. (I actually feared for some peoples lives at the Fumble Game as people were completely shitfaced when the time the game started and were completely pissed at the end of the game, for obvious reasons.) Get a full house for this game and Memorial Stadium could be rocking like back in the 80's Belong to the Illini era.
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Thank you to the continued support of the University of Illinois Community Credit Union, fans can purchase 4 tickets for $109 as part of the UICCU flash sale. Act fast to take advantage of this limited quantity of 5,000 seats. Thanks to UICCU for their support of Fighting Illini Athletics!
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Who here wants to go? Judge Judy, you already have tickets?
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All right you fucks...Didn't even get to speak with the wife before buying them....this will be good...
Iowa
OCT 08 2022 at 06:30pm
Memorial Stadium
Price Type Price Level Qty Price Fee Cost
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FamILLy 4 Pack Horseshoe 4 25.00 2.25 109.00
Iowa Parking
OCT 08 2022 at 06:30pm
Football Parking
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Cars Only Lot 46 1 18.00 2.00 20.00
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May have an extra if the PassiveWoman decides not to go....
Will probably be down Friday night for the hockey game as well. May as well do it up....
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May have an extra if the PassiveWoman decides not to go....
Will probably be down Friday night for the hockey game as well. May as well do it up....
Represent! And fuck iowa!
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May have an extra if the PassiveWoman decides not to go....
Will probably be down Friday night for the hockey game as well. May as well do it up....
Hockey game?
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I think the Mich ST and purdue game will be on my schedule
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Hockey game?
Illinois has 2 club hockey teams.
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Put the big boy pants on and get fannies in the seats.
Stop counting on the other team to travel well to get under 40K in the stands.
For fukk sake, FG2. We're favored vs xxxx.
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Shake my head, why can’t they just get their shit together?! Seriously, this is big business and they’re completely fucking it up. Michigan, Pedo State, O$U, etc… have 100,000+ fans every fucking game and we can’t even accommodate more than 30,000. Sad. Just fucking sad.
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Ok. As of now I have 2 extra tickets. Who wants to go? Can meet you in lot 46 for beers, or drinks for guys who like to get drunk fast, whatever (bring your own weed).
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There are tickets everywhere on the net for less than half of the $75 everyone keeps quoting. Yeah they’re $75 individually on the primary FI site, but 4 packs are $109, there are *always* second hand tickets available around the stadium on game day, and businesses are buying and then giving away student tickets. Not sure this is the crisis it’s being made out to be. At least the website is back up now. 🤦🏻
Guess we’ll see come Saturday.
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There are tickets everywhere on the net for less than half of the $75 everyone keeps quoting. Yeah they’re $75 individually on the primary FI site, but 4 packs are $109, there are *always* second hand tickets available around the stadium on game day, and businesses are buying and then giving away student tickets. Not sure this is the crisis it’s being made out to be. At least the website is back up now. 🤦🏻
Guess we’ll see come Saturday.
Tickets on the secondary market only started going down after the 4 for 109 offer was released yesterday. Before that, they were still high.
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What they say .
https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/10/iowa-vs-illinois-prediction-game-preview-lines-tv
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From today's fishwrap.....
The guy went 5-2 last week. He missed on MSU at the Terps, and I'm not sure many people picked PU over the gofs.
We were down 20-16 after 3 at xxxx last year.
(https://i.ibb.co/wSdjmWr/Screenshot-20221007-060516.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jy8sXMZ)
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This is funny:
https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/official-illinois-sab.401823/
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This is funny:
https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/official-illinois-sab.401823/
Got me laughing. Old Buthead, LOL!
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Quite obvious from where I am sitting the Squawk could not sell their allotment.
And what happened to the 630 start? I could have had 3 more beers.
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Big game coming up.
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Quite obvious from where I am sitting the Squawk could not sell their allotment.
50K+ wearing orange ?
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Looks kinda empty in the upper corners.
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i like the energy from the crowd
win this game and we MIGHT have a sellout next week for homecoming?
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A td would have been nice. A good 6 minute opening drive tho.
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come on Illini
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DeVito hurt 😩
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Sitkowski sucks but Illinois should still win. Iowa can’t move the ball
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DeVito looks like he's hurting.
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Throw the bank at Ryan Walters AGAIN!
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I mean that’s the only way you can lose is drop fair catch punts
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And that's how xxxx wins games. Turnovers.
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No more stupid plays. Our defense is elite, but don’t give them any more chances than they deserve, special teams!
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Run the fucking ball! 2nd fumble by Williams geez
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No penalties and win the turnover battle.
Ooops.
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Well there’s another stupid play Williams 😡
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Bench Williams the rest of the game. Just give Chase 45 carries. Luckily Iowa sucks on offense. Can’t score after getting the ball on the 5 yard line
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Williams was lucky he didnt fumble the 1st punt. He got hit right away.
6-6 tho. Dodged a bullet.
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No catches by Bryant.
Sitkowski has 10 yards passing.
xxxx has -10 rushing.
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Man our defense is elite
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No catches by Bryant.
Sitkowski has 10 yards passing.
xxxx has -10 rushing.
Bryant has one for 9 yards.
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Bryant has one for 9 yards.
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This defense is a beast
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ESPN has him one for 9 yards
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Let's fu$king go.
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ESPN has him one for 9 yards
It's probably 1 or the other. ;D
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It's probably 1 or the other.
😂 true
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😂 true
How about rushing. I still see -10 for xxxx. ;D
Run defense has been outstanding.
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I don’t trust Art to not turn it over. Better be safe handoffs here
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Brown at 104 yards.
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What the fuck call was that on 3rd down?!
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Nice punt old man!
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Sydney Brown probably ejected for that
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Welp game over
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Wut?
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Wow Sydney doesn’t get targeting for that?
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This is a function of that fake slide from the Pitt QB. They celebrated him but really if there are slides, a fake slide should be unsportsmanlike or the defensive players get put into a pickle
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Boring week to be a Broncos and Illini fan. 7 quarters zero tds by either team.
At least the Illini have a non idiotic coach
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Keep Beaty on punt returns he looks sure handed back there
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Gotta get some offense going. Probably gonna have to complete some passes. Right on queue Art to Hightower!!!!!!!!!
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Well that's not gone well
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Art you idiot. Luckily Iowa is way backed up
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Run it on 3rd down. A FG probably wins it
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He's down in the immortal words of John Madden RIP an elbow is a knee, is a but is a thigh
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He's down.
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Luckily Art was down on that but geez just give the ball to Chase next time
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This dude should have kicker job. He’s more reliable than Griffin
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2nd stringer puts it thru.
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Come on D do something
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RIGHT ON CUE.
Where was he throwing that
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That was a hot mess
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Bailey and Beatty both true freshmen making some key plays tonight
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Just a huge win. Wisco and xxxx back to back.
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5-1 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow. First time in 14 years. Awesome win.
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This feels fucking awesome!! Celebrate tonight and next week against Minnesota for Homecoming is gonna be 🔥
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Holy shit we are 5-1 and almost certainly bowling somewhere decent.
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Should be favored in every game except Michigan the rest of the year. 10-2 or 9-3 should be attainable. If Devito is out will much harder. But given how bad Nebraska and Northwestern are, that is 7-5 at a minimum
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146 for Brown.
13-19 for 74 for Sitkowski.
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Heard the game on radio, OMG..B-R-U-T-A-L
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Enjoy Ryan Walters while you still can.
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130am. Just got home. I'm tired, but the sheer incompetence in the play calling once Danny Devuto went down, and the terrible clock management, was stunning.
And of course that fuck Guenther Jr has a lot to work on for the game day experience. May want to put some wifi in there so the kids can do the SnapFace bullshit you fucking inbred morons. Didn't waste my time trying to get a beer since the guys behind me.said their friends missed the whole 1st quarter in line..
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50K+ wearing orange ?
Doubt it. Not everyone got the Orange Out memo. South end of the East Balcony underhand looked sparse. Student section was packed for the 1st half. West side was filled.
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I don’t trust Art to not turn it over. Better be safe handoffs here
Your guy Bielema and Lunney tried their best to give the game to Iowa.
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Sydney Brown probably ejected for that
Would not have been the worst thing that could have happened. Iowa was.picking on him. Petras missed open guys all night.
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Art you idiot. Luckily Iowa is way backed up
Lunney is the idiot for throwing the ball there. Art had 2 great throws on the series. You can't expect him to make another good throw. He is who he is..If they run the ball there they get a TD. Just damned stupid playcalling.
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Holy shit we are 5-1 and almost certainly bowling somewhere decent.
Better make sure Danny Divito makes it back before you start making any Bowl plans.
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Should be favored in every game except Michigan the rest of the year. 10-2 or 9-3 should be attainable. If Devito is out will much harder. But given how bad Nebraska and Northwestern are, that is 7-5 at a minimum
Iowa is really, really bad.
If Art is QB and they decide to keep running the offense like they did tonight, Minnesota (with a healthy Ibrahim) and Michigan will curb stomp this team. The other games now become more interesting.as well.
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Hilariously hanging out with Tony Hunt of former P$U glory, he mentioned how much he hated the Hawkeyes mainly due to their 6-4 squabble against them in 2006 lol those cuts run deep
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The gofs, with the bye week, expect Ibrahim back. He's damn good, but so is our run defense.
And Autman-Bell is out at wr, leaving Tanner Morgan without a go to receiver like the gofs have had in Rashod Bateman and Tyler Johnson.
Morgan doesn't throw picks like Petras and Sitkowski are capable of doing, but he can still throw one.
We probably played the best pass defense we'll see this year, but the gofs will see the best run defense they've seen.
Another big game.
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The gofs, with the bye week, expect Ibrahim back. He's damn good, but so is our run defense.
And Autman-Bell is out at wr, leaving Tanner Morgan without a go to receiver like the gofs have had in Rashod Bateman and Tyler Johnson.
Morgan doesn't throw picks like Petras and Sitkowski are capable of doing, but he can still throw one.
We probably played the best pass defense we'll see this year, but the gofs will see the best run defense they've seen.
Another big game.
D was worn down at the end of the game. Need to do a better job controlling the ball and clock if Art is at the helm. Also, can't have confusion on D like we did at the end of the game, lwhere Illini had a DB running onto the field, and had get to the Iowa side of the field, even after a timeout.
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D was worn down at the end of the game. Need to do a better job controlling the ball and clock if Art is at the helm. Also, can't have confusion on D like we did at the end of the game, lwhere Illini had a DB running onto the field, and had get to the Iowa side of the field, even after a timeout.
We very well may have played the best defense we'll see all year with a 2nd string qb.
It's not like we had Mitch Fields out there running the offense.
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We very well may have played the best defense we'll see all year with a 2nd string qb.
It's not like we had Mitch Fields out there running the offense.
The problem will be everyone stacking the box to stop Brown and they will continue to throw despite Art being bad.
When they posted Art's stats on the scoreboard, I did think "These are Justin Fields numbers right there. Not even averaging 4 yards per pass attempt"
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We very well may have played the best defense we'll see all year with a 2nd string qb.
It's not like we had Mitch Fields out there running the offense.
Betting Minnesota will run screen plays (not those WR bubble screens) to offset the Illini pass rush..I don't think I saw one from Iowa last night.
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The problem will be everyone stacking the box to stop Brown and they will continue to throw despite Art being bad.
When they posted Art's stats on the scoreboard, I did think "These are Justin Fields numbers right there. Not even averaging 4 yards per pass attempt"
Art has 18 career starts, with 11 of them being tossed to the wolves as a freshman.
He needs 20 under his belt before I start to panic.
xxxx has the best pass d we will see all year, and they took Bryant out of the game.
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Yeah I mean how many P5 QBs were ever great in their first 18 games?
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I blame the OC Lunney Jr. and am more disappointed in him. If this time next year Art is playing like he is now, then I’ll be concerned.
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I like where this is headed. I'm grilling all the food the AggressiveSon didn't want to eat as he was watching playoff baseball yesterday. Finishing off all the stuff I couldn't drink since I couldn't booze in order to get home at 130am...
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Illini ranked 24th
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Illinois will beat NW and Nebraska regardless of who plays QB. That’s 7 wins.
They will lose to Michigan regardless of who plays QB. That’s 2 losses
Then Minnesota/Purdue/Michigan State are the toss ups. If Art plays, could lose all 3. Usually the team with the better QB, in a close matchup, wins the game
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Illini ranked 24th
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1st ranking in 11 years.
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I watched the video without knowing the outcome.
My wife was half paying attention, wondered why I was listening to Iowa announcers.
I learned something new. A receiver can shove a corner and knock him to the turf to get open. That's not offensive pass interference. It's a contact sport. Why don't we do that?
I told my wife, watch this. They will run Brown and he'll get a touch down. Then he threw the interception.
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I learned something new. A receiver can shove a corner and knock him to the turf to get open. That's not offensive pass interference. It's a contact sport. Why don't we do that?
LaPorta, I believe, with a nice shove on the db for a nice gain. Early in the game.
We would get called for it tho.
The BTN announcers did say later that our dbs were getting away with things too and that the refs are letting the players play.
That beats ticky tack stuff being called.
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On Iowa's last possessions, the B!G announcers said something about how most teams would be in a prevent defense, but not Illinois.
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I'm gonna be on pins and needles because if we win this next one, then the Illinois Purdue game will be meaningful for like the first time ever.
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1st ranking in 11 years.
rewarded with being 6 point underdogs vs unranked Minnesota. Books take DeVito into account more than the writers do.