I hope so. I sent it to my printer.So does my Rembrandt painting depict it correctly?
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I hope so. I sent it to my printer.So does my Rembrandt painting depict it correctly?
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Nebraska at 7. That just doesn't sound right?So thankful we are not on this list.View attachment 35837
Is Purdue that bad?
Not when they play Illinois, unfortunately.Is Purdue that bad?
No. The order doesnt really matter after the usual suspects plus Nebraska being forced into the top half despite being garbage for almost 10 years now. Honestly spots 5-18 might as well just be listed as a tie.Is Purdue that bad?
If anyone wants a torturous trip down memory lane, this is our first road game of each season, lol ... skipping 2020.The first road game of the season thing...it's just became impossible for me to not buy into it at this point. Maybe I'll shift my views if proven otherwise at NEB this coming year but that game year after year after year has just been...
just inexplicably unwinnable in so many different ways - blowouts, chokes, etc...seems like a curse at this point.
Prediction wise right now - I'll go 3-1 - I think KU is a W.
Non-conference home and home series are not our friends.If anyone wants a torturous trip down memory lane, this is our first road game of each season, lol ... skipping 2020.
2023: Kansas 34, Illinois 23
2022: Indiana 23, Illinois 20
2021: Virginia 42, Illinois 14
2019: Illinois 31, UConn 23
2018: Illinois 38, Rutgers 17*
2017: #22 South Florida 47, Illinois 23
2016: #15 Nebraska 31, Illinois 16
2015: North Carolina 48, Illinois 14
2014: Washington 44, Illinois 19
2013: Nebraska 39, Illinois 19**
2012: Arizona State 45, Illinois 14
2011: Illinois 41, Indiana 20
2010: Illinois 33, Penn State 13***
2009: #13 Ohio State 30, Illinois 0***
2008: #12 Penn State 38, #22 Illinois 24***
2007: Illinois 41, Syracuse 20***
2006: Illinois 23, Michigan State 20
2005: #15 Cal 35, Illinois 20
2004: #20 Wisconsin 24, Illinois 7
2003: UCLA 6, Illinois 3***
2002: Southern Miss 23, Illinois 20***
2001: Illinois 44, Cal 17
2000: #21 Illinois 49, San Diego State 13
1999: Illinois 41, Louisville 36
* While this was our first road game, our first game away from home in 2018 was an infuriating 25-19 loss to USF at Soldier Field.
** Similar deal to 2018 - our first game away from home was a 34-24 loss to #19 Washington at Soldier Field.
*** The first loss away from home in 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 was to Missouri in St. Louis.
This VERY much jives with my perceived experience, of course, but it is crazy that we have not won one of these Power Five non-conference road games in 23 years, lol.
You don't have to convince us...you have to convince our AD. To paraphrase Ron Burgundy, "He doesn't doesn't believe you".Non-conference home and home series are not our friends.
Ugh, this is ugly.If anyone wants a torturous trip down memory lane, this is our first road game of each season, lol ... skipping 2020.
2023: Kansas 34, Illinois 23
2022: Indiana 23, Illinois 20
2021: Virginia 42, Illinois 14
2019: Illinois 31, UConn 23
2018: Illinois 38, Rutgers 17*
2017: #22 South Florida 47, Illinois 23
2016: #15 Nebraska 31, Illinois 16
2015: North Carolina 48, Illinois 14
2014: Washington 44, Illinois 19
2013: Nebraska 39, Illinois 19**
2012: Arizona State 45, Illinois 14
2011: Illinois 41, Indiana 20
2010: Illinois 33, Penn State 13***
2009: #13 Ohio State 30, Illinois 0***
2008: #12 Penn State 38, #22 Illinois 24***
2007: Illinois 41, Syracuse 20***
2006: Illinois 23, Michigan State 20
2005: #15 Cal 35, Illinois 20
2004: #20 Wisconsin 24, Illinois 7
2003: UCLA 6, Illinois 3***
2002: Southern Miss 23, Illinois 20***
2001: Illinois 44, Cal 17
2000: #21 Illinois 49, San Diego State 13
1999: Illinois 41, Louisville 36
* While this was our first road game, our first game away from home in 2018 was an infuriating 25-19 loss to USF at Soldier Field.
** Similar deal to 2018 - our first game away from home was a 34-24 loss to #19 Washington at Soldier Field.
*** The first loss away from home in 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 was to Missouri in St. Louis.
This VERY much jives with my perceived experience, of course, but it is crazy that we have not won one of these Power Five non-conference road games in 23 years, lol.
Don't they have the number one portal class or something?How is Rutgers that high?
FWIW, we were down 28-7 at halftime and 34-7 near the end of the third quarter. We scored 16 unanswered, but it was too little too late.Ugh, this is ugly.
Side note, I am very surprised by the final score of the Kansas game last year. My memory has us getting our butts whooped much worse than that.
In terms of our Big Ten schedule:
Ya I agree. Osu and Oregon are the obvious preseason top two, but after that I really have no idea how it’ll play out. Some really good coaches on the lower ranked teams too. Jonathan smith could have msu rolling pretty soon, and I think what fisch did at Arizona was a miracle, and think he is actually better than deboer. Michigan could fall off pretty far.No. The order doesnt really matter after the usual suspects plus Nebraska being forced into the top half despite being garbage for almost 10 years now. Honestly spots 5-18 might as well just be listed as a tie.
Is Purdue that bad?
Nebraska #8. Predictable. Habitual. Show me the Ws.
In terms of our Big Ten schedule:
#4 (Big XII) Kansas at #13 (B1G) Illinois
#13 Illinois at #8 Nebraska
#13 Illinois at #3 Penn State
#18 Purdue at #13 Illinois
#12 Minnesota at #13 Illinois
#16 Michigan State at #13 Illinois
#13 Illinois at #9 Rutgers
#13 Illinois vs. #14 Northwestern (Wrigley Field)
Assuming we can beat Eastern Illinois and Central Michigan at home, bowl eligibility is successfully attained by beating Purdue at home, Minnesota at home, MSU at home and Northwestern at Wrigley. When you put it that way ... man, missing a bowl this year actually seems like a pretty big failure. We HAVE to start protecting Champaign.
4-2 going into Michigan would be great, but that means having to upset KS or Nebby. We'll take either one. Running the table at home (excluding the Mich game) gets us to a bowl, or taking 3 out of 4 of those B1G home games along with one upset also gets us there. The odds aren't in our favor, but certainly doable. If the OL can move up from bottom of the barrel, we could have some high scoring shootouts that are fun to watch.The schedule is very sympathetic to the drive for 6 (wins). There is an incredibly tough stretch in the middle with back-to-back games against Michigan and Oregon. Taking those two games out and the schedule looks like the above (edited). Like you said, assuming you have wins against Eastern Illinois and Central Michigan (must win games and Illinois should be heavily favored), you have to find four more wins in the above games in a sea of toss-ups.
The goal is to be 4-2 going into the Michigan homecoming game.