Illini Football 2024

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Dan

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Welcome to the Illinois Football 2024 & College Football news thread :illinois:


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2024 Illini Football (3-0, 0-0)
DateOpponentResult
Thu, Aug 29Eastern IllinoisW 45-0
Sat, Sept 7KansasW 23-17
Sat, Sept 14Central MichiganW 30-9
Fri, Sept 20@Nebraska7:00pm FOX
Sat, Sept 28@Penn State2:30pm/3:00pm/6:30pm
Sat, Oct 12Purdue
Sat, Oct 19Michigan
Sat, Oct 26@Oregon2:30pm/3:00pm/6:30pm
Sat, Nov 2Minnesota
Sat, Nov 16Michigan State
Sat, Nov 23@Rutgers
Sat, Nov 30Northwestern
(Wrigley Field)

All times CT
 
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Dan said:
Welcome to the Illinois Football 2024 & College Football news thread :illinois:


Schedule | Roster | Tickets

Single game tickets on sale now.



2024 Illini Football (1-0, 0-0)
DateOpponentTime/TV
Thu, Aug 29Eastern IllinoisW 45-0
Sat, Sept 7KansasW 45-0
Sat, Sept 14Central Michigan
(Homecoming)		W 45-0
Fri, Sept 20@NebraskaW 45-0
Sat, Sept 28@Penn StateW 45-0
Sat, Oct 12PurdueW 45-0
Sat, Oct 19MichiganW 45-0
Sat, Oct 26@OregonW 45-0
Sat, Nov 2MinnesotaW 45-0
Sat, Nov 16Michigan StateW 45-0
Sat, Nov 23@RutgersW 45-0
Sat, Nov 30Northwestern
(Wrigley Field)		W 45-0

All times CT
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Herschel Feagin Leads the Illinois Fighting Illinois(ans) to an All-Time, never again achieved, pinnacle of an NCAA Football Season !!!
 
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Illini4Christ said:
We will surprise the world. Our team is like the 2022 team but a higher octane offensive version, including having Herschel Walker in a Feagin jersey.

By the way watch Walker’s old Georgia ganes and compare his body frame, speed and stand up running style, which is so similar to Feagin, it's eerie.

Go Illini!
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I saw some Herschel as well on the first hb toss.
I am hesitant to compare the present D with 2022.
 
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lstewart53x3
Ranking the schedule from most difficult to least difficult

@8PSU
@3Oregon
9Michigan
@Nebraska
22Kansas
@Rutgers
Purdue
@Northwestern
Minnesota
Michigan St
Central Michigan
EIU W 45-0

Very well might be favored in each of the bottom 6. Lose one of those, will need to steal one of @Rutgers, 22Kansas, @Nebraska. Lose all 3 of those and we’ll need to steal a win vs the big 3.
 
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Fly Illini Fly!
lstewart53x3 said:
Ranking the schedule from most difficult to least difficult

@8PSU
@3Oregon
9Michigan
@Nebraska
22Kansas
@Rutgers
Purdue
@Northwestern
Minnesota
Michigan St
Central Michigan
EIU W 45-0

Very well might be favored in each of the bottom 6. Lose one of those, will need to steal one of @Rutgers, 22Kansas, @Nebraska. Lose all 3 of those and we’ll need to steal a win vs the big 3.
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I'd flip Oregon and PSU. PSU surely looked better Week 1, but it's week 1...It's a tossup I got no problem saying PSU's harder...for me I'll just go with Oregon. Very, very unlikely we win either IMO. Outside of that I'd change nothing.
 
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Calvin
Watched a lot of highlights this first week - fun to start the season, especially with such a strong start for Illinois. Next week should say a lot about how they deal with success and chances for the post-season. My notes outside IL - very impressed with how Nebraska and USC are rebuilding --both have ballers at QB. Michigan's FG kicker was lights out. BIG looking very good. tOSU didn't look quite the #1 some have anointed it. Wondering how folks size up the rankings within the conference after getting a look at teams. Can the BIG send 5 to the CFP?
 
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Fly Illini Fly!
Scoregasm said:
Kansas and Nebraska are pivotal games...win one of those and we are probably bowling.
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For the bowling thing...go 3-1 in the last 4 and beat Purdon't. That's very much doable if we don't win those 2.

But these 2 games are just MASSIVE opportunities to build excitement, optimism for this program and really look to kick-start a run at something special.
 
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Navy_illini
lstewart53x3 said:
Ranking the schedule from most difficult to least difficult

@8PSU
@3Oregon
9Michigan
@Nebraska
22Kansas
@Rutgers
Purdue
@Northwestern
Minnesota
Michigan St
Central Michigan
EIU W 45-0

Very well might be favored in each of the bottom 6. Lose one of those, will need to steal one of @Rutgers, 22Kansas, @Nebraska. Lose all 3 of those and we’ll need to steal a win vs the big 3.
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I think the KU game could be one of our toughest. I think it is harder than @Nebraska and scUM. Week 2 game got to be ready to play

The Nebraska game will be tough because it’s on the road and in a hostile environment. I think Nebraska handles CU this weekend

scUM is tough because we haven’t beaten them in a while and they will have time to gel their team
 
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lstewart53x3
Navy_illini said:
I think the KU game could be one of our toughest. I think it is harder than @Nebraska and scUM. Week 2 game got to be ready to play

The Nebraska game will be tough because it’s on the road and in a hostile environment. I think Nebraska handles CU this weekend

scUM is tough because we haven’t beaten them in a while and they will have time to gel their team
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Nah @Nebraska is tougher.

Nebraska is ranked 3rd in Connelly’s returning production, while Kansas is ranked in the 70’s.

KU is playing their first road game of the year against us, while we be playing our first road game of the year @Nebraska.

Both games are tough, but @Nebraska is tougher.
 
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IlliniShelt
lstewart53x3 said:
It’s interesting how everyone here is more worried about our defense than our offense.
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Let's think about context though. I'm not sure exactly how those numbers are calculated but after being up 31-0 at halftime we didn't have a need to keep throwing the ball all over the place and scoring like crazy.
 
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