Illini Football 2024

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


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2024 Illini Football (6-2, 3-2)
DateOpponentResult
Thu, Aug 29Eastern IllinoisW 45-0
Sat, Sept 7KansasW 23-17
Sat, Sept 14Central MichiganW 30-9
Fri, Sept 20@NebraskaW 31-24 OT
Sat, Sept 28@Penn StateL 7-21
Sat, Oct 12PurdueW 50-49 OT
Sat, Oct 19MichiganW 21-7
Sat, Oct 26@OregonL 9-38
Sat, Nov 2Minnesota11:00am FS1
Sat, Nov 16Michigan State
Sat, Nov 23@Rutgers
Sat, Nov 30Northwestern
(Wrigley Field)

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SoCal Illini
So far this season has produced 3 gems of games. Where I was like ‘they’re going to do it!’.. and they did. 10-2 can happen. But unfortunately there’s a part of me that says so can 6-6.

I’m setting the bar high, and it’ll be disappointing to lose any of the remaining games, at least immediately afterwards. 9-3 or 8-4 is good, but the possibly of a 10 win season doesn’t happen often, so finish out with 4 in a row!
 
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RabidDawgClassic
SoCal Illini said:
So far this season has produced 3 gems of games. Where I was like ‘they’re going to do it!’.. and they did. 10-2 can happen. But unfortunately there’s a part of me that says so can 6-6.

I’m setting the bar high, and it’ll be disappointing to lose any of the remaining games, at least immediately afterwards. 9-3 or 8-4 is good, but the possibly of a 10 win season doesn’t happen often, so finish out with 4 in a row!
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Of the last four games:
4 are winnable
4 are losable
2 are REALLY winnable
2 are REALLY losable.

Just a matter of which Illinois team shows up and whether the players can ignore team history.
 
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ktal
RabidDawgClassic said:
Of the last four games:
4 are winnable
4 are losable
2 are REALLY winnable
2 are REALLY losable.

Just a matter of which Illinois team shows up and whether the players can ignore team history.
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Agreed. If the poor finish from two years ago wasn't so fresh, I'd feel better. I guess we're playing injury roulette the rest of the way.

But the fact we're sitting on six wins and dreaming of more is exactly the kind of program I wished for in the dark days, so although I'm not satisfied, I'm very, very happy. The future looks competent.
 
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Dkayak
ktal said:
But the fact we're sitting on six wins and dreaming of more is exactly the kind of program I wished for in the dark days, so although I'm not satisfied, I'm very, very happy. The future looks competent.
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Competence is a key milestone on the road to a good program. It’s what makes watching fun for fans.

Incompetence OTOH won’t fill stadiums or at least leads to walking out / tuning out early. It’s tough to watch repeatedly.
 
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