Illinois at Penn State, Saturday, September 28th, 6:30pm CT, NBC

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Krombopulos_Michael
IF the beloved win, this would have to be one of the sweetest W’s I can remember considering everything surrounding this game from the manufactured outrage on the PSU side to whatever “analysis” came out of the major pregame shows today.
 
#404      
GForce
RML said:
I would buy that sweater in a heartbeat.
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I used to have a Henry Blake sweater. A casualty of one of my moves over the years. (it's always your favorites that get lost...)
 
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#408      
CaptainCrutch
pruman91 said:
I'm hoping that the Illini bring me a birthday present today on my 73rd year of existence here on this orb called Earth............

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Everybody sing it with me!

Happy birthday to Pru…………….
let’s beat PSU…………..
Grab two neighbor ladies…………..
And throw back a brew (or his medication of choice, of course)!

I-L-L!
 
#411      
LJ22
Years and years of heartbreak mean I can't see a path to victory today, but that's why I'm not on the coaching staff. Hope Bret and Barry and Aaron have done nothing but eat, sleep, and breathe PSU film and have a flawless game plan ready to execute tonight. It feels like we're in a better position than we have been for a long, long time.
 
#412      
pruman91
CaptainCrutch said:
Everybody sing it with me!

Happy birthday to Pru…………….
let’s beat PSU…………..
Grab two neighbor ladies…………..
And throw back a brew (or his medication of choice, of course)!

I-L-L!
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#413      
jamie13197
The Galloping Ghost said:
I'm well past an age where I care to listen to a bunch of national dudes opine about teams they barely know, let alone follow, but I wouldn't mind if our guys were tuning in for an extra chip on their shoulder. The worst people around are out here giving us zero respect. I hope we make them eat their words.
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A bunch of over paid blow hards. No research regarding our Illini. I haven't watched ESPN in quite awhile. Worthless.
 
#417      
Mr. Tibbs
fuddrules said:
Listening to the talking heads on a betting show:

In their last 18 games, PSU is 17-0-1 against the spread when it is +7 to +24.

People are just jumping on that.
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like this years team has all that much to do with the teams from 2022 & 2023 ?
 
#419      
JKR
Mr. Tibbs said:
true side story to this
McClain Stevenson is a NW alum, from Danville tho

he wanted to wear a purple NW sweater and have Blake as a NW grad, but the purple color looked terrible on TV .
So he switched it to a blue UI sweater, had Blake as a UI grad and all was good
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The show came out in about '72. We still had B & W in those days (of course we had just gotten rid of party lines, too, in rural Illinois).
 
#421      
CaptainCrutch
I’ve listened to a ton of podcasts breaking this down. Most are talking out of their butts expecting a big cover.

I have seen one or two give really good analysis, and yes they still pick PSU to win.

Sounds like the concerns for Illinois are that Penn state basically hasn’t played anyone yet so they might be conservative and have some stuff we haven’t seen, plus it’s gonna be a huge home advantage, and there’s way more depth. Their run game is really, really good and they have a top-notch OC guiding it. If there’s weaknesses, kotelnicky will find them. He’s beat AHen’s brakes off before, I think he’s ready to do it again.

We win if Luke’s hot streak continues, Drew Allar falters against what is unquestionably the best defense he’s faced this season, and we take advantage of our favorable special teams unit.

WWWWWillinois.
 
#422      
illiram
No respect from anyone. It's us against the world. I'll say it again, "Why not us?".

We will win this game, and now I don't even think it will be close. This is set up perfectly for us.
 
#423      
illinipioneer
CaptainCrutch said:
I’ve listened to a ton of podcasts breaking this down. Most are talking out of their butts expecting a big cover.

I have seen one or two give really good analysis, and yes they still pick PSU to win.

Sounds like the concerns for Illinois are that Penn state basically hasn’t played anyone yet so they might be conservative and have some stuff we haven’t seen, plus it’s gonna be a huge home advantage, and there’s way more depth. Their run game is really, really good and they have a top-notch OC guiding it. If there’s weaknesses, kotelnicky will find them. He’s beat AHen’s brakes off before, I think he’s ready to do it again.

We win if Luke’s hot streak continues, Drew Allar falters against what is unquestionably the best defense he’s faced this season, and we take advantage of our favorable special teams unit.

WWWWWillinois.
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I see the logic but Aller is not the running threat we saw with KU that changes the approach, can’t use the transitive property in this case.
 
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