Who is watching this game in nashville tomorrow? Looking for somewhere to go
Pregame: Illinois vs Kansas, Saturday, September 7th, 6:00pm CT, FS1
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lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
ESPN Bet spread has moved from Kansas -6.5 to Kansas -4.5. I like that.
Naw he got beat out
Competition is a good thing. If not getting the start doesn't motivate a person to do better, nothing will.
I don’t know anything about Nashville… just wanted to say that I love your username!
“It ain’t easy being white…”
So with T Strain back in the lineup... Brooks won't even see the field?
Would've liked to see Cole Rusk out there. Not a crazy horrendous loss (like lets say Altmyer or Feagin for instance) but certainly would've liked to see him out there. Top pass catching TE nonetheless and...with a Offense like KU on the other side...
Gonna need to score a few pts I know that.
Hoping for no more bad gashes and a solid showing today!
Gonna need to score a few pts I know that.
Hoping for no more bad gashes and a solid showing today!
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About Brooks...
Feel good about our depth or immediately get to the "what's wrong" part - not quite sure.
It's such a critical game and if he plays about the same as last week...I mean - a lot of people...a lot of us...looked at him as a potential day 2, day 3 draft pick/Potential All B10 level guy.
I guess you can't really go wrong with just playing the consistent guys given what went on last yr back there...so I guess I'll go with that...
No matter your past, no matter your HS rating...the present performance and the game at hand is everything at the end of the day...
Feel good about our depth or immediately get to the "what's wrong" part - not quite sure.
It's such a critical game and if he plays about the same as last week...I mean - a lot of people...a lot of us...looked at him as a potential day 2, day 3 draft pick/Potential All B10 level guy.
I guess you can't really go wrong with just playing the consistent guys given what went on last yr back there...so I guess I'll go with that...
No matter your past, no matter your HS rating...the present performance and the game at hand is everything at the end of the day...
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no.
something is real wrong if his play time today is anywhere near euqal to eiu.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
Illini4Chief
- TENNESSEE
Dont know how many seasons, we took our first opponent out quickly...celebrated for a week, then lost our second game.
SampsonRelpenk
- Edwardsville, IL
MAN I wish this had been the game that worked out with my schedule to attend instead of next week. To everyone going: enjoy and help create an electric atmosphere!
If transferring to friends or selling to acquaintances, you can bypass the crazy reseller fee ripoff. Just text screen shots of your tickets and parking pass to them.
I agree that we have seen it too many times. As long as I’ve been following and even before, back to the 70s. Lots of promise only to be let down late season or the next season. Minus a few short bouts of relative consistency/success under white, mackovic, and, very surprisingly, zook with back to back bowls and 3 in 5 years. Sorry you weren’t there for the ‘99 and ‘01 seasons. Everyone considers last year a disappointment, which it was, but the disappointment looked and felt different than years past. It was still fun to watch despite the outcomes. Perhaps why this game is a sellout or near sellout. I’m optimistic for this season.I was born in 1991, so the first season I remember at all was 2002, and the first season I remember really following every game was 2006. Just looking back ... these were some particularly painful missed opportunities to take huge steps forward as a program, ranging from barely missing out on a huge goal (e.g., losing to Michigan at home in 2007 and costing us a Big Ten Championship) to pivotal moments that caused us to slide back into cellar dweller status. Limiting it to home games (with one exception in St. Louis), since those are the true "lay an egg" games in front of our own fans.
2007: L 27-17 vs. #24 Michigan. We had just entered the top 25 only to lose a stinker 10-6 game at unranked Iowa the week before. We hosted Michigan in primetime on ABC, and we needed this win badly. While the win at #1 OSU ended up making up for this one and a trip to the Rose Bowl makes any season a smashing success, this one REALLY stung at the time, and looking back it could have allowed us to hang a Big Ten Championship banner.
2008: L 27-20 vs. Minnesota. This is the day the Rose Bowl momentum went on life support, IMO. We fell out of the top 25 after a loss at #12 Penn State, but then we turned around and won 45-20 vs. Michigan in the Big House. We stood at 3-2 with a string of winnable games in front of us. Losing to Minnesota dropped us to 3-3, and we wouldn't win back-to-back games for over a calendar year...
2009: L 37-9 vs. Missouri (St. Louis, MO). Mizzou lost a lot from a great 2008 team and entered the season unranked. After a disappointing 2008 season, we returned a ton of talent, and I remember that optimism was high. We got demolished yet again in St. Louis, and I think this was the moment we officially began the "Late Zook Era."
2011: L 7-17 vs. Ohio State. We entered this game 6-0 and ranked #16 and played an unranked, post-sanctions OSU team that was 3-3. It was a "Stripeout Game," and we let OSU manhandle us on national television to begin our 6-game losing streak and Ron Zook's eventual firing. I felt like we retained a certain level of respect during the 2009-2011 period as that program that had a ton of talent and you had to look out for, even if Ron Zook's coaching might shoot us in the foot. The 6-game losing streak to close out 2011 officially sent us into the Beckman Era and a return to joke status.
2014: L 38-27 vs. Purdue. This seems like an odd pick, but I distinctly remember thinking we HAD to win this game vs. a comparable program at home. It was Beckman's third season, and we had to show some progress sitting at 3-2. Win this one and we are 4-2 with theoretically winnable Big Ten home games on the schedule. We would end up bowling that year, but we would be killed by Louisiana Tech in our bowl, and the years that followed would be even worse.
2016: L 48-23 vs. North Carolina. Lovie's first season and our most recent sellout. In an eerily similar situation to this year, we demolished a small school at home in week one, and we welcomed another Power Five opponent to a sold out Memorial Stadium at night. Even if we would have lost, we needed to show that we could put up a fight. We'd proceed to lose 34-10 to Western Michigan the following week and set the tone for the Lovie Era, IMO.
2021: L 20-14 vs. Rutgers. The stakes were lower here, but we had just knocked off #7 Penn State on the road in Bret's first season to move our record to 3-5 after starting off 1-4. After such a huge win on the road and bowl eligibility in sight, you HAVE to beat Rutgers at home. While I love what BB has done with the program, bowling in that first year might have made a crucial incremental difference for our 2022 team ... who knows?
2022: L 23-15 vs. Michigan State. 7-1, ranked #16 and riding high. A win clinches the Big Ten West. Playing in front of our biggest crowd in several years. Faceplant vs. a bad MSU team.
2022: L 31-24 vs. Purdue. Still in the top 25, still 7-2 and still with a chance to win a trip to Indy. Another faceplant. What a tragic twist to such a memorable and great 2022 season!
2023: L 30-13 vs. #7 Penn State. We traveled down from Chicago for this one, and I was so excited. Even with the bummer that was the KU loss the previous week, we still felt some buzz for this one! A Big Noon Kickoff matchup vs. a top 10 team? We wouldn't have even gotten that timeslot without our 2022 season ... this was a chance to show the college football world that we were here to stay, at LEAST as a competitive program that could lose a close one. 5 interceptions later, and we were getting smoked.
2023: L 25-21 vs. Wisconsin. Every loss before this still left some hope, especially after we beat Maryland on the road. However, with BB's former employer coming to our house on Homecoming and a legitimate chance to still win the Big Ten West and rectify last year's tragic miss on that front? We blew a huge second half lead in front of yet another huge home crowd.While we scored a nice win at Minnesota the next week, we officially left no room for error after this loss, and it would prove crucial when close losses to Iowa and Northwestern at the end of the year kept us out of a bowl.
I see us in a similar situation as in 2009 right now. Last year was our 2008 where we sort of "blew it" with the momentum we had from the previous season. However, we still have a chance to maintain a certain "high floor" that has been newly established. To me personally as a fan, winning this game breaks our 30-year pattern of a good season followed by a letdown followed by an official slide back into the cellar followed by starting over. We have seen it too many times. Winning here shows that we didn't ride some Chase Brown and Crew high for as long as we could, and now we are same ole Illinois.
Huge opportunity today. Need to at least be competitive against a good team to show that the illini have will have a fighting chance against just about anyone, which I think is a part of us fans’ realistic expectations. I’m feeling good, and think they’ll pull out a w vs the jayhawkers. go illini
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
If Big Noon Kickoff doesn’t mention our game featuring a ranked team on one of their networks …. that’s messed up, lol.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Have fun to those who are going, and politely welcome the 40,000+ KU fans who will be there! 
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
indeed, this is a HUGE game for BB and the program
I'm sure a few. But how many times did we rationalize away a closer win and then get fully exposed the next week?
I truly don't know what to expect. But I'm optimistic.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
i’m all about new technology , when it helps life . but i prefer having the option of getting tickets in paper if you prefer
You can also transfer the tickets and parking passes digitally, for free, on the Illini ticket office website and/or app.
Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
Outside of Corso citing Kansas's returning starters, no one else besides Herbstreit sounded like they had done any research into the matchup and just went off last year and the fact that Kansas is ranked this year.
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