Illinois vs Purdue, Saturday, October 12th, 2:30pm CT, FS1

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IlliniInBuckeyeState
Updated Sellout Watch for Purdue. The tracker has just about reached 50,000. A couple hundred tickets seem to be selling every day so that is good with it still being 10 days out from the game. My early guess is that final attendance will land in the 53-55k range.

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#103      
Dkayak
Curious as to why the center of East Balcony sells out more slowly than the ends?
 
#106      
SIllini1975
Dkayak said:
Guess I knew that but didn’t think of it with respect to the far upper rows. Maybe the differential needs a tweak? And based on what we see on games that aren’t sold out, many folks buy tickets for the ends but sit in the middle.
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One year I had season tickets in 209 and never once so much as went to my actual seat the entire season.
 
#107      
Illini2010-11
SIllini1975 said:
Tickets at the ends are $15 cheaper. Every dollar counts if you’re bringing the whole family.
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Exactly. You can always move closer to the middle in non-sellout games.

I have season tickets in Section 202, row 1. I would move to the middle during games, but being in the front row has it's perks, so I tend to stay in my seats (unless it gets too hot with the little one, which it is then off to the underhang and running by the columns).
 
#108      
RockfordIllini
Will be curious to see how Purdue looks against Wisconsin this week. I don’t think Purdue is very good and we should win but Mockobee is tough to bring down and we’ve had trouble stopping the run. If Purdue is able to run effectively against the Badgers I will be more concerned. We could have a game on the 12.
 
#111      
derrick6
superfan said:
I don't get the hand-wringing about Purdue firing their OC, as if someone is going to come in and install a new offense in two weeks that will right the ship. At best we'll see a new wrinkle somewhere, and perhaps a different tempo/approach to play-calling and opening drive. I'm guessing that Walters wanted to put up the now-hiring flag sooner rather than later, and that someone on the staff will assume interim play-calling. Whomever is interim play caller is going to be auditioning himself, so I'd still expect competence.

If I was a Purdue fan looking at the rest of the season, I'd probably also be looking to basketball season and coordinator search discussions.
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I’m late to the discussion but this move by Purdue is a page out of the Bielema playbook.

I would expect a reduced set of offensive plays or a script from a past game for the new play caller.

Either way, we have no business allowing this offense to score.
 
#112      
kyillinifan
Pu having a bad season I wonder how many Pu fans will just stay home and not get tickets for the game. They will have their faithful.
 
#114      
ChiefGritty
SampsonRelpenk said:
A la MSU 2022 :mad:
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Minnesota 2011, Purdue 2014, it happens all the time.

And we've had plenty of dead cat wins ourselves.

College sports being thermostatic is a core, core belief of mine and I feel like the evidence for that is overwhelming.

Thankfully a chastening loss followed by a bye is just what the doctor ordered on our end.
 
#117      
spotter
Illini2010-11 said:
Exactly. You can always move closer to the middle in non-sellout games.

I have season tickets in Section 202, row 1. I would move to the middle during games, but being in the front row has it's perks, so I tend to stay in my seats (unless it gets too hot with the little one, which it is then off to the underhang and running by the columns).
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Always mildly amusing (but totally understandable) on days with an 11 a.m., kickoff. By the fourth quarter the east upper deck is baking. The light stands cast a shadow on the south end of the upper deck. A cluster of fans are all bunched up and sitting in that narrow shadow!
 
#123      
FlotownIllini
I want to believe the Illini will utilize the humbling loss @PSU and the bye week to come out intensely focused and win this game comfortably, but mark me down in the "I'll believe it when I see it" category. I just don't see a walkaway being in the cards, much as I'd love to see it. Hoping to be proven wrong!

I'll predict Illini 20 - PU 13.

Edit: If the Illini do win convincingly, that would be truer evidence (to me) of some real program momentum than many other things one could point to. This is a TCB kind of game...have to show we can win these!
 
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#124      
whiteturbo
Purdue is in a bad spot. ILL just lost to PSU. Then a bye week AND a huge revenge situation. Last year good ol' Ryan Walters decided to call the def plays in the 2nd half last year vs our Illini to try to beat us down. This will not be close and I'll be betting IL plus the points no matter what the spread is. Trust me. Bielema is more pissed than most people realize. Karma is only 10 days away. BTW - Wisc....feel free to physically pound them into the ground so they are good and sore coming into the game (as much as I don't like WIS....this Purdue/Ryan Walters situation is on a different level).
 
#125      
GatorMcKlusky
whiteturbo said:
Purdue is in a bad spot. ILL just lost to PSU. Then a bye week AND a huge revenge situation. Last year good ol' Ryan Walters decided to call the def plays in the 2nd half last year vs our Illini to try to beat us down. This will not be close and I'll be betting IL plus the points no matter what the spread is. Trust me. Bielema is more pissed than most people realize. Karma is only 10 days away. BTW - Wisc....feel free to physically pound them into the ground so they are good and sore coming into the game (as much as I don't like WIS....this Purdue/Ryan Walters situation is on a different level).
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You're absolutely right. Bielema really hates Purdue. The Peoria Charter bus kerfuffle tells you as much.
 
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