Pregame: Illinois vs Minnesota, Saturday, November 2nd, 11:00am CT, FS1

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fuddrules
TheChief4Life said:
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After watching the presser today, no chance for PB.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
BZuppke said:
I don’t understand this emphasis on the fact Bielema is undefeated against Minnesota. Two different teams this year and the past will have zero impact Saturday.
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Not necessarily. Anyone who’s played sports can tell you that there’s a mental aspect that can be incredibly important in certain circumstances. Bret and PJ are professionals who will do their best to adopt a “1-0 each week” mentality … but they know the history. If both teams are equal in every aspect and nothing will give, that dynamic very well might energize Bret and frazzle PJ in crunch time. It might not, of course, but I also don’t think these coaches have total amnesia.
 
#241      
Orange_Blue
It is surprising we only have one common opponent with Minnesota (Michigan). By all metrics and similar level of opponents, we should be favored by 7-10 points (which is why the line surprises me).

24 Illinois
14 Minnesota
 
#242      
illini.watcher
The bookies, oddly, favor the Gophers by 3 when I last checked.

Not me - I see the Illini winning by 7+ ... as long as they don't play the sloppy way they did during the Purdue contest.
 
#245      
EyeoftheIllini
Love the early kickoff for the game. I can enjoy the game and then head to a friend’s for a Breeders Cup party.
 
#246      
altgeld88
Mr. Tibbs said:
bye week next weekend
keep him out this weekend and you buy him another 12 days of no context .
I’d be shocked if he played this weekend . it’s 2024, not 1994
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Or 2014, if you're Brady Hoke and coaching Michigan.

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Shane Morris, already laboring, took a helmet-to-helmet hit in the fourth quarter vs. Minnesota that left him wobbly and seemingly concussed. And then Brady Hoke did the unspeakable, which is why Michigan should fire him immediately.
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