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

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Fighter of the Nightman
Since it looks like we will easily clear 50k and possibly clear 55k for Minnesota game, I wanted to put in perspective once again what a great improvement that is. Assuming we exceed 55k for Minnesota with it being Dad's Day (we drew nearly 56k for Purdue), that would be 3 straight home games above 55k and 5 straight home games above 50k.

The last 50k+ streak of any kind we had was 3 straight in 2011. You'd have to go back to 2010 to find a longer streak (6 games of 50k+ in a row). We very well might at least tie that this year if we beat Minnesota and can draw a decent MSU crowd.

The last time we had a streak longer than 2 games for 55k+ was in 2011, when we drew 55,229 for OSU and then sold out vs. Michigan ... but the streak ended at 2 as we began our historic 6-game skid. The last streak longer than 3 games was a very impressive 12-game streak from 2008 to 2009. That streak actually would have extended to 17, but we only drew 54,516 for our home finale vs. NU in 2007.
 
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stevej64
ptgrd23 said:
Minnesota is dangerous but they don't have Oregon level athletes. Home crowd, give Luke time to pass, get Josh rolling and I like our chances. Only quality win is USC. Home field advantage should get us the win assuming we play an average game with only 1 turnover. I am confident are team will be motivated to redeem themselves after disaster in Oregon.

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Weak !!! schedule. Illini should beat them like a drum ! Plus Bret doesn’t lose to the blowheart. Bet big on Illini with the points.
 
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Illinir1
Minnesota @ UCLA game highlights

Good protection for the Minnesota QB. Good hands by the Minnesota receivers. Vulnerable Minnesota defense.
Minnesota scored winning TD with less than 30 seconds remaining to beat a (then) 1 - 4 UCLA team.
 
#183      
IlliniInBuckeyeState
Memorial Stadium Sellout Watch update for Minnesota:
The tracker is now solidly above 55,000. The horseshoe has 2 seats left as of this morning and the East Balcony is relatively more sold than it was for the Purdue game (55,815). At this point, my attendance guess will very likely exceed 56,000, and I may end up talking myself into 57,000 by the end of the week.

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Brosky
I think Minny is the better team. But get some guys healthy again and we can beat them. Play like we did against Michigan. Holding Mich. to 7 points is quite an accomplishment.
 
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GatorMcKlusky
Rest easy, fellow Illini. We are the Power Sweeps' Underdog Play of the Week! They had us as the dog of the week against Kansas as well!
ILLINOIS (+3) over Minnesota
ILLINOIS over Minnesota - ILL has won and covered the L/3 meetings, pulling the outright upset in all 3 games. ILL was off their biggest game of the season 2 wks ago & predictablywere in a flat spot LW vs Oregon & lost 38-9. MIN has won 3 games in a row after winning 48-23 LW vs Maryland. MIN is only avg’g 325 ypg in B10 play and have been held to under 300 yds in 3 of their 5 B10 games. ILL is +54 ypg at home and are 5-0 SU at home this season. ILL QB Altmyer is hitting 63% with a 15-3 ratio and MIN just allowed a ssn-high 323 pass yds LW. ILL also has a big ST’s edge here (#42 vs #99) and are +10 TO’s at home this ssn. This is MIN’s 3rd road gm and lost at Mich and barely got by UCLA 21-17 (outgained 329-234). ILL is 15-6 ATS as a B10 dog since 2021 incl going 3-1 this
season with upsets over Nebraksa & Mich. We think this is a great spot for ILL getting pts at home and like them to pull the outright upset! FORECAST: ILLINOIS by 7
 
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CoachHooleyHoo
I don't even know what to think about this game. I seriously doubt MN is actually the 9th best defense in the country (https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22), but they do seem to be on a bit of a roll. Add in the fact that our offense has really struggled 3 of the last 4 games and defense was pathetic 2 of those 4, don't have a ton of confidence. But you know what? Screw it...I'm going Illini with the big win!
 
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therealmiket86
ptgrd23 said:
Minnesota is dangerous but they don't have Oregon level athletes. Home crowd, give Luke time to pass, get Josh rolling and I like our chances. Only quality win is USC. Home field advantage should get us the win assuming we play an average game with only 1 turnover. I am confident are team will be motivated to redeem themselves after disaster in Oregon.

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Have to be able to stop their run game.
 
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