Pregame: Illinois vs Western Michigan, Saturday, September 17th, 3:00pm CT, ESPNews
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We should have taken them out of the rolodex after 2008 as a matter of principle.
WMU is a good team but they aren't on same planet with one we saw tonight. Their Northwestern victory is looking uninspiring at best now.
No chance I'd bet WMU at -1.5 on the road. This is a game where our D-Line may completely control
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Not gonna happen.
Unless WMU has 2 cornerbacks who will play on Sundays.......
Their win over Party Fitzgeralds kitty cats looking unimpressive after ISU did same thing.
We can be happy that NW didn't beat 3 pasties in row and got ranked before they cratered like they've done recently and for that I thank WMU but now it's time to crush WMU.
Their win over Party Fitzgeralds kitty cats looking unimpressive after ISU did same thing.
We can be happy that NW didn't beat 3 pasties in row and got ranked before they cratered like they've done recently and for that I thank WMU but now it's time to crush WMU.
Joel Goodson
- dawgville
Man, I enjoy most of your posts. But when you slip into Captain Bombast mode, you crazy. Not saying we'll win, but it's certainly not close to as clear as you suggest.
Hopefully he doesn't take the ball out of his own hands, like he did yesterday...:tsk:
Looks like the line opened at Illinois -1 and has already blown up to WMU -3.5
Here's all I'm saying: Do not think of WMU as a MAC school. Get that association completely out of your head before, during, and especially after this game. Their talent level does not even bear a passing resemblance with even very good MAC teams of the past.
Think of it like, say, Temple or Cincinnati were coming to town. That's a better heuristic.
Here's all I'm saying: Do not think of WMU as a MAC school. Get that association completely out of your head before, during, and especially after this game. Their talent level does not even bear a passing resemblance with even very good MAC teams of the past.
Think of it like, say, Temple or Cincinnati were coming to town. That's a better heuristic.
Or how about when NIU was the best D1 football program in the state of Illinois? And best of all it's a MAC school.
That was a really deep, experienced, well coached team. Not even on the same radar screen talent-wise.
"MAC" means something. This WMU team is not that thing, period, end of story. This is an AAC or Mountain West team, and a good one.
(You might also compare them to a gutter Power Five team in terms of talent, but those teams usually aren't as experienced in a system as these guys are. They'd beat the hell of of Kansas.)
They beat a garbage NU team by 1 point that lost to an FCS team. Let's keep things in perspective. They are a MAC team.
You are correct Illinois opened as a 1 point chalk at home.
Now the line is Illinois getting 3.5 points as a home dog. Crazy point swing.
What is moving this line? Do the WMU bettors know something we don't?
My guess is those WM backers early on are just betting on a streak discounting who they are about to play.
Give me all the points you want in this game- In fact I would be willing to give up 6.
Illinois is battle tested coming off NC and should cover this spread easily.
This is my College Game of the Week pick
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Western Michigan may have the best recruiting classes in the MAC, but the best MAC recruiting is still worse than bad B1G recruiting (and we've been near bottom in the B1G). According to Rivals for the past 4 years:
2016 - Illinois: 68, WMich: 64
2015 - Illinois: 48, WMich: 78
2014 - Illinois: 72, WMich: 62
2013 - Illinois: 48, WMich > 100
I've lost enough money to Vegas to know that I'm not better than their models, but no way do I "bet the house" on WMich giving points. Gotta believe that Wes comes through, like W Kentucky last year, and Ke'Shawn finally breaks through with a 100 yard game as we work to keep the WMich offense off the field. Don't expect us to dominate, but I think we pull it out by a touchdown or so.
The line is how I expected it to go. Most early betters saw the Illinois game Saturday night and went in heavy on WMU. The line will start to swing back toward pick em by the end of the week. Especially with Illinois getting 3.5 points.
From what I'm seeing on twitter, both are listed on the depth chart for WMU, with Megginson starting.
redwingillini11
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WMU must have had a great AD at the time if they were scheduled to host us this year and they hosted MSU last year. Also yes please stop scheduling them.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
If true - this definitely brightens my Monday.
Since this is our guys' third game in the new system, I expect us to improve every game just by knowing the system better than the previous week. Less thinking, more instincts. But still, this is only game 3 vs. a really good football team.
We can win, but the Defense will have to be sound and the O line needs to maul. I've been looking forward to this game since we hired Lovie. Anxious to see where we're at in week 3 against a quality opponent that's on a similar level as us.
We can win, but the Defense will have to be sound and the O line needs to maul. I've been looking forward to this game since we hired Lovie. Anxious to see where we're at in week 3 against a quality opponent that's on a similar level as us.
I expect we will win and Lunt will have a strong showing (as he usually does against the "little" guys), but I'm mostly concerned with what happens after this. If we can pull off a W in Lincoln I'll be thrilled, but Lunt often struggles under pressure. We have the coaching staff, now we need the talent...
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