Football GO ILLINI!!

OK, so I ditched the Cowboys logo, and am back to the ILLINI! Let's talk about a 6-1 start, that's the best football team we have had in YEARS! Beating Michigan yesterday, ranked #22, this is a great start for us!!

kclj520 said:

OK, so I ditched the Cowboys logo, and am back to the ILLINI! Let's talk about a 6-1 start, that's the best football team we have had in YEARS! Beating Michigan yesterday, ranked #22, this is a great start for us!!

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Between Illinois and Indiana, the Big Ten has had some surprising teams this year!
Being a Maryland native, it was fun seeing them win a game, no less against a mediocre USC squad.

kclj520 said:

OK, so I ditched the Cowboys logo, and am back to the ILLINI! Let's talk about a 6-1 start, that's the best football team we have had in YEARS! Beating Michigan yesterday, ranked #22, this is a great start for us!!

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Congrats on the big win! Look like my Wolverines are going to struggle to get to bowl eligibility, the schedule doesn’t get any easier. We are in bad need of a real QB.

@zlw1

I was happy when Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big 10, since I knew the sports would be at least competitive, on par with the rest of what the Big 10 usually puts together. Now that we have Oregon, USC (not great this year, I agree!), and others, its frustrating since it seems like David and Goliath. Not to mention that the Big 10 now has 18 TEAMS!

@AndyDrummond

Tough game, but my gosh, your Wolverines have had so many great seasons! The Illini struggled against them for a lot of seasons! Was sad to see Jim Harbaugh go to the NFL, he was a great coach for a lot of years in Ann Arbor.

Cheers!

Kevin

Here's our recap and highlights for the first half of the season:

Illini 45 vs. EIU 0
(8.29.2024)


Illini 23 vs. Kansas 17
(9.7.2024)


Illini 30 vs. Central Michigan 9
(9.14.2024....we were at this game!)


Illini 31 vs. Nebraska 24 OT
(9.20.2024)


Illini 7 vs. Penn State 21
(9.28.2024)


Illini 50 vs. Purdue 49 OT
(10.12.2024)


We nearly let this one slip away! The final score looked like a high school basketball game!

5-1 through the first 6 games.

And our 21-7 win over the Wolverines began the second half of the season:


Rough game today, could have been much worse, though!
#20 Illini 9 vs. #1 Oregon 38
(10.26.2024)


Well, today was rough. I hope this is not a slide that lasts the rest of the season.
Illini 17 vs. Minnesota 25


Back in business! We improved to 7 - 3 today.
Illini 38 vs. Michigan State 16


A win after trailing most of the game!
#22 Illini 38 vs. Rutgers 31


Winning out!
#23 Illini 38 vs. Northwestern 28


4 - 2 for the second half of the season.

Sorry, couldn’t let the Illini run away with this thread . But don’t worry about the Hawkeyes…., they are no good this year

@Criollos

No worries my friend, the Hawkeyes can join our thread!! Another Original Big 10 team!!

Well, 9 - 3 is the best season we have had in a LONG time!! I mean, a long time.....we went 9 - 3 in the regular season in 2007, and lost in the Rose Bowl that season. So, it's been 17 seasons since we last ended up with a record that good!!