EffinIllini

@CodyBrownBets Wish I coulda bet it. I-L-L!

✅ Illinois win by 12 to cash my first NCAA straight and get the flyer to the next game! On to Arizona now. LFG!

@ShutdownFullcas @38Godfrey ...and evidently, I can't post a damn link. si.com/college/lsu/ba…

Just re-listened to the @ShutdownFullcas Charity Bowl Bonus Episode from August 2025 w/ @38Godfrey Never wrong, just early. New Details Surrounding LSU Basketball's Pursuit of NC State's Will Wade Revealed

@zillowgonewild Was 2.875% 2012

Please reply with your current mortgage rate and when you got it, I’m trying to see something

@SeanConsidine37 @IlliniFootball @CadenConsidine1 Will be great to see a Byron kid wear the orange & blue! Go Illini! 🔸🔹

As parents you dream of days like yesterday! Caden has put in the work and is willing to do what it takes! He’s been a great example for our house and our community! The @IlliniFootball stepped up and has a great vision for @CadenConsidine1 and his future. It is amazing that @BretBielema had a big part of me becoming a Hawkeye 27 years ago and yesterday we came full circle and he’s playing an even bigger role bringing our son to the University of Illinois. The character and integrity he has put together with his staff and players down in Champaign is impressive. A special shoutout needs to be sent to @coachPatRyan! Coach B and Pat have a goal to keep the best Illinois High School football players at home and that message was meaningful to Caden. There is no better man than Pat Ryan and his relationships with @IHSFCA1 will continue to pay big dividends for Illini football for years to come! Congrats Cado! Now get to work buddy because this is just the start for you!

@JWerner247 @CadenConsidine1 Go Tigers!

COMMIT: #Illini land 2026 Byron safety Caden Considine (@cadenconsidine1) "The integrity and character of the staff at Illinois is impressive," Considine told Illini Inquirer. READ: 247sports.com/college/illino…

@38Godfrey I was in town for the Music City bowl and saw Montana State fans out in Nashville a week ago. Their livers must just be built different to still be at it.

Early reports indicate the beer vendors on the Montana State side are DOOMED

Good evening from Real Football

My most midwestern trait is that I don't give a shit about your freakish palatial gas station, there's a place down the street from me that has breakfast pizza and white monster energy drink and I don't need anything else.

@markmcc04105398 @rodger The other side of the stadium catches less wind and has better amenities.

@rodger Why?

they have everybody sitting on one side of the stadium at the Illinois-Northwestern snow bowl but it's not the camera side so it just looks totally empty

@ALionEye Any guess at the crowd size?

I’m so damn excited for this.

@ALionEye I have 6 if needed.

If anyone needs free tickets, DM me. I know of at least 40 people who couldn’t use theirs.

I’ve talked to so many people who have turned around and I don’t blame them. This isn’t just snow, this is SNOW. This is ‘stuck in the ditch without enough wreckers to get you’ snow. This game is now officially on us, Champaign people. It’s for the locals. Show up, make noise.

@FunFootballPod Sweetness.

Here's the scenario. It's 4th down and goal from the 1 in the Conference Championship. Last play of the game down by 4. Winner goes to the Super Bowl!! You can use any RB from NFL history other than Earl Campbell for the winning touchdown. Who is YOUR pick???

@BobZuppke Your tears will freeze. Have a feeling I’ll be flying solo to this one. No chance I can talk anyone in my house into a late November night game.

Cannot wait. I’ll be the guy sobbing when Luke walks.

@LonTayESPNCU @IlliniFootball Fun place to see a game. I’ve been 3 or 4 times. All Illinois losses…except for the last tie game in college football history. Illini should win on the 22nd which would break my streak, but I’ll probably stay back to watch my daughter in a HS basketball tournament.

@CodyCutter35 When I was in HS we used play a non-conference football game against Burlington Central. When we went there it was the only time we had to play on Saturdays because they didn’t have lights. Guessing that’s no longer an issue with a 3x enrollment increase since then.

30 years ago to today (high school enrollments): Plainfield: 1,700 ... 8,111 (4 schools) Oswego: 1,500 ... 5,522 (2 schools) Yorkville: 713 ... 2,188 Burlington Central: 542 ... 1,556 Huntley: 435 ... 2,746 Hampshire: ~ 425 ... 1,994

@BobZuppke It’s like a Dietrich freshman guarding a T-Town senior. (Sorry, downstate hoops reference

Torrie Cox being asked to guard an eight foot receiver seems bad

@isthereawill @bkoo Yeah there’s an upstart to watch. They (Indiana) were just relegated to Peacock for Week 8 where nobody saw them.

@bkoo Not great but tough to compete when your blue blood Big Ten teams (Michigan, PSU, USC) have off years and there are no upstarts to replace them in the polls

I polled a lot of people on if NBC’s ND vs USC game would do better than ABC’s Tennessee vs Alabama. People were very split. It’s not even close. The non ABC TV networks can’t love this trend (who cares), but the non SEC conferences have to be getting a little rattled

@ANTIFAldo Those weren’t even the 2 I was thinking.

The Billy Napier firing is going to hit like a sad trombone, but the Brian Kelly firing is going to hit like a whip-it full of napalm

@casualbigten 2 things… 1) Still nervous about the road trip to Washington next week even though they lost today and Illinois finally had a bye week. 2) 3 weeks ago who saw UCLA in the middle of the conference?

Week 8 Power Rankings: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Oregon 4. Illinois 5. USC 6. Michigan 7. Iowa 8. Northwestern 9. UCLA 10. Minnesota 11. Washington 12. Nebraska 13. Maryland 14. Penn State 15. Rutgers 16. Michigan State 17. Purdue 18. Wisconsin My power rankings are based on (1) who I think would win on a neutral field and (2) game results.

@KegsnEggs Fickell & Freeze?

I'll set the over/under on coaches fired tomorrow at 1.5. Which way we going?