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Topic: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at #24 Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week

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GopherRock

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Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at #24 Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« on: October 10, 2022, 01:16:14 PM »
This is going to be a hard damn game for the Gophers. The Fighting Berts won in Dinkytown last year in a very similar manner to how Purdue won two weeks ago.

That said, Iowa beat them up pretty badly Saturday night, and Mo Ibrahim will be back.
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Re: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2022, 03:18:06 PM »
Somehow I'm shocked to see the Illini at 5-1, I missed that.  They are one program I think should be a lot better.
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Re: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2022, 09:14:19 PM »
Quote from: GopherRock on October 10, 2022, 01:16:14 PM
This is going to be a hard damn game for the Gophers. The Fighting Berts won in Dinkytown last year in a very similar manner to how Purdue won two weeks ago.

That said, Iowa beat them up pretty badly Saturday night, and Mo Ibrahim will be back.
I didn't notice this while watching that game
I thought the Hawkeyes got the worst of the physicality 
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Re: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2022, 04:25:57 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on October 10, 2022, 09:14:19 PM
I didn't notice this while watching that game
I thought the Hawkeyes got the worst of the physicality
Illinois had several players helped off the field.  QB WR DB i think

but Bert will have them focused and it will be a tough game
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Re: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2022, 04:32:30 PM »
I thought losing the starting QB might tip things in Iowa's favor, but the they didn't need a TD to win the game
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Re: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2022, 05:59:59 PM »
Just stop Brian could be reading
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Re: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2022, 06:07:47 PM »
apparently he can't read a drive chart or a box score
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Re: Minnesota (1-1, 4-1) at #24 Illinois (2-1, 5-1) Game Week
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2022, 01:52:21 PM »

Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-1, 4-1) at #24 Illinois Fighting Illini (2-1, 5-1)
NOON - Champaign, IL - BTN
In most years, you beat Wisconsin and Iowa, you would be in the clear in the West.  Problem is this year (1) Wisconsin and Iowa aren't that good; (2) Minnesota and Purdue find themselves in the discussion; and (3) you lost your opener at Indiana.  But to show you how rare that feat is for the Illini, their Rose Bowl team couldn't do it, their 1990 Big Ten title team couldn't do it.  They lost in Iowa City.  The last time they did it was 1989.  In fairness, the 2001 Big Ten title team didn't play Iowa, but still.  While this week is an 11 AM local kickoff, rather than prime time, you could still argue this is the biggest game the Illini have played since 2011, when a 6-0 Illinois team welcomed Ohio State.  Illinois lost, and it kicked off a 6 game losing streak.  That  was the last time Illinois found themselves ranked.  That team needed to outscore their opponents.  This Illini team is built exactly the opposite.  Indiana somehow scored 23 points on them, but they have allowed 5.0 ppg otherwise, with Wisconsin's 10 being the high.  The Illini are 3rd in the nation in run defense per game, and 4th per play, but they've gotten better as the season has rolled on.  Over their past three games, which includes their two toughest opponents, they lead the nation, comfortably, in both statistics.  Minnesota's loss to Purdue happened in a game when they couldn't run the ball, or stop the run.  Purdue's run defense isn't in the same area code as Illinois' and Purdue has consistently had the conference's worst run game since Brohm arrived.  Yet the Boilermakers held Minnesota to 47 yards on 1.8 ypc, while running for 5.9 ypc themselves.  Tanner Morgan also showed that he is who we thought he was, when not facing Michigan State's secondary.  If Illinois controls the run game, on both sides of the ball, as well as Purdue did, and I suspect they will do so even more convincingly, then that's the kind of fight I trust the Illini more in.
ILLINOIS 21, MINNESOTA 14

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