Ep. 1032 - J Leman reacts to Illini's win over WIU, previews trip to Duke
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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All-American linebacker J Leman joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois football's win over Western Illinois. Leman breaks down what stood out about the Illini offense and defense and which players caught his eye. He then previews the Illini's trip to Duke and discusses how Illinois can contain QB Darian Mensah and approach Manny Diaz's attacking defense.
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| 0:55.6 | Music It's Labor Day, but we're laboring here at Alana Inquirer, and it's Monday, so that means it's Jay Layman Day on the Alainanquire podcast. Welcome in. We have football to react to. Sure, the opponents, we got to take into account all that stuff, but we got to see these guys live in action. It looked pretty good for Illinois, 52 to |
| 1:00.2 | three win. Jay will break it all down, offense, defense, and we'll look ahead, obviously, to the |
| 1:04.9 | much bigger test. This coming week at Duke, a team that's got a pretty good quarterback and |
| 1:10.3 | aggressive defense, |
| 1:11.8 | we know with Manny Diaz. But how are you, man? Good to see it. Good to have football over the weekend. Oh, man, it's just amazing. And could you have the better weekend? I mean, I don't think at least across the Midwest, there was a cloud in the sky, 70 degrees, which is, you know, a lot of times week one is really really hot we've had a Wyoming game years ago was super hot i mean there's |
| 1:29.4 | sometimes it's hot into october but man it was you know, a lot of times week one is really, really hot. We've had a Wyoming game years ago |
| 1:28.2 | was super hot. I mean, sometimes it's hot into October, but man, it was perfect weather. It |
| 1:32.6 | felt like football in the Midwest, fall in the Midwest. And, you know, going to that game, |
| 1:39.0 | I got the chance to be on the sideline, you know, early. I saw you down there. I have never |
| 1:43.9 | seen for an FCS game the kind of energy |
| 1:47.7 | that was in that stadium, starting with the students and then the overflow of the students, |
| 1:52.7 | but not a lot of seats open once the game actually got started. And especially for a Friday |
| 1:59.6 | night game where there's tons of stuff going on in the community with high school football and whatnot opening week high school |
| 2:04.4 | football so I was excited it felt like you know we've been talking to Illinois football has kind of |
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