Welcome in to the online quire podcast. It is Jeremy Warner, Joy Wagner. Let's get you ready for Illinois's week three game against Western Michigan, a sellout

against a Mac team.

I think it says how far this program has come.

And of course, we've got number nine in front of your name as the number nine ranked

team in the country.

Things have come a long way, Joey.

So we'll dive into our six pack of questions.

Some of it will center around the first two games, what we've learned, the good things,

maybe some things we could pick apart through a couple weeks, but also focus on this

Western Michigan game, as Illinois tries to wrap up non-conference play, undefeated for the

third time under Brett Bielma.

And we can talk about that's been a rarity for this program for a long time, but Bielma's turning

that around.

But Joey, another big sign for this program is when you get a $100 million commitment from an

alum, this is turning into a big boy program, but Larry Geese, that's the news of the week,

giving $100 million to the program.

He's obviously been a big benefactor for this

university. The business school bears his name after a $150 million donation back in 2017.

Metamora guy, but he has put in a lot of money into this program and into this university.

And clearly a huge, huge get for Josh Whitman. And lot of money into this program and into this university.

And clearly a huge, huge get for Josh Whitman.

And the name Memorial Stadium is now Geese Memorial Stadium.

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