Ep. 1045 - No. 21 USC at No. 23 Illinois preview with Ryan Abraham & Joey Wagner
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Werner previews No. 23 USC at No. 21 Illinois with USCFootball.com's Ryan Abraham and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner. Abraham breaks down the Trojans' 4-0 start, QB Jayden Maiava's progress, the defense in Year Two under coordinator D'Anton Lynn. Then Werner and Wagner break down the Illini side of the game, including any changes that need to be made and keys to topping the Trojans, before giving their picks to click and bold predictions.
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| 0:44.9 | It is Jeremy Warner, |
| 0:45.8 | a line-I inquire publisher. |
| 0:47.4 | And yes, Illinois football plays another game this weekend and another potentially big game. |
| 0:53.0 | As the number 23 ranked Alina, I host number 21 USC. |
| 0:58.6 | Big Noon Kickoff, the pregame show for Fox, is in town broadcasting live from Grange Grove. |
| 1:05.7 | There's so many things going on. |
| 1:07.6 | This is a big game, but such a bitter taste in the mouth. After a pitiful, |
| 1:12.3 | embarrassing, whatever adjective you want to use, 63 to 10 loss against, yes, I think a great |
| 1:18.0 | Indiana team. We also thought this Illinois team had the chance to be great. Can they be now? Can |
| 1:24.2 | they really be? Well, we'll learn a lot more against USC and how they rebound. |
| 1:29.3 | And Joey Wagner and I will go over our six-pack of questions. |
| 1:32.8 | We'll talk about the injuries. |
| 1:34.3 | We'll talk about what the staff needs to do. |
| 1:37.8 | Do they make any big changes? |
| 1:40.2 | Do they have to make big changes? |
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