Ep. 1047 - J Leman reacts to Illini's 34-32 win over USC, previews Purdue
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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All-American linebacker J Leman joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois football's bounce-back win over USC. The guys discuss the team's response to adversity, the offensive line getting off the mat, another clutch late-game drive and whether they have concerns about the defense after USC put up 490 yards. Leman then looks ahead to Saturday's rivalry game at Purdue and discusses other games across the Big Ten.
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| 0:43.7 | Music All right, it's Monday. |
| 0:48.8 | It's Jay Lehman Day, and it's a happy Monday in Champaign after Illinois gets a walk-off win. |
| 0:53.8 | What a response, 34-32 over then number 21 USC. |
| 0:54.7 | They follow the rankings, |
| 0:58.0 | receive some votes as they take their first loss of the season. |
| 1:05.1 | And Illinois bounces back from a 53 point loss at Indiana to beat a ranked team at home. And another close one score game. |
| 1:08.0 | Brett Bealman now 11 and 4 the last two years in once, or what was they, |
| 1:12.9 | stat? I looked it up this morning. It's great record in one score games is one of this. |
| 1:17.6 | One score games probably, yeah. It's six and one the last two seasons, the last three, J, |
| 1:23.9 | which includes 23. It's 11 and four. So they are starting to win close games, even in a year |
| 1:29.6 | they didn't win more than half their game. So nice job by them. But Jay, I mean, what a response |
| 1:36.7 | for this program? What did this win tell you or say to us about this program and what it |
| 1:42.6 | mean for the season? Yeah, it might be the biggest |
| 1:44.8 | win in the Brett Bielma era for the regular season. I really believe that. You look at the strength |
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