Ep. 1054 - J Leman on Illini's loss to Ohio State, adjustments for off week

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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All-American linebacker J Leman joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois football's 34-16 loss to No. 1 Ohio State. The guys discuss the negatives and a few bright spots from the loss, what Illinois must do during the off week to take advantage of the five-game stretch ahead and the Illini's playoff possibilities. Leman then gives his thoughts on Indiana beating Oregon and Penn State firing James Franklin and who the Nittany Lions should pursue.

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0:44.8	Music Welcome in to the line inquire podcast. It's Monday. That means Jay Layman Day.
0:46.8	And we got Jay, our All-American linebacker, to react to another tough loss against an elite opponent.
0:52.4	Illinois is two losses so far.
0:53.5	He's number one, Ohio State State and number three, Indiana.
0:57.4	Jay Layman called it.
0:58.7	The Indiana would take care of Oregon on the road.
1:01.2	So we'll talk about that a little bit later.
1:02.6	We'll talk about a huge coaching change in the Big Ten.
1:06.2	Probably another coaching change that will happen at some point
1:09.0	because it's just getting worse up in Madison. But Jay, great opportunity for Illinois. Great crowd. Great weather day in Champaign.
1:18.9	And Illinois just shot itself in the foot. And it's something you can't do against great team.
1:24.6	So just what was your reaction immediately is Illinois kind of goes down
1:28.2	17-0-0-20-0 to Ohio State? Yeah. So a lot of times when you play a great football team,
1:34.6	there will be portions of the game where you play equal to them, right? But that's not how they beat you.
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