Ep. 1059 - No. 23 Illinois at Washington preview with Kim Grinolds & Joey Wagner

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Jeremy Werner chats with Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner to preview Illinois football's road game at Washington. Grinolds break down what the game means for Jedd Fisch's program, what's behind the Huskies' explosive offense and Ryan Walters' early impact as defensive coordinator. Werner and Wagner then answer a six-pack of Illini questions entering Saturday's game, including the latest on recruiting, changes they'd like to see to both sides of the ball and what concerns them and gives them confidence in this matchup. The guys wrap up by giving their picks to click and bold predictions for the game.

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0:46.6	Music Welcome in to the Lionine Choir podcast. Jeremy Warner, LineI Choir publisher here. And after a much-needed week off, Illinois football is back in action this
0:50.9	weekend with the toughest game remaining on the schedule, at least on paper.
0:54.8	The number 23 ranked a line I, five and two overall, two and two in the Big Ten.
0:59.1	They head to Washington, a team with an identical overall and conference record.
1:04.3	And for both teams is a college football playoff elimination game.
1:08.3	Win and you have a chance to be one of the 12 teams in the playoff lose and you really have no chance. So we've got more storylines as well with two
1:15.7	of the better quarterbacks in the Big Ten, plenty of NFL prospects and of course
1:19.9	another date with Brett Bielma and his staff taking on former Alana defensive
1:24.0	coordinator Ryan Walters who after a terrible two years has produced
1:27.6	head coach, is not the defensive play caller for the Huskies, head coach Jed Fish.
1:32.4	Today we'll dive into all those storylines. Kim Grinnells of Dogman.com, our Washington 24-7
1:37.2	sports site, joins us shortly. He'll break down the Huskies, including star sophomore
1:41.2	quarterback, DeMond Williams Jr., a few star skill players for the Huskies,
1:45.6	Walter's defense, and much, much more. Then of course, Joey Wagner joins me for our weekly six
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