Ep. 1069 - What J Leman wants to see in final 3 Illini football games; Isaac Trotter previews Illini MBB vs. Texach Tech
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner chats about Illini football's final three games and offseason ahead with All-American linebacker J Leman before previewing Tuesday's Illini MBB game against No. 10 Texas Tech with 247Sports/CBS Sports college basketball writer Isaac Trotter. Leman discusses the three Illini football opponents remaining, what he wants to see from the Illini, if the final three games matter for DC Aaron Henry, the future at QB, offseason needs and the coaching carousel. Trotter then discusses what he's seen from Illinois MBB so far, Andrej Stojakovic's return, Tomislav Ivisic's injury and Tuesday's marquee home game against Texas Tech.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the O'Line Quire podcast, we got a double feature for you, and it's fantastic. |
| 0:17.7 | We talk some Illinois football with Jay Lehman, the Illinois All-American linebacker. |
| 0:22.5 | We break down what we want to see from Illinois over the final three games. |
| 0:26.7 | How much these final three games mean for Aaron Henry? |
| 0:29.0 | We talk about the quarterback. |
| 0:31.2 | Who's next after Luke Altmire? |
| 0:33.0 | Breakdown what Brett Bielma said and what Jay wants to see at that position. |
| 0:37.1 | We talk about transfer portal needs after the season, and then we get into the coaching |
| 0:41.7 | carousel as well. |
| 0:42.8 | Jay picks some interesting names for some schools. |
| 0:46.0 | On ones I don't necessarily agree with, but it was a fun conversation with him talking |
| 0:50.4 | about the college transfer portal and talking some football. |
| 0:53.7 | And then we got a huge basketball game on Tuesday night with Texas Tech, |
| 0:57.4 | the number 10 team in the country, coming to town and State Farm Center on Tuesday night |
| 1:03.2 | for a marquee non-conference game. |
| 1:06.1 | Illinois might be without Thomasov Visich. |
| 1:08.1 | Probably will be without Tomasovic. |
| 1:10.2 | But we bring in Isaac Trotter |
| 1:11.8 | 24-7 sports, CBS sports, college basketball writer to break down the matchup, break down what he's seen |
| 1:18.1 | from Illinois, what he thinks of these freshmen, Keaton Wogler and David Mirkovich, and a player |
| 1:25.3 | he thinks we should talk more about with what he's seen from him early on. |
| 1:28.9 | So it's a fun conversation with both of them. |
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