Ep. 1099 - Illini land transfer QB Katin Houser; Thoughts on Music City Bowl & transfer exits; Tribute to Dad

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4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner pays homage to his father before diving into all the happenings with Illinois football during the last week, including the Music City Bowl win, transfer exits and transfer additions, including ECU transfer quarterback Katin Houser.

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0:23.6	Twinings.
0:25.6	Alive in every drop.
0:27.6	You Welcome in to the O'Anne Enquirer podcast.
0:45.6	It is Jeremy Warner, O'Lina Inquirer publisher here.
0:48.4	And this has been one of the crazier weeks of the Illinois football calendar.
0:56.5	It has been crazy, everything that is happening. And we have been silent here on the Alana Inquirer podcast. And I apologize for that.
1:03.3	And I owe you an explanation of why I was away and why I have been silent. My father passed away this past week.
1:12.7	I got a call at 7 a.m. or it was actually 5.36 a.m.
1:17.7	Central time when I was down in Nashville, but Joe, you're in the hotel room sleeping.
1:21.8	And I got the call you don't want to hear that my father had suffered a heart attack and died.
1:26.9	And I had to hop on a plane right away from Nashville to Chicago to get home and be with my family.
1:33.8	It has been an incredibly tough week, but I have not been up to it to be on this podcast.
1:38.7	To make matters worse, Kyle Toss got sick, wasn't able to do the basketball podcast last night.
1:43.2	But I just have not been in the mindset to do that.
1:47.1	But I am now.
1:48.4	I'm ready to get back to work.
1:50.3	It has been a very tough week.
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