Ep. 1112 - Tay & Piper reunite to talk Illini hoops & football
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C
4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Lon Tay and Derek Piper join Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to discuss the end of the Tay & Piper Show and getting out of sports media. Then the guys chat about Illini football's 2025 season and the 2026 schedule ahead before diving deep on the 2025-26 Illini basketball team, including Keaton Wagler's greatness and the team's potential.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the O'an-Inquire podcast. |
| 0:14.8 | It's Jeremy Warner, O'an-Iquire publisher with you, and I could do a schedule-release |
| 0:19.9 | podcast, breaking down the dates that |
| 0:22.7 | Illinois football plays, certain opponents. |
| 0:24.9 | But why do that when I have two very special guests joining me now? |
| 0:29.1 | You know him. |
| 0:30.1 | It's Lante and Derek Piper. |
| 0:33.1 | What's up, boys? |
| 0:34.2 | Good to have you on here. |
| 0:35.1 | Lon. |
| 0:35.4 | How are you, man? |
| 0:36.6 | I'm doing great. |
| 0:37.4 | I'd probably, |
| 0:38.8 | the world would probably rather hear about the Alaini football games, but hey, let's do this. This is going to be great. Thank you for having me. I mean, it's been a long time and I'm ready to roll. It's time to get Derek Piper back on here. It's Tay and Piper, guys. We've brought them back. The show ends in the summer, unceremoniously for De Launate. We'll get to that here |
| 0:57.1 | in a moment. But Derek, how are you, buddy? Good to see you. I'm doing great. This is the first time Lon's talked to me since the divorce, so this was necessary as far as the gathering. You were the perfect one to bring us together. And I'm excited for this. |
| 1:11.4 | I'm like the, I wouldn't say I'm the lawyer. Am I like the kid? Am I like the mutual friend |
| 1:16.2 | in this relationship? Guys, how are we? Let's be civil here, okay? I did blow you guys off |
| 1:22.6 | for dinner. So there's still a little dysfunction there, but I'm slowly working through it, slowly. |
| 1:30.0 | Well, it's good to have you guys back on here. |
| 1:32.8 | Derek, we knew you were leaving radio. |
| 1:34.9 | You announced that when you left Alain, I inquire. |
| 1:38.3 | Lon, you didn't tell anybody, buddy. |
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