Ep. 527 - Tom Dienhart & Joey Wagner on Purdue vs. Illinois

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner previews a monster Big Ten West game between No. 21 Illinois and Purdue with BlackandGold.com's Tom Dienhart and Joey Wagner. Dienhart breaks down why Purdue lost back-to-back games, a dangerous passing attack, an improved rushing attack, the defense's strengths and weaknesses and what he thinks of the matchup with Illinois. Wagner then joins Werner to give the latest updates on injuries and issues from the MSU game and discuss the matchup against Purdue.

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0:52.0	We'll have Joey Wagner to talk some a line-eye side of things, and Tom Deanhart from Goldenblack.com, part of the On3 network. He'll join us to break down Purdue here in a few minutes. But this is a huge game for two programs who have not won a Big Ten West title. If either them want to win a Big Ten West title, this is going to go a long way. Purdue has lost back-to-back games. They need help to win a Big Ten West title, this is going to go a long way. Purdue has lost back-to-back games.
1:12.8	They need help to win a Big Ten West title. But if they beat Illinois, they have Indiana and
1:18.1	Northwestern left on the schedule. And if they get to six and three and you get Wisconsin or Iowa
1:22.5	to win or to lose a game, then Purdue has a decent shot, pretty good shot of winning the Big Ten West.
1:27.9	They'll definitely be atop the mix.
1:30.2	If Illinois wins this game, they have a stranglehold over the Big Ten West because they will have beaten every other contender in the Big Ten West with that head-to-head tiebreaker.
1:40.6	So that would be really important for Illinois.
1:42.6	Now, if they lost to both Michigan and Northwestern,
1:45.2	they would be in trouble and you could get a bunch of crazy scenarios involved. But if Illinois
1:50.0	wins on Saturday, you feel confident that they can beat Northwestern. You still got to do it,
1:55.1	but Illinois would take a long step toward winning a Big Ten West title. Illinois isn't
2:00.0	beating Purdue, though though in a while.
2:01.7	So let's break down this matchup, shall we? Joey Wagner will break down the latest on Illinois
2:06.3	football, what we think of this matchup from their side. But let's get the lowdown, some
2:10.3	intel on Purdue. Tom Deanhart covers Purdue Boilermakers for the On3 Network as part of
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