Ep. 559 - Illini fall to Mississippi State in ReliaQuest Bowl

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner, Joey Wagner and Ryan Easterling react to Illinois football's 19-10 loss in the ReliaQuest Bowl. The guys discuss why Illinois has lost so many close games, why the offense struggled, first impressions of Aaron Henry as defensive coordinator and more. The guys then look ahead to the biggest questions of the offseason for the program.

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0:46.0	Music Good evening from Tampa at Raymond James Stadium. It's three deep for the Align Inquirer podcast today as we have Ryan Easterling joining
0:52.0	us with Joey Wagner and Jeremy Warner as well talking about
0:55.1	another heartbreaking close last minute loss for Illinois football, which ends the season
1:01.7	losing four out of five, ending the season eight and one. But they had a seven point league
1:07.9	going into the fourth quarter against Mississippi State.
1:11.5	A team obviously playing with a lot of emotion.
1:14.4	And a team that was pretty full strength given that they didn't have any opt-outs.
1:19.1	Had a couple of guys missing from the transfer portal.
1:21.7	But another close loss, Joey, this is the third loss.
1:25.5	Illinois has lost the lead or a tie in the final 30 seconds.
1:30.5	Just a painful way, but kind of a fitting way for Illinois football to end this season.
1:35.2	Yeah, Ryan and I were down on the field, and Ryan nailed it. He looked over and goes,
1:38.7	kind of Indiana, huh? And you could feel it brewing. The offense really stalled out there in the
1:44.1	second half. I know we're going to get really stalled out there in the second half.
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