Ep. 572 - Meghan McKeown on Illini WBB; Biggest offseason questions left for Illini football
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner talks with Big Ten Network's Meghan McKeown about Illini women's basketball's resurgence under Shauna Green, why the team has been so successful so far and what the program can become under Green. Werner and Joey Wagner then discuss Illinois football's offseason so far, including The Law Firm's return for the 2023 season, as well as the biggest remaining offseason questions remaining. The guys also discuss Illinois football adding Ball State transfer quarterback John Paddock to add depth.
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| 0:00.0 | We've got a big podcast for you today here on the O'Anne Inquirer podcast. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Jeremy Warner, Alainan Acquirer publisher. |
| 0:18.4 | We're going to talk to a lot of women's basketball. |
| 0:20.8 | Megan McEwen does a great job for Big Ten Network, ESPN, and the field of 68. |
| 0:26.6 | She is the daughter of Joe McEwen, a former Northwestern coach, who was the former boss of Shauna Green. |
| 0:34.6 | So Megan knows a little bit about Shauna, but obviously covers the Big Ten women's basketball in-depth, |
| 0:40.0 | also covers men's basketball. |
| 0:41.1 | So I'll ask her her thoughts on Illinois men. |
| 0:43.1 | But we break down what she's made of Shauna Green and this team in year one and how good she thinks this team is. |
| 0:51.0 | And what Illinois women's basketball, the long struggling Illinois |
| 0:54.8 | women's basketball could be moving forward. So great conversation with Megan, hope to get |
| 1:00.2 | her down back on the podcast. You know, down the line here is we get ready for an NCAA tournament. |
| 1:06.2 | It seems like it's going to be the case with Illinois women's basketball. I saw they were |
| 1:09.3 | an eight seed on the latest ESPN Bracketology. Also have a long conversation with Joey Wagner. We talk about the biggest |
| 1:16.2 | questions remaining for Illinois football moving forward. We talk about the law firm's return, |
| 1:21.2 | how good this defense can be, and where else they could go in the portal. And I have to say, |
| 1:26.4 | like, we did this entire podcast, thought it was really good, |
| 1:29.3 | and then we learned that Illinois has added another transfer quarterback. |
| 1:33.8 | This one, John Paddock, Ball State transfer quarterback, started for Ball State last year. |
| 1:39.3 | Illinois has added the sixth year senior as a walk-on. |
| 1:42.4 | So he's got one year of eligibility left. |
| 1:44.4 | So we had to add an addendum to the podcast. |
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