Ep. 702 - Paddock leads Illini to last-minute win at Minnesota

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner react to the Illini's 27-26 victory at Minnesota including John Paddock's last minute game-winning touchdown drive and huge days from Kaden Feagin and Isaiah Williams. Also the guys break down the return of Johnny Newton in the second half and what this win means for the Illini the rest of the season.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Good evening. Welcome into the Ilan Inquirer podcast. It's Jeremy Warner, Joey Wagner,
0:32.4	live at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, where we saw one of those games, Joey, that we'll
0:38.8	remember forever. There are certain games, like I'm like, oh, I don't remember that game looking
0:42.4	through some of the old record books and everything, but this is what we all remember forever,
0:47.1	because from the jaws of defeat, Illinois football finds a victory fourth and 11.
0:52.8	They're down five points with about a minute remaining.
0:56.3	John Paddock, the backup, comes in cold and leads Illinois.
1:00.8	Three passes in a row, 85 yards, including a 46-yard, game-winning touchdown to Isaiah
1:07.5	Williams.
1:08.6	Unbelievable.
1:09.5	What just happened, Joey.
1:11.2	All I could think of in that moment was Illinois had to be thinking at the time.
1:15.9	Glad I called that guy at the end.
1:17.7	But there are so many things.
1:18.8	Caden Fagan, 148 total yards.
1:21.1	Isaiah Williams bouncing back from a fumble to have 131 yards, two touchdowns, 13 receptions.
1:28.3	Johnny Newton's value was seen today.
1:30.4	The defense was phenomenal in the second half.
1:33.3	But what a win for Illinois and one that keeps those faint bowl hopes alive.
1:38.4	Yeah, they needed that in a big way.
1:40.6	We came into it.
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