Ep. 703 - J Leman's review of Illini's win at Minnesota
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
All-American linebacker and BTN analyst J Leman joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to break down Illinois football's 27-26 win at Minnesota. Leman discusses standout quarterback play from Luke Altmyer and John Paddock and what went into Paddock's last-minute, game-winning drive. He also discusses offensive impacts of Kaden Feagin and Isaiah Williams and the huge impact Johnny Newton made on the defense in the second half. Leman then looks ahead to Saturday's game against Indiana and what Illinois has to build around on the roster for the long term.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Onond Inquirer podcast, Jay Lehman is fired up about Illinois football and their 2726 from behind, last minute victory at Minnesota. |
| 0:23.4 | John Paddock, Johnny Newton, Isaiah Williams, Caden Fagan, Keith Randolph, Clayton Bush, even. |
| 0:29.3 | Those guys got Jay Lehman fired up about what they accomplished and a big win at Minnesota |
| 0:33.7 | and what it sets up for the O'INA. |
| 0:36.2 | So we dive into it. |
| 0:38.0 | We dive into Luke Altmeier and how he performed. And then for John Paddock to come into that last drive, J. O'Leanman breaks it all down. How good is Johnny Newton? Is he the Big Ten defensive player of the year? And what does Illinois need to do to gain some momentum? And for the first time this season, when back-to-back games with Indiana coming to |
| 0:56.3 | town this weekend in Indiana team that beat Wisconsin last week and has played better |
| 1:01.3 | football in recent weeks. |
| 1:03.2 | We'll dive into it all next with Jay Layman on the Alana Inquirer podcast. |
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