Ep. 835 - B1G Media Days with the Illini: Josh Whitman, Gabe Jacas, Seth Coleman & Pat Bryant

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner chat with Illinois AD Josh Whitman and Illinois players Gabe Jacas, Seth Coleman and Gabe Jacas at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis.

Illini outside linebackers Gabe Jacas and Seth Coleman chat with Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner at Big Ten Media Days. The guys discuss their elevated roles on the defense, another new position coach, NIL and playing EA Sports' College Football 25.
Illinois wide receiver Pat Bryant talks with Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner about his elevated role as a senior, the offense's next step, new wide receivers coach Justin Stepp, quarterback Luke Altmyer and more.
At Big Ten Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Illinois athletics director Josh Whitman chats with Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner about college athletics' big changes and the 2024 football season.

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0:00.0	Today on the online inquire podcast, college football season is just around the corner.
0:17.4	And how do I know that?
0:18.7	Well, I'm on the Lucas Oil Stadium turf right now
0:21.4	in Indianapolis for 2024 Big Ten media days. And it is a big one for the Big Ten. It's a welcome
0:27.3	four new members from the West Coast, Oregon, Washington, USC, UCLA. You'll learn a lot about those
0:32.9	in recent podcast episodes here on the Alina Inquirer podcast. But Joy Wagner and I, Jeremy Warner,
0:38.8	were also able to catch up with a lot of the online-eye contingent here at Big Ten Media
0:42.6	Days. We're going to catch up with Brett Bielman on this podcast very shortly, so be on
0:47.0	the lookout for that. But today, I was able to chat one-on-one with Illinois athletic
0:50.8	Dr. Josh Whitman about the football program and what is important
0:55.4	with this Illinois football season and also about the future of college athletics and the
1:00.0	Big Ten. But we also got a chance to sit down and talk with the three Alinai players here.
1:05.8	Joey Wagner and I talked with Gaybackus and Seth Coleman, the two outside linebackers,
1:10.0	ready to take another step in
1:11.2	their careers and lead this Illinois defense. We caught up with them together, and then we sat down
1:16.4	with Pat Bryant, the Illinois wide receiver, who is really fun to talk to, by the way. One of the bigger
1:23.2	personalities will be on this team and one of the more proven pieces on that offense that you expect to take another step forward with Barry Olney Jr.
1:31.0	Despite some key losses in that wide receiver room in Casey Washington and Isaiah Williams.
1:35.9	But it's time to start thinking about the Illinois football season and a good way to do so is to catch up with some of these Alainai players and the Illinois athletic director.
1:44.3	So coming up next, we're going to hear from Gabe Accus and Seth Coleman, Illinois wide receiver,
1:50.2	Pat Bryant, and the Atlanta Athletic Director, Josh Whitman. Brett Bielma caught up with those local media.
1:56.0	He really filibustered pretty well on the main stage for TV. But we're about to catch up with him for about another 45 minutes in his podium session.
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