Ep. 854 - Illinois vs. No. 19 Kansas preview with Michael Swain and Joey Wagner
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Phog.net's Michael Swain joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to break down No. 19 Kansas entering Saturday's 6 p.m. kickoff at Illinois. Swain breaks down what makes KU's offense so good, the impact of a coordinator change, their question marks, the challenge of KU's experienced secondary and the keys to the Jayhawks leaving Champaign with a win. Then Werner and Joey Wagner discuss six questions about Illinois football's primetime matchup against No. 19 Kansas on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, including which Illini has the most to prove, reasons to be optimistic about the offense and defense putting up a better fight than last season and biggest concerns about the Jayhawks.
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| 0:53.2 | Music Today on the online inquire podcast, let's talk about a big game for Illinois football on September 7th, 2024, between Illinois and Kansas. |
| 0:58.8 | It's the number 19 ranked Jayhawks entering year four of the Lance Lippold era. |
| 1:04.1 | They come to town as five-point favorites, the latest that I saw from the sports books online. |
| 1:06.2 | So I'm having to Kansas is a six-point favorite. |
| 1:13.7 | But the Jayhawks explosive offense, who we all about last year as Kansas just demolished Illinois. |
| 1:15.4 | The end score was 3423. |
| 1:16.1 | We all know. |
| 1:20.5 | It was much worse than that, as Kansas had a 34-7 lead in the third quarter. |
| 1:26.3 | Just absolutely blitzed Illinois to start that game, taking a 21-0 lead to begin the game. |
| 1:31.1 | But there's a chance maybe at redemption for Illinois and maybe to show apples-to-apples how much they've improved since last year. |
| 1:33.7 | Of course, they've lost a lot of talent, but they've brought in some talent. |
| 1:36.3 | And they are far more experienced, especially on the defensive side of the ball. |
| 1:40.4 | But it's a huge matchup because you guys think this is a huge matchup. |
| 1:44.7 | But obviously for the program, it's 2 and 0 you can get to, get a ranked win, |
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