Ep. 858 - Illinois vs. Central Michigan preview with Adam Jaksa and Joey Wagner
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner talks with Central Michigan radio play-by-play man Adam Jaksa, who previews the Chippewas road game at Illinois on Saturday, breaking down expectations in Year Six under head coach Jim McElwain, Iowa transfer QB Joe Labas, CMU's offensive weapons and the defense. Werner and Joey Wagner answer a six-pack of questions about Illinois football entering Saturday's homecoming game against Central Michigan, including the impact of the Kansas win, which players have exceeded expectations, what concerns they want to see fixed this week and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Alana Inquirer podcast, let's get you ready for Illinois football's follow-up to its big win over Kansas. |
| 0:19.6 | The Atlanta have their homecoming game Saturday, |
| 0:21.9 | 11 o'clock kickoff. It'll be on Peacock, the streaming network. But we'll see how many |
| 0:27.0 | fans show up for this one after a huge breakthrough win against Kansas. And how does Illinois |
| 0:31.8 | follow this up? An 11 a.m. kickoff against Central Michigan. Out of the Mac. Illinois |
| 0:36.3 | has had some scares against the Mac, |
| 0:37.9 | including last year, against Toledo, a little bit better of a team. The Rockets were than the Central |
| 0:42.5 | Michigan Chippewa's team. Of course, Illinois was in the eastern Michigan back in 2019 and |
| 0:48.1 | Western Michigan back in 2016. But this line I team looks a little bit different than those |
| 0:53.4 | teams that lost to Mac teams. And this Illinois team looks a little bit different than those teams that lost to Mac teams |
| 0:55.0 | and the Illinois team looks a little bit different than it did last year. |
| 0:58.3 | So we will preview the Alini side of things. |
| 1:01.1 | Joey Wagner will join me with our weekly six pack of questions |
| 1:04.5 | breaking down what we're most interested in about the team leading into this game. |
| 1:08.3 | And then we'll also talk with Adam Jaxa. |
| 1:10.5 | He's the voice of the Chippewas for their Central Michigan radio play-by-playman. |
| 1:15.4 | We'll talk with him about this team. |
| 1:17.9 | Sixth year of Jim McElwain, have a former Big Ten quarterback as their quarterback, |
| 1:22.8 | so we'll get the lowdown on them. |
| 1:24.8 | But of course, Illinois has a chance to do things that hasn't done for a while. |
| 1:28.7 | Go 3-0 to start a season for the first time since 2011. |
| 1:33.2 | They have a chance to be ranked for the first time in September since 2011 as well. |
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