Ep. 860 - J Leman reacts to Illini's 3-0 start, previews top-25 matchup at Nebraska
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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All-American linebacker and Illini Inquirer football analyst J Leman joins Jeremy Werner to break down Illinois football's win over Central Michigan and previews a top-25 matchup at Nebraska. Leman discusses a dominant day for the defensive front against CMU, continued promise in the passing attack and running game issues. Leman then breaks down keys for the No. 24-ranked Illini against No. 22 Nebraska in Friday night's Big Ten opener and looks at the tough schedule ahead.
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| 0:44.3 | Music All right, it is Monday morning. That means it's time to catch up with Jay Lehman, |
| 0:46.9 | our all-American linebacker, breakdown, Illinois, starting 3-0, Jay. |
| 0:52.2 | This doesn't happen very often. first time since 2011 that they've been |
| 0:57.2 | three and oh only seemed to do that since 2002 uh was 2011 and they go undefeated non-conference play |
| 1:04.4 | i found this amazing just for the third time since 2002 and two of those are in the last three years with Brett Biuma. |
| 1:12.6 | So Illinois is a program that wasn't ranked for a whole decade, Jay, from 2012 to 2021. |
| 1:18.1 | Here they are, number 24 in the country, and 3 and O. |
| 1:21.6 | Yeah, if you're an Illinois fan, let's look at it from the context of that, right? |
| 1:26.8 | There's all things we can criticize, |
| 1:28.2 | but there's a lot of things we can be excited about, hey, we took care of business against an |
| 1:32.3 | FCS team. We took care of a business against an FBS team at home that was ranked. We took care |
| 1:38.5 | of business against a group of five team at home, which, you know, we have had plenty of issues with that. |
| 1:44.6 | Even last year with Toledo, that was a scare, right? |
| 1:46.9 | We've seen eastern Michigan. |
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