Ep. 862 - Illinois at Nebraska preview with Mike Schaefer and Joey Wagner
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner previews No. 24 Illinois and No. 22 Nebraska with Husker247's Mike Schaefer and Joey Wagner. Schaefer breaks down the Nebraska angles for Friday's top-25 matchup against Illinois, including how Matt Rhule has revitalized the Cornhuskers program, what has stood out about 5-star freshman QB Dylan Raiola, why the defense has been dominant and the keys against the Illini. Then Werner and Wagner answer six questions about Illinois at Nebraska, including what this game means for the Illini program, most encouraging things about the nonconference, concerns against Nebraska and how to handle Cornhuskers quarterback Dylan Raiola.
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| 0:22.2 | Indeed.com slash SPAN UK. Terms and conditions apply. Today on the On Inquirer podcast, let's get you ready for a top 25 showdown for Illinois football in mid-September. |
| 0:48.8 | Illinois, number 24 in the country in this week's AP top 25 after their first 3-0 start since 2011. |
| 0:55.9 | They're heading to number 22 Nebraska, who is 3-0 and looking for their first 4-0 |
| 1:01.7 | start since 2016. |
| 1:03.9 | Matt Rule has made a big change with the Cornhuskers program as a pretty talented |
| 1:07.8 | quarterback as well and five-star Dylan Rayola. |
| 1:12.2 | But they have been built in the trenches under mat rule uh and they are strong there and they are a really really good opponent for |
| 1:18.6 | illinois to prove itself but a top 25 matchup friday night seven o'clock kickoff at a sold-out |
| 1:24.7 | memorial stadium in lincoln nebr, for the 400th straight time. |
| 1:29.5 | So, huge game for Illinois, and we will break down the Illinois side of it. |
| 1:33.7 | Joey Wagner joins me for our six pack of questions. |
| 1:36.1 | That includes our picks to click for Illinois versus Nebraska. |
| 1:39.7 | But we also get the Nebraska side of things with Mike Schaefer from Husker 24-7 does a great job breaking |
| 1:46.0 | down the corn huskers. He'll tell us what Matt Ruhle has done for that program, how he has |
| 1:50.5 | turned this around, and has made Nebraska really the national storyline going into this game, |
| 1:55.6 | but Illinois has a chance to change that. What does Nebraska have to do to take care of |
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