Ep. 865 - No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State preview with Tyler Donohue and Joey Wagner
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner chats with Lions247's Tyler Donohue and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner to preview Saturday's primetime matchup of No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State. Donohue breaks down what this game means for Penn State, the impact of first-year coordinators Andy Kotelnicki and Tom Allen, the growth of Drew Allar, the strengths and question marks on defense and the keys to PSU winning at home to start Big Ten play. Werner and Wagner then answer a six-pack of questions about the Illini, including the most encouraging parts of the Illini's win at Nebraska, what the game at PSU means for the program, what concerns them most about PSU and what gives them most optimism about Illinois for the game. The guys then give their picks to click for the game.
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| 1:08.1 | As for the second straight week to start Big Ten play, the first time in |
| 1:11.3 | program history that has happened, Illinois is heading to play a ranked opponent on the road. |
| 1:16.5 | They took care of business in overtime at Nebraska, 3124, to really make a national statement |
| 1:22.1 | and start to get the attention. You're seeing Luke Altmire in the Jim Rome show. You're seeing |
| 1:26.0 | Brett Bielma on national shows. |
| 1:28.7 | And now they get a chance for another huge statement for their program and really open up some |
| 1:34.1 | conversations. We haven't heard at Illinois in a long time or ever in this new modern era of |
| 1:40.0 | Big Ten championship games and 12-team college football playoffs. But they have a huge chore in front of them as number nine. |
| 1:47.0 | Penn State is the opponent this weekend. |
| 1:49.1 | And we're going to get you ready to learn a little bit about Penn State, |
| 1:52.0 | which we don't know how much we have learned about them so far. |
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