Ep. 871 - Illinois vs. Purdue preview with Tom Dienhart and Joey Wagner
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Werner previews Saturday's Cannon Trophy game between Illinois and Purdue with GoldandBlack.com's Tom Dienhart and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner. Dienhart break down Purdue's immense struggles in Year Two under Ryan Walters, the former Illinois defensive coordinator, and the temperature in West Lafayette entering Saturday's game at Illinois. Wagner and Werner then answer a six-pack of questions about Illinois football, including potential tweaks out of the off week and their picks to click against Purdue.
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| 0:37.6 | Today on the online inquire podcast, let's preview one of Illinois footballs two protected rivalry games on the schedule. It's a rivalry game. Illinois has not won all that often. |
| 0:43.4 | It's Illinois against Purdue, 230 kickoff Saturday at Memorial Stadium. You got the number 23 ranked |
| 0:49.8 | Aligni, 4-1, 1-1 in Big Ten play against the struggling Purdue boil makers, who |
| 0:56.9 | seemed to be in a huge crisis in Ryan Walters' second year, had a decent first year, including |
| 1:03.4 | a 4419 win over Illinois, but didn't play all that well the rest of the season. |
| 1:08.5 | But after a huge season of turnover on their |
| 1:11.2 | roster Purdue is now one in four oh and two in the big tent and according to most metrics |
| 1:17.0 | they're the worst power five team in the country so far this season they have a 66-7 loss |
| 1:23.3 | to Notre Dame last week a 52 to 6 loss at Wisconsin. |
| 1:28.3 | Really struggling for Purdue. |
| 1:30.3 | So we will get the lowdown. |
| 1:31.5 | And what has gone so wrong for Ryan Walters in year two? |
| 1:34.8 | What is the temperature like in West Lafayette? |
| 1:37.6 | How much in doubt is the future of Ryan Walters through just 17 games of his tenure? |
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