All right, it's Monday.

It's time to catch up with Jay Lehman, our All-American linebacker,

Illinois choir football analyst.

We have to talk a little bit about a 38 to 9 loss at number one.

Oregon.

Oregon looked like the number one team in the country.

Illinois did not look like a top tier big time team.

And we look ahead to what is a huge matchup against Minnesota.

The gophers are playing good ball and they are favored over the Illinois on the road in

here and Champaign here at Memorial

Stadium. Wait, I'm talking about Minnesota's favorite by what, three? Two and a half, three points.

That started, Illinois favored two and a half three points, but the line shifted pretty quickly

to the gophers. Interesting. I love it. There's lots, we play better as an underdog anyway, so

that's right. Well, other than last right. Well, Jay, the game was really over. If I'm being kind by the mid

second quarter, but really it felt like after the first two drives by Oregon that this game

was kind of put away. But how much of that was Oregon? How much of that was Illinois?

A lot of it was Oregon. They're really good. This is a team that beat Ohio State that has

similar athletes to them and they beat Ohio State Fair and Square. Illinois did not play its best game.

Did not pray Brett Beelma football as far as critical situations,

turnovers, getting off the field and third down. I think there's three plays in that first

quarter that really dictated the whole game that maybe could have been closer. I don't think

it was a win-loss thing for Illinois, but definitely could have been a more respectable finish.

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