Ep. 918 - Citrus Bowl preview with Hale McGranahan and Joey Wagner
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Werner previews the Citrus Bowl with The Big Spur's Hale McGranahan and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner. McGranahan breaks down South Carolina's special season, the impact of bowl opt-outs, star freshman QB LaNorris Sellers and a dominant defensive front. Werner and Wagner then answer a six-pack of Illini football questions about what the Citrus Bowl means for the Illini, the matchup against South Carolina, potential 2025 returners and the transfer portal.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in to the online inquire podcast live from Orlando, Florida, where we are getting ready for the Citrus Bowl. |
| 0:18.5 | And we are going to break down our six-pack of questions, Joy Wagner and I about Illinois heading into this game. We'll hit on the matchup. We'll hit on the offseason for Illinois and the latest there. But first, let's get to know the opponent. And we have Hale McGrannahan from the Big Spur covers South Carolina Gamecox for 24-7 sports. He's down here in Orlando as well. |
| 0:38.4 | I got to meet him the other day. |
| 0:40.1 | Hale, thanks for joining us and giving us some insight on South Carolina, |
| 0:43.4 | one of the hottest teams in the country. |
| 0:45.2 | Yeah, happy to be on with you guys, |
| 0:47.2 | and we'll certainly be interested to hear what you guys have to say about Illinois |
| 0:51.7 | because I'm kind of late on doing my research on |
| 0:56.0 | figuring out who who this team is and then what South Carolina has got ahead of them here |
| 1:00.4 | in a couple days. Yeah, where are you at in this offseason? Because it is kind of playing |
| 1:04.3 | catch up because we're so focused on the portal. We're so focused on, I know, offensive |
| 1:07.7 | coordinator for, you know, the Gamecocks here with, you know, |
| 1:11.5 | new offensive coordinator coming in with Dalla Loggins heading off. |
| 1:14.4 | It's hard to get our grasp on that there's an actual football game here, but it seems like |
| 1:18.9 | this one means something for South Carolina. |
| 1:20.5 | Certainly means something for Illinois trying to get to a 10th win. |
| 1:23.5 | So let's just start there, Hale. |
| 1:24.8 | What's this game, the Citrus Bowl game, mean for the South Carolina program? It means a lot. You alluded to trying to get that 10th win, and that's something |
| 1:32.7 | that's only happened, I think, four other times in program history. So just that alone is enough |
| 1:40.4 | said, right? It would be a big deal. And it's not lost on Shane Beamer what that means |
| 1:47.2 | or would mean for this team to be able to do it. And for him as a head coach, a guy who had |
| 1:55.6 | never been a head coach before he got the job here in 2021. And he was around for a couple of those |
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