Ep. 944 - Tom Fornelli on Illini football; Kent Brown on new Illini book
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner talks with CBS Sports' Tom Fornelli about Illinois football, including the Illini's 10-win 2024 campaign, why Bret Bielema has been successful, how Illinois stacks up in 2025, the first 12-team College Football Playoff and what's next for college football. Then Werner chats with longtime Illinois sports information director with Kent Brown about his new Illini book "100 Things Illinois Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" and his decades working media relations for Illini athletics.
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| 0:52.7 | Music Today on the Illinois Choir podcast, we're going to get away from basketball for just a little bit because we had to welcome on our guy, Tom Furnelli, Illinois graduate, to talk about Illinois football. |
| 0:55.8 | And a huge breakthrough season in 2024. |
| 0:58.4 | What he thinks about the Illinois in 2025? |
| 1:00.7 | What do you think of Brett Biaoma and his staff? |
| 1:06.9 | And how they stack up heading into a sky-high expectations year with a schedule that could be somewhat favorable. |
| 1:08.2 | Great conversation with Tom. |
| 1:09.3 | We also get into the college football playoff. |
| 1:11.6 | The rebirth, resurgence of the Big Ten in northern football this past year in college football |
| 1:17.5 | and what is next on the horizon for college football. |
| 1:21.4 | Also get a chance to catch up with Kent Brown, long time SID at the University of Illinois. |
| 1:27.3 | That's sports information director, basically public relations of Illinois. |
| 1:31.0 | He ran that for a long, long time, and was a great resource for us in the media. |
| 1:36.4 | But there was no one better to write the book that Kent Brown did. |
| 1:40.6 | And I've started to read it, and it is a great resource for Lini fans. |
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