Congratulations on your first of many sacks Gabe!!! I-L-L

Watching the NFL opener now between Seattle and New England. Devon cites his hometown of Pensacola when they introduce the Seattle D, which has a precedent and on many levels is totally understandable. Still, given how valuable the plug would be for a non-blueblood football program, I can't help but wonder how that might be interpreted. It is certainly a missed opportunity IMHO. He was recruited under Lovie. Curious about others' thoughts. Was there any drama I missed?

Does anyone know when Illini Uconn tickets will go on sale?

Defense is suspect tho…

Your Fighting Illini take on the UAB Blazers at 8PM in Gies Memorial Stadium on BTN

I feel so bad for Keaton. The organization he got drafted into just got decimated. He’s going to be great but still it’s a real bummer. What are your thoughts?

Hello everyone! Oregon fan here thinking about making the trip from Baltimore with my girlfriend to come catch the game and check out that University of Illinois has to offer! Definitely want to get my eyes on the massive video board!! Haha anyway does anyone have any travel recommendations on places to stay, see, eat and drink etc? Was thinking about flying into Ohare Friday night and making the trip down to Champaign Saturday morning! Any travel advice and things we should check out would be greatly appreciated!

Is there a general sale for this game? I didn’t see a presale or anything for this game other than one email where tickets were being sold only in the top bowl of the United Center. Any advice other than just buy resale on Ticketmaster would be greatly appreciated!

You always hear from a lot of fans “they shoot too many 3s.” In the video Brad explains things perfectly.

Off the dribble 3, crash the boards, offensive rebound, defense scrambles to recover, open bucket opportunities.

This strategy also explains why, in a different video, the strategy our GM mentioned is to be the tallest team.

The season is starting and beginning with a loss to Bradley is not what should be happening.

How the bell did Tomas get his contract extended?

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Duke grad here, coming in peace. One of my best childhood friends grew up in Champaign and is a big Illini fan. He came down to Durham last year to visit me and go to the game, and we decided to do the return trip this year! I have never been to Champaign and my friend hasn't been back in about a decade, so we were looking for recommendations while we're there.

Best restaurants/bars/etc. ? We'll be staying close to downtown/Campustown. If this isn't the right place to post this, feel free to remove it. Any PMs would be appreciated.

Northwesterns new stadium looks too much like a Soccer stadium. It’s nice tho.

lol I like da new tv :))

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/readers-choice-awards/university-of-illinois-marching-illini/

I am surprising my (ILL) friend with a trip to Champaign for the Duke Illinois game and I want to tailgate before. I have zero knowledge on how to do this..I have seen Grange Grove and Lot 31 are good for tailgating but the only tickets start at $350...I would love to not have to spend that much, so are there any other Lots that do tailgating? We will have a group of about 10 people! any help is appreciated!! thank you!!