Illinois

29 July 2009

spread, Northwestern runs spread, Indiana ran some spread with Kellen Lewis, Michigan runs spread, Illinois runs spread, and I wouldn't be shocked to see Wisconsin run it as well with Curt Phillips at QB.  The fact of the matter is, that the spread is tough to stop nationwide, not just Big 10 teams can't stop it.. NOBODY can stop it right now.  Remember West Virginia running circles around Georgia in the Sugar Bowl a few years ago?  Did that mean Georgia was slow and mongrol like?  Noooo, but if West Virginia did that to a Big 10 team, I think the feeling might have been different. 

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31 December 2008

     After all the bad things that happened in 2008, losing to Carolina got Big Daddy’s New Year’s drinking started early to numb the pain of a terrible year. This week Big Daddy’s Saints Beat blog delivers coverage of the New Year’s Eve Mid-City bonfire, gives the season’s final section 645 report, recaps the Carolina game, wonders if Jake Delhomme cursed the Crescent City, questions Sean Payton’s comments, releases his World Famous Pregame Information. 

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1 October 2008


2.    Ohio State
3.    Wisconsin
4.    Illinois
5.    Michigan State
6.    Michigan
7.    Purdue

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27 September 2008

br />2.    Penn State
3.    Ohio State
4.    Illinois
5.    Michigan State
6.    Purdue
7.    Michigan

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19 September 2008

/>Ball State 34, Indiana 31

Projected Big Ten Record: 5-3
Bye:
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan

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14 September 2008

rises, except to say that I was in the house as the Ragin' Cajuns nearly knocked off a sleepwalking Illinois team, and yes, it was as ugly as it seems.  Had I been plopped in the stadium from Outer Space, or at least SEC country, and known nothing about the 2 teams, I would expect La-Lafayette to win 65 times out of 100.  If it wasn't for Illini LB Brit Miller flat out taking the ball out of ULL QB Michael Desormeaux's hands and taking it for a touchdown in the 1st half, we could be talking about a shocker of an upset right now.

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