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KU opens as a 3.5 favorite on ESPN. That's a step in the right direction. Stopping the Illini QB, Luke Altmyer is the key; Altmyer passed for 211(18/26) and rushed for 69 yds against Toledo. Running back Love(23) had 58 yds on 12 runs and WR, Bryant(13) had 6 rec. for 64 yds and 2 TDs. Huge game for our guys in black. ESPN2 at 6:30. I'm glad this is a short week. Oh, I think I saw that many students are back to leaving early. ESPN+ doesn't do much to show the crowd, but it appeared the student secton dwindled to about 50% by the 4th Q. I just can't imagine leaving a home game early when KU is playing well.

@stoptheflop Yes, 50% is pretty close. I don't get it either. Did they have to get to the bars before they closed?

Tradition says go to the football game until its outcome looks fairly certain and then leave. Tradition says go to a basketball and stay until the end, no matter what. KU is a basketball school, and unfortunately football has a lot of ground to make up.

I'll say this about this game. - -I'm not nearly as leery of this game as I was, I actually like our chances . I don't think you will have to worry about the student section Friday, I got this feeling the place is gonna be loud. - -I think it will sell out - -well on the way now, and I think we gonna be loud , team gonna be ready.

I like the 3nother line I saw was Ku & 2 - -gonna be a dog fight but I think we got this I'm not that impressed with their QB - -New QB , he is on the road , as long as we don't just come out and flat an egg, were gonna be good.. I'll take our offensive against theirs any day of the week.

It could turn into a track meet but I think we will have that extra pair of new shoes our defense will make that stand and we win - -our key this Season is to BELIEVE - -we got to BELEIVE in this team and our Coach's times are changing here in Lawrence Ks - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG

@nuleafjhawk wanna hear about your experience! 💙🌾❤️

Side note: I looked up the definition of pregaming and found it defined as I would use the term tailgating. So, I'm using pregaming just to mean talking about the game before the game, with or without your favorite alcohol beverage.

@Crimsonorblue22 It was Awesome!! Everything about the evening was great! Great crowd, great company (my son), great game (in my opinion), great seats, great parking (thank you @FarmerJayhawk !). Even the traffic was pretty decent. Can't wait to go again.

@nuleafjhawk I thought it actually felt like a football crowd, and I've been to A LOT of KU Football games. The last time I thought the stadium felt that loud and full (I didn't get to go to a game last season so I don't have that to compare to) was Charlie Weiss' first game if that tells you anything...

@nuleafjhawk yay!! Glad it all worked out for you all. Come back more often!

@nuleafjhawk makes me 😄😍

Shouldn't be any reason and I think it will be, BUT not any reason why this game won't be a sell out. - -Not a holiday weekend, ya I know high school football but even at that I just feel this will sell out.

Nice opponent from the premier league supposedly -BIG , and a very winnable game if we don't wet all over ourselves. -should be jumpin students I know will be ready - -we need to be ready, let Illinois know that YES KU DOES HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM. --I'm ready - - ROCK CHALK

@stoptheflop I think you’ll see that most the time once the outcome isn’t in question. Been to KSU games twice when a buddy had free tickets and it was the same way.

In terms of the game, I’m looking for some improvement on the defensive side of the ball. I wasn’t pleased with letting up 17 to a team that only scored more than 25 points twice last season in FCS. Missouri Valley is an absolute murderers row of conference and I’d bet good money they don’t go .500. Hopefully we have another good crowd on hand for the black out, that will be important for Illinois first road game. The keys to victory are simple to me. Contain Altmyer, keep JD 6 up right and win the turnover battle. Do those 3 things and we will have another victory. I feel like this is a must win to get back to a bowl game. BYU, UCF and Cincinnati were all games I thought we could win but after watching us and them last week. We will be lucky to win one of those games (BYU would be the only one I’d predict). We may have to start 4-0 to get there.

Fun fact KU has a 2-3 record all time vs Illinois, including a 24-6 victory in their only meeting in Lawrence. That game took place in 1892 before basketball made it to the university.

@kjayhawks I think we beat all 3. They won’t get better throughout the year. G5 schools can compete with the P5 usually in their first strings but they just don’t have the depth to deal with injuries that come up. Cincy, especially after losing a ton to the portal, could have a really rough second half.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Pregaming Illinois:

@kjayhawks I think we beat all 3. They won’t get better throughout the year. G5 schools can compete with the P5 usually in their first strings but they just don’t have the depth to deal with injuries that come up. Cincy, especially after losing a ton to the portal, could have a really rough second half.

I agree I think we at least 2 out of the 3. I see u beating BYU & Cinn - -might have some trouble with UCF. BYU was lucky to win and even at that only put up 14 points in the win. - -I still think our team is going to surpris some people

Was listening to an Illinois podcast. They was talking a lot about the KU offense & Jalen. Talking about how they feel a big key was being able to get into the KU backfield, trying to put pressure on Jalen.

They it is a must, saying that they can not allow Jalen time back there and go through all his reads, talking about going to have to have an attacking defense. Another thing is they feel they are going to really establish their running game do a much better job running the ball as their two backs only combined for 88 yards rushing against Toledo. They said they have to control the ball , keep Jalen and the KU offense off the field, use time consuming drives cause they said KU is gonna put up points , saying that Jalen could still get 300 yards passing. - Just hope to get pressure on Jalen maybe get a strip fumble saying turnovers are going to big. Hoping maybe get a strip , maybe pressure get a flutter pass for INT.

Saying that looks like their best defender is going to be out and how the defense is going to have to step up - Gonna be interesting

OK going to make my prediction for Friday, I DO think we will run the ball, if we can get our run game going, get some RPO'S then i think we can be good. We have got to get it established though so they just can't tee off on Jalen. - -But my prediction was pretty close last week - -see how it goes this week . I'm going to say KU 38 - -Illinois - -31 - -we shall see.

Like they said on their pod cast Illinois doesn't want to get into a track meet with Ku. Illinois just not bult for that , that's why they are saying they have to control the clock and keep KU offense on the side lines. --ROCK CHAL ALL DDAY LONG BABY

@FarmerJayhawk I absolutely plan on it. And now I know where to park!

@FarmerJayhawk I know Satterfield struggled at Louisville, but I still think that was a good hire for Cincy. I do think it will be interesting to monitor them as the season goes on.

@FarmerJayhawk @jayballer67 i hope y’all are right

Ok my KU friends , close enough to game time - -time or some predictions I've made mine yesterday saying KU 38- - Illinois - -31- -so what you think let's hear ya

Good guys 42 - other guys 23

@nuleafjhawk turned over a newleafjhawk! ❤️🌾💙🏈

I think it’ll be relatively low scoring. 31 23 good guys

@Crimsonorblue22 Speaking of new leaves - I think somewhere down the line I've at least mentioned that my (now 32 year old) son graduated from K-State. He was never into sports, so he didn't care AT ALL about my obsession with KU. When I say he wasn't into sports - he lived one block from the football stadium in Manhattan. ONE block. He never went to a single game.

Friday night, he's singing the Alma Mater song, the Rock Chalk chant, he's waving the wheat after every score. My jaw was on the ground. And he was INTO the game. Jumping up - fist in the air on good (or questionable) plays. I didn't know what was going on. But it was one of the best sports nights of my life.

@nuleafjhawk so much fun! Imagine AFH! 💙🌾❤️

@nuleafjhawk I'm so happy you didn't give up and tried again.

@Crimsonorblue22 Lol - that's what I told him - if I can score some tickets sometime!!

Our defense needs to stand up make a statement, show progress that teams aren't just going to be able to run at will against us anymore. Which I think they have made progress , now time to show it, Lance talking how this was probably the most physical camp he has ever Coached. Wanted them more physical. Big Challenge time to show.

You know , I know everyone knows I've heard off their podcasts, read off there message boards they want to try and run the ball , run the ball down KU's throats. Time consuming drives keep Jalen and the offense on the sidelines. saying they don't want to get in a track meet /shoot out with KU's offense. Smart strategy. They think they have the advantage against our defense time to show they are wrong show progress

Gonna be interesting hope fans show up strong, I think we gonna be pretty full. - -ROCK CHALK

I sure wish JD would have been able to operate a couple of series last week to get his game legs back. Last year KU suffered from slow starts on offense and defense so KU was often/always playing catch-up. In the bowl game, KU was down 31-7 early in the second Q and down 31-13 at the half. I sure hope for a fast start on offense that will at least offset the typical slow start on defense.

I don't know, hope I'm wrong but starting to get this sick feeling that Jalen will be very limited in his snaps tonight. -- - -hope I'm wrong , Jaason a dam good back up but with this game just think e need Jalen - -and we need a lot of Jalen to have a chance, just kinda feel like he still has a ways to gol, hopefully I'm wrong

@jayballer67 If Jason Bean plays a lot of snaps, I sure hope he's learned from the Missouri St game not to throw into good coverage; that tendency will eventually be costly, especially against a good defense like Illinois.

@stoptheflop said in Pregaming Illinois:

@jayballer67 If Jason Bean plays a lot of snaps, I sure hope he's learned from the Missouri St game not to throw into good coverage; that tendency will eventually be costly, especially against a good defense like Illinois.

Bean has thrown into coverage for years, he's not learning and decisions like that are why he's the back up and not starting.

@jayballer67 he’s full go as of this morning

@FarmerJayhawk said in Pregaming Illinois:

@jayballer67 he’s full go as of this morning

Thanks guy , ya I just went through my E-Mails when I got home and Mike Vernon had tweeted out that Jalen was good to go and would b starting tonight - -sounds good to me -Rocj Chalk buddy

@Texas-Hawk-10 right dude is a 6th year player, that’s who he is at this point. Still maddening they had him try the two point conversion in the bowl game with Jalen on fire.

Kickoff gettin close guys, this isn't going to be a cake walk. w just have to continue to progress, tonight is big, I said before, tonight we have to step up on the defensive side of the ball be able to stop the run.

Illinois gonna try and run it down our throat , keep our offense off the field- -they want time consuming drives. Yet we have to respect Altmeyer running , he lead them in their rushing against Toledo with 69 yards
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seen this on a betting pod cast - -their QB had some success last week but only has a total of I think it was 92 attempts , and has been intercepted 4 times in very limited time- -got to get some pressure but respect his running at the same time

Let's go take this. got a feeling Booth will be jumpin the sudents are ready - -Black out - - giving a rally towel to the first ten thousand - hopefully be fun - -be loud - - ROCK CHALK BABY - -LET'S DO THIS

My first view of the "black Unis" but they have a lot of brown coloration instead of stark black. The sun was shining on them when I saw them. Maybe they will be more black under the lights.

@stoptheflop said in Pregaming Illinois:

My first view of the "black Unis" but they have a lot of brown coloration instead of stark black. The sun was shining on them when I saw them. Maybe they will be more black under the lights.

How's the crowd , attendencewise- -close to sell out ?

Let's go boys

hearing Illinois gonna have a fair amount of fans there - -kinda sucks this is selling out

@jayballer67 Sorry, I'm not at the game; I'm just watching the pregame show.

I wish they were playing tomorrow because I'd have driven over. Interesting matchup personally as I grew up in Illinois and have always been ready to jump on the Illini bandwagon should they ever put it all together. They did once making the Rose Bowl and then got torched by UCLA. Not many exciting moments, so of course KU has one upped them with the magical season in 2008. Don't worry, not secretly hoping for an Illini win. It just wouldn't suck as bad as losing to someone else.

Of course the other coach in this one was a Badger coach and fairly successful too. He coached Russell Wilson there and was two hail mary losses in back to back weeks from being undefeated in that season.

Exciting matchup for sure.

Daniels first pass a bullet for 1st down.

Wave the wheat! Welcome back Jaylon, stay healthy please!

Nice start to this big game

Look SO MUCH better with Daniels out there. Good grief that guy is smooth.

Nice to see Jalen come out and not force anything a good steady drive for 6. Neal’s fumble the only hiccup.

@wissox I grew up an Illinois fan (Tony Eason, Jeff George era), but I've lived in kansas longer than IL at this point.

@DanR I was trying to think of his name, I think it might have been Tony Eason that led them to that Rose Bowl.

Eason played for the Patriots when the Bears creamed them in superbowl XX

Very nice start for the defense

Cubs get shut out, Sox getting no hit through 6, Illini losing, shaping up to be an epic day in Chicago sports.

Hishaw is back to breaking tackles...

@DanR said in Pregaming Illinois:

Hishaw is back to breaking tackles...

Would you want to try to tackle him? For that matter would you like to try to tackle Bret Bielema?

That was an impressive drive, aided by the dumb personal foul.

Wow, Casey again. Wow, great start.

Couldn’t have hoped for a better 1st quarter. Keep wearing them down

So far, so great!

Very impressive first quarter so far, especially the defense and how much they've been in the backfield tonight. This is a good Illinois team, maybe not as good as the Duke team KU played last year, but Illinois should make a bowl this year.

Just saw in Instagram Bill Self saying "This is the best Kansas team we have ever seen". But back to the game.

Come on D can’t start giving up chunks in the ground game

They pulled a KC chief and got too cute lol sorry if that’s too soon

Uh so I'm liking this athletic Defensive Line.

Last season I was just hoping to hold the other team to 3 on defense every possession, so this has been nice

More Jaylon Magic

Great catch by Wilson

Daniels looks gassed.

Also, these uniforms look even better than in the social media posts.

I honestly thought this would be a bit closer than this.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Pregaming Illinois:

Great catch by Wilson

That guy is going to be something... either a spark plug or a disaster, but I love the way he plays

@Texas-Hawk-10 The uni's are the only thing I don't like about tonight!

Now they have to abandon their game plan and throw the ball

4.0! He's very impressive. Anybody remember him standing in front of Bean after the OSU game when Bean was overcome with emotion? 😢 special moment between good friends. Going bowling!

good play by Illinois

This is the Kansas defense we've grown to know and love.

Still have time to go back up by 21

Grimm reaper

Unbelievable. What a throw and catch.

Hishaw would run through a brick wall from the 1

This team has given us a decades worth of highlights in the last year.

Hishaw looks like he did before the injury last year.

That one one of the best half’s we have played in decades against a power 5 opponent

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@Texas-Hawk-10 The uni's are the only thing I don't like about tonight!

A very friendly you're wrong about the uniforms.

That was a great half for KU and we get the ball to start the second half with the chance to go up 28.

@FarmerJayhawk are you there? @BShark you?

Guys I think e got us a football team. long way to go but very nice half

Four long ass drives for touchdowns is really impressive.

Halftime KU football games seeing Alabama predictions reminds me of seeing Duke coverage during basketball game halftimes on ESPN. Blech.

Oh well. I predict Texas gets killed by Bama

This openning series is going to tell us a lot about how the second half will go. I'm hoping for another KU 75 yd drive that takes 7 minutes off the Q

I will be in front of the 📺 yelling from the beginning to the end. My son may have only played 1 year but in that 1 year I fell in love with everything about the Jayhawks from the program to the fans to the players. Always #RockChalk #Jayhawks 💙❤️💛🖤🤍

Lonnie Phelps sr

The good guys have looked impressive this 1st half. The hurry up offense of Illinois may present problems since that led to their only score so far. Keep it up KU!

I feel Neal has a good burst but his top end speed ain’t great lol

Wow, an asswhooping!

Poop a fumble from blowing it wide open there, let’s get a stop here and do it.

Beautiful play until that bloop fumble

Melo making up for the penalty earlier!

Miracle pick!!

Do we have an OC or is Lance in that role too?

What a horrible call

That was a weak block in the back call

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

Do we have an OC or is Lance in that role too?

Yes, Andy Kotelnicki is the OC for Leipold.

@Texas-Hawk-10 The creativity of this offense is really fun to watch.

So, is it about time to pull Daniels and let Bean finish this out? Save his back from further wear and tear. Also, Neal got is 100 yds. Time for the reserves?

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@Texas-Hawk-10 The creativity of this offense is really fun to watch.

The offense has a good chance to be a top 10 offense this year with all the pieces that returned this year.

Booker looks legit

well, not there

This D-Line has been very impressive tonight. Looks like the defense they have a chance to be much improved.

And of course they give up that play right after I post it.

@Texas-Hawk-10 fluke play

Bullshit!!

cant hit a player making a play.
Appeal that bs

At least Nevada is a crappy team and Booker missing the 1st half shouldn't be a big issue.

He drove his helmet right into him @Texas-Hawk-10. I know we see things with Jayhawks slant, but I really don't know how it can be argued we got screwed on that play. Sounds like I'm against you tonight! Black uni's no! Targeting, good call!

Got to get another TD to feel comfortable in this one.

Just put flags on QBs 3 years out that a celebration after the hit.

@wissox Looked like he turned his head to me too

I also don't understand the purpose of going for two here. It's still a 3 possession game.

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

He drove his helmet right into him @Texas-Hawk-10. I know we see things with Jayhawks slant, but I really don't know how it can be argued we got screwed on that play. Sounds like I'm against you tonight! Black uni's no! Targeting, good call!

That targeting was a bad call. Booker executed a perfect form tackle. Booker had his head turned and hit with his shoulder and side of his head. That hit is literally how we teach kids to tackle in middle school.

A absolute weak block in the in back on a TD and garbage targeting it’s 38-13

@Texas-Hawk-10 Where was his head turned? Which side because I wasn't shown a replay that showed he turned it. I just saw him drive his helmet right into his midsection.

@wissox you can watch the replay when it's overturned next week

I just watched it slowed down. I don't get what you're all saying.

let the make up calls commence

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Where was his head turned? Which side because I wasn't shown a replay that showed he turned it. I just saw him drive his helmet right into his midsection.

Left side of Booker's helmet is what made contact woth Altmeyer's ribs, not the crown.

another terrible call

hit the locker rooms, refs

@Texas-Hawk-10 You didn't answer me. How could you see that? I just went back slowed it down frame by frame and don't see how you can say that.

@wissox I saw a guy make a textbook tackle too. You think he was trying to hurt the QB or tackle him?

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@Texas-Hawk-10 You didn't answer me. How could you see that? I just went back slowed it down frame by frame and don't see how you can say that.

You can't see the left Jayhawk logo when Booker hit because that's what hit the QB. If he led with the crown, you'd be able to see both logos from the backside view. That was a clean hit.

@DanR I don't think he was trying to hurt him. Obviously don't agree with what ya'll saying, but it's ok, we're kicking tail here and the call doesn't matter.

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@DanR I don't think he was trying to hurt him. Obviously don't agree with what ya'll saying, but it's ok, we're kicking tail here and the call doesn't matter.

I'm also going to trust the judgment of Andre Ware because he was a QB and I hear him weekly calling Texans games on the radio and is a very pro QB announcer since he was a Heisman winning QB.

@Texas-Hawk-10 If the logo hit which is on the side of the helmet you'd be able to see the logo on the other side, right?

@Texas-Hawk-10 They'll review the 1/2 game disqualification, and I'll be shocked if he isn't cleared to play

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@DanR I don't think he was trying to hurt him. Obviously don't agree with what ya'll saying, but it's ok, we're kicking tail here and the call doesn't matter.

The call does matter because KU lost their best pass rusher when Illinois is going to be doing a lot of passing the rest of the game.

Better wake back up here, went from a romping to now a game especially if they score here

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Pregaming Illinois:

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@DanR I don't think he was trying to hurt him. Obviously don't agree with what ya'll saying, but it's ok, we're kicking tail here and the call doesn't matter.

I'm also going to trust the judgment of Andre Ware because he was a QB and I hear him weekly calling Texans games on the radio and is a very pro QB announcer since he was a Heisman winning QB.

If Booker led with crown, you'd be able to see both logos from the back view.

I'm offended you'd trust Andre Ware's opinion over mine!

Pick that flag up!

jeezus

f it, I'm about done with football

adios, amigos

So what is a defense player supposed to do when the offensive player ducks? This ain’t football

@kjayhawks said in Pregaming Illinois:

So what is a defense player supposed to do when the offensive player ducks? This ain’t football

The receiver didn't duck or lower his head, this was a legit call unlike the Booker call.

Here we go again. I mean I don't like this call much, but why not just wrap your arms around the dude and tackle him? This habit of trying to knock a guy to kingdom come is dangerous and stupid.

He didn't make the end zone on that 2 point did he?

Wow!
Not an asswhooping!
Unjinx!

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

He didn't make the end zone on that 2 point did he?

Fell on the goal line. Only the tip of the ball only has to reach to very front of the goal to break the plane.

@Texas-Hawk-10 he definitely ducks his head to me. Accountability has to start for the stripes at some point.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Here's what bugs me about what you said. You said Andre Ware agreed with you, therefore I'm wrong because I'm obviously not as knowledgable as Andrew Ware. THE REFEREES WATCHED IT TOO AND SAID IT WAS TARGETING. I could say the same thing to you. You know more than the referees? I doubt it.

@kjayhawks said in Pregaming Illinois:

@Texas-Hawk-10 he definitely ducks his head to me. Accountability has to start for the stripes at some point.

You see how much I'm defending the Booker play so I'm not blindly siding with the refs, but that Bryant call was a good call amd the right call. His head dropped because he sunk his hips to try a juke.

@Texas-Hawk-10 it was targeting because he dropped his head which you just admitted so are we arguing about lol

that's not a 1st down?

@kjayhawks said in Pregaming Illinois:

@Texas-Hawk-10 it was targeting because he dropped his head which you just admitted so are we arguing about lol

His entire body dropped, not just the head. Lowering your head in this context of targeting means that a player only lowers his head, not his entire body.

And another official blunder first down by 2 yards smh this crew should be fired immediately following the game.

Fire the refs!

His flipping knee hit after the 30!!

@wissox said in Pregaming Illinois:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Here's what bugs me about what you said. You said Andre Ware agreed with you, therefore I'm wrong because I'm obviously not as knowledgable as Andrew Ware. THE REFEREES WATCHED IT TOO AND SAID IT WAS TARGETING. I could say the same thing to you. You know more than the referees? I doubt it.

I'm not saying I know than the refs, but I am saying that they do screw calls regularly even with replay, like they just did with the Hishaw first down.

Fuck these Big 10 refs tonight!!!

Looking the refs are just making sure everyone didn’t turn it off. This fucking ludicrous at this point all accounts

Seems like everything in the 2nd half has gone against KU. 🤬

The only reason Illinois is in the game is due to the targeting calls.

@Gorilla72 said in Pregaming Illinois:

Seems like everything in the 2nd half has gone against KU. 🤬

Ref$

Line was 3.5 points. Ref$ making sure Illinois can cover.

QB was in front of the LoS

Lassiter again!!

This defense is going to drive us to a .500 record this year.

I expected some penalty there on us. Shocking, if anyone is there feel free to throw your drink at the refs on their way out!

The idiot ref’s have broken the flow of the game.

That game wasn’t as close as the score

A good win that really wasn’t as close as the score shows.

@Kcmatt7 Jinx lol

I hate being hard on the refs and stuff but it’s one thing for a guy officiating a highschool game to make an extra $50 compared to a D1 guy that’s making 6 figures doing it. At some point you have to have accountability, I’m been managing for several years now and that’s the #1 thing I push.

Great win! Just discussing football, not pissed at anyone. If we were sitting around a TV watching together we'd be going back and forth on that issue and it'd be fun. You'd call me stupid, I'd call you an idiot, we'd laugh and celebrate the win. Exciting game, our D needs work still which isn't surprising but they did have a lot of dominating moments.

Ad Astra Per Aspera!

We could of had easily another 21 points - -fumbled at their 21 , - - innercept from their 31-- - and a TD called back - -should of hung 55 on them. - - Still won , Big win -- 540 yards of offense --- - -still really big win

@wissox I enjoy a few arguments from time to time lol @Texas-Hawk-10 and I will get after each but we have a lot respect for one another. It’s just a chat room at the end of day.

Let's review a recent non call compared to Bryant's hit tonight.

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Refs tried. I hope LL goes off postgame.

On to a tough game @Nevada

@KirkIsMyHinrich Nevada isn’t good but it’s kinda trap game on the road with BYU coming in after them.

What is everyone’s opinion on these Friday night games? Attendance last week was just over 41k and up to nearly 46k this week. I feel like if we can beat Nevada we will have a true sell out vs BYU. I like them personally because it gives me Saturday to do whatever I need to. But I also think it’s hurt attendance by a few thousand with highschool football going on, this week you also have nascar running the truck race tonight at the Kansas speedway that may have stole a few people.

Two things:

1) Never again wear any uniforms that aren't black.

2) Help me launch an investigation into the dirtiest/ stupidest officiating crew in the history of football.

With an honest/non vision impaired crew we win 58-7.

@kjayhawks said in Pregaming Illinois:

What is everyone’s opinion on these Friday night games? Attendance last week was just over 41k and up to nearly 46k this week. I feel like if we can beat Nevada we will have a true sell out vs BYU. I like them personally because it gives me Saturday to do whatever I need to. But I also think it’s hurt attendance by a few thousand with highschool football going on, this week you also have nascar running the truck race tonight at the Kansas speedway that may have stole a few people.

If you’re watching at home Friday is nice. But I hate it as a season ticket holder.

@nuleafjhawk
1. THOSE UNIS WERE FIRE!

@P-H-C said in Pregaming Illinois:

@nuleafjhawk
1. THOSE UNIS WERE FIRE!

And I really liked that the students got behind the black out. I really enjoyed ESPN's coverage of the crowd; everyone was having a great time. Does any other college stadium have a stupid beer garden? Now that KU has a great team and the fans are back in the stands, may we please get rid of the eye sore beer garden?

"Targeting and making forcible contact with the crown of the helmet."
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I guess I admire you guys fierce defense of all things Jayhawks, but tell me where this doesn't meet the definition of targeting?

I was impressed and somewhat dazzled by Coach Kotelnicki's offensive sets and plays in the first half. Similar to what the Chiefs do to confuse the defense. Several times sitting at home, I had no idea which of our players even had the ball. While the second half was a huge disappointment, Neal's and Hishaw's long rushes in the second half were just enough to keep the Illini from getting good enough field position to score. I sure wish Hishaw had gotten one more rush to push him over 100 yds, but 120 for Neal and 98 for Hishaw against what all the media said was a very good Big 10 defense was an outstanding job by the offense.

@Crimsonorblue22 I was! Had a suite which was very nice.

Has KU stopped sounding the gong on third down? I loved the gong when I was at the game.

@FarmerJayhawk you will soon be mayor of Lawrence, taking DTae's job! Back where you belong!

been reading Multiple articles and listening to podcasts today. Illinois all over about how KU looked like a really good team , how their linebackers looked slow and how fast seemed like KU was.

I mentioned earlier, I think we are more athletic - -quicker and for sure mor physical. I don't care who you are getting 6 sacks and 9 TFL'S is huge. 2nd week in a row with 9 TFL'S - Newton had 2 sacks for them but yet for the majority of the game was pretty much a non factor.

We are DONE being other schools whippin child - - LOOK OUT cause were comin. To think even NEXT YEAR w have a lot coming back , I like that.

Like the Illinois podcast said after this game the score was not indictive of the game- -KU controlled that game could of/should of ben a lot worse. - - vey easily could of been 55 -24. - figure we fumbled going in on their 21 - - We threw i INT going in from their 31, - -w had a TD called back -from what their 17 ? - even if we just had three FG'S from those would of been 44 - - 24, Like they wee saying you don't want to get into a track meet with this team/

@DanR said in Pregaming Illinois:

Let's review a recent non call compared to Bryant's hit tonight.

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Bryan was lifting his arm up as he made contact. The Ark player just made a massive hit but wasn't lifting up.

Our QB started out and had me thinking he's not an elite passer but he snapped out of it and made some excellent passes and when he takes off running he becomes truly special.

@Zabudda said in Pregaming Illinois:

Our QB started out and had me thinking he's not an elite passer but he snapped out of it and made some excellent passes and when he takes off running he becomes truly special.

Daniels is certainly a much better passing QB than Bean, but I give a lot of credit to our receivers on those bullet passes that don't seem to be catchable mid-flight.

I thought JD looked pretty darn good for missing a portion of camp, being throw in the fire against a good B10 defense. He looked gassed to me at times which isn’t surprising, he may not be in game shape just yet. I only had a problem with about 3 plays he made.

Such a terrifically hot start by both the offense and the defense against Illinois. Hopefully, that is the new personality of this year's team. Our offense ran 44 rushing plays, 11 by Daniels and 29 pass attempts. I'm sure KU ran the ball more in the 4th Q to eat clock, but I still would like to see Daniels run less and throw more passes. Try to limit Daniels to 5 rushes a game and a couple more long pass attempts to open up our fantastic running backs. Poor Nevada; I have simpathy for their players since not so long ago KU was in a similar position. I fully expect a big first half by the offense; if the Vandals(who?) can pass for 313 and rush for 150, it should be a track meet for our offense.

@stoptheflop said in Pregaming Illinois:

Such a terrifically hot start by both the offense and the defense against Illinois. Hopefully, that is the new personality of this year's team. Our offense ran 44 rushing plays, 11 by Daniels and 29 pass attempts. I'm sure KU ran the ball more in the 4th Q to eat clock, but I still would like to see Daniels run less and throw more passes. Try to limit Daniels to 5 rushes a game and a couple more long pass attempts to open up our fantastic running backs. Poor Nevada; I have simpathy for their players since not so long ago KU was in a similar position. I fully expect a big first half by the offense; if the Vandals(who?) can pass for 313 and rush for 150, it should be a track meet for our offense.

I was really impressed by how KU beat up on Illinois physically. Not long ago we were on the other end of that...

@wissox I believe the targeting call was designed to eliminate helmet to helmet contact. Seems like in a football game, you would have to detach your head to not make contact with your helmet somewhere. If someone hit me in the stomach with their helmet, I'd probably puke on them. But it should not be a call that gets a player thrown out of a game.

@nuleafjhawk I agree mostly, but my only point in the argument is that it appeared to me he led with his helmet right into his midsection which is a violation of the rule.

@wissox Hey brother, I had forgotten about that exchange, but the whole idea of targeting has the potential to really negatively impact games. Because it's rarely called right. I mean think about it - if you tackle with your arms, what's going to happen? You're going to miss the tackle. Every time. If you involve your chest/midsection your head is right there too. It's not possible to have your helmet completely away from the tackle. I totally agree with the helmet to helmet call (and even some of them are unavoidable when you're going 20 mph and flying through the air). I don't want anyone (even K-State or Mizzou) players to get hurt. But when it's not helmet to helmet I think it shouldn't be a penalty. Especially not a miss half a game penalty. Just my opinion.

We lost the appeal. They're out first half.