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Nebraska football suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night, dropping a shocker in Lincoln against No. 24 Illinois 31-24 in overtime. Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers had plenty of chances to win the game in regulation, but left too many points on the field and allowed the Illini to pounce at the […]

Nebraska football was riding high in 2024 after starting the season off 3-0. True freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola was clicking, the defensive line was dominating, and an impressive win over Deion Sanders and Colorado got Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers into the top 25. However, not even all of that could help Nebraska end a […]

It is a Top 25 battle in the Big Ten as Illinois visits Nebraska. It is time to continue our college football odds series with an Illinois-Nebraska prediction and pick. Illinois comes into the game sitting at 3-0 this year. They opened with an easy win, facing Eastern Illinois and winning 45-0. The next week […]

Week four of the college football season is almost here. It’s hard to believe that most teams across the country have already played three games and we are getting into conference play this week. The regular season is already 25% of the way done for a lot of teams. There are a lot good matchups […]

Illinois looks to move to 3-0 as they host Central Michigan. It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Central Michigan-Illinois prediction and pick. Central Michigan enters the game at 1-1 on the year. They opened the season against Central Connecticut. It would be a solid performance from Central Michigan, scoring […]

The Kansas Jayhawks and Illinois Fighting Illini aren’t two teams that go together in college sports, but they will face each other for the second consecutive season in Week 2. Kansas won the meeting last season 34-23. They’ll put their undefeated records against each other on Saturday night. It is time to continue our college […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with an Eastern Illinois-Illinois prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Eastern Illinois-Illinois. Illinois moves forward into another season under head coach Bret Bielema. The Illini endured an agonizing 2023 season, finishing 5-7 and one win short of a bowl game. The crusher for […]

Tip Reiman might be trolling. Or not. During the NFL Scouting Combine, the tight-end prospect made comments pertaining to the existence of pigeons. “Have you ever seen a baby pigeon?” Reiman asked, per University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Owen Riese. “How do we know that power lines aren’t pigeon recharging stations?” Illinois TE Tip Reiman a firm […]

One of the top defensive tackles in the 2024 NFL Draft will be forced to miss the scouting combine. Illinois football star Jer’Zhan “Johnny” Newton, a projected first-round pick, underwent surgery in January to repair a partial Jones fracture in his foot and won’t be ready to participate in drills and workouts in Indianapolis next […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini (5-5, 3-4) are on the road to take on the 16th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes (8-2, 5-2) Saturday afternoon. This game will continue our college football odds series as we hand out an Illinois-Iowa prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Illinois is coming off […]

Quarterback Luke Altymyer has been the starter for Illinois football all season, aside from their recent victory against Indiana. Altmyer was sidelined with a concussion against the Hoosiers, leaving the signal-calling duties to backup John Paddock. The Fighting Illini’s Paddock had the game of his life, throwing for 507 yards and four touchdowns. He led […]

The Michigan football sign-stealing scandal continues to rage on, and the latest person to lash out at Jim Harbaugh and his program is Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema. “If something’s been going on off-campus like it’s been noted they were going to our games before we played that game last year, that’s sickening. It’s […]

The Wisconsin Badgers will head to the midwest to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini this weekend. We’re here to share our college football odds series, make a Wisconsin-Illinois prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. Wisconsin Badgers (4-2) are coming off a hard-fought loss to the 24th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes who narrowly escaped […]

It is a Big Ten battle as Illinois faces Maryland. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with an Illinois-Maryland prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Illinois enters the game at 4-3 on the season and 0-3 in conference play. They won the opening game of the season on a field goal with five […]

Head coaches in their first year often struggle to create a developmental identity for their team. They endure losses to learn and sacrifice some of their players’ prime. This is so that the young guns could fully embrace their role. The Nebraska football program is undergoing this very same process. They currently have a two-win […]

Another week, another Big Ten matchup on Friday night. It’s time to continue our college football odds series with a Nebraska-Illinois prediction and pick. The Nebraska Cornhuskers enter this game with a record of (2-3). They are fresh off a game that they would like to forget about as they got their butts kicked by […]

Two teams from the Big Ten West face as Illinois visits Purdue. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with an Illinois-Purdue prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Illinois enters the game at 2-2 on the year. They started with a very close win over Toledo. Illinois was down one with under three minutes […]

Two 1-2 teams face off as FAU visits Illinois. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with an FAU-Illinois prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. FAU enters the game at 1-2 on the season. They won big in their first week against FCS Monmouth, taking a 42-20 victory. The next week they faced Ohio. […]

Penn State opens their Big Ten Conference schedule with a game at Illinois. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Penn State-Illinois prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Penn State comes into the game ranked seventh in the AP Top 25. The Nittany Lions opened their season with two dominating wins. First […]

Penn State finished the second game of its 2023 football campaign with a 63-7 win over the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens in Beaver Stadium. Penn State quarterbacks Drew Allar and Beau Pribula combined for 226 passing yards and two passing touchdowns in the win. Six Nittany Lions recorded at least one tackle for loss. Defensive […]

It is a Big 10 against Big 12 showdown as Illinois faces Kansas. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with an Illinois-Kansas prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Illinois took their first step to hitting their season win total taking care of Toledo 30-28. In the game, Illinois racked up 374 yards of […]

The Michigan football team announced team captains on Thursday, and the Wolverines that received the honor are Blake Corum, Trevor Keegan, Zak Zinter, Mike Barrett, Mike Sainristil and Kris Jenkins. All of these guys could’ve gone to the NFL after last season, but they returned to Ann Arbor to bring a national championship back to […]

Michigan football had two of the best running backs in the country last year with Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards. Corum was in the Heisman race until he went down with a season-ending injury against Illinois football. That’s when Edwards burst onto the scene and had a historic performance against Ohio State football. The Wolverines […]

With college football season around the corner, the Illinois football program is making a big addition to the coaching staff. Head coach Bret Bielema and the Illini are adding former Wisconsin DC and recent Badgers interim head coach Jim Leonhard to the staff, per the Illini Twitter account. Leonhard is a former NFL player and […]

College football kicks off in less than three months. With that said, check out our college football odds series as we hand out an Illinois football over/under win total prediction and pick. The University of Illinois Fighting Illini are coming off one of their best seasons in a long time in 2022. They finished 8-4 […]

Illinois football cornerback Devon Witherspoon is not taking part in Friday’s pro-day, former NFL scout Jim Nagy wrote in a Friday tweet. “NFL scouts have been informed the projected first-round pick, who has not done anything so far in pre-draft process, will have his own personal workout on April 5th,” continued Nagy. Devon Witherspoon did not participate in […]

Illinois football cornerback Devon Witherspoon, one of the top NFL Draft prospects at the Scouting Combine, received some tough news on Friday. Witherspoon won’t participate in on-field work at the Scouting Combine on Friday due to a hamstring injury, sources told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Fortunately for Devon Witherspoon, the injury isn’t expected to […]

The Mississippi State Bulldogs football team secured a ReliaQuest Bowl win over Illinois by a score of 19-10, though the scoreboard failed to capture the pure craziness the final two minutes of the game provided. For starters, the Bulldogs, whose former head coach Mike Leach had passed away in December, took the lead with a […]

The SEC and Big Ten clash on the football field as the Mississippi State Bulldogs take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Join us for our College Football odds series where our Mississippi State-Illinois prediction and pick will be revealed. Fresh off of an 8-4 season that saw the Bulldogs defeat their arch nemesis in Ole Miss […]

The Mississippi State Bulldogs will play in the ReliaQuest Bowl against the Illinois Fighting Illini after the passing of head football coach Mike Leach, ESPN Senior Writer Chris Low wrote in a Tuesday tweet. “The players are 100 percent behind playing this bowl game and doing what coach Leach would expect them to do,” Mississippi […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini (7-3) visit the #3 Michigan Wolverines (10-0) in a major Big Ten matchup. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 pm ET on Saturday. Below we continue our College Football odds series with an Illinois-Michigan prediction and pick. Illinois has amassed a 7-3 record having dropped games to Purdue, Michigan State, and Indiana. […]

A little over a week ago, the idea that the Purdue Boilermakers would overtake Illinois in the Big Ten West seemed like little more than a pipe dream. The Fighting Illini were rolling in the division and secure in first place, while the Boilermakers were struggling. However, that changed a week ago when Illinois was […]

The Purdue Boilermakers will travel to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in a Saturday afternoon Big Ten college football matchup at Memorial Stadium. Let’s continue our college football odds series and make our Purdue-Illinois prediction and pick. Purdue has gone 5-4 this season, including a 3-3 record in Big Ten play. The Boilermakers have gone […]

After a week of scrutiny, the Michigan State Spartans will travel to Champaign to do battle with the one-loss Illinois Fighting Illini. With that being said, it is time to check out our College Football odds series, where our Michigan State-Illinois prediction and pick will be revealed. While there were definitely some chippy moments out on […]

After entering the 2022 season unranked, the Illinois Fighting Illini are making some noise in the college football world. They are currently 7-1, including 4-1 in the Big Ten. While Purdue is a close contender, it is difficult to see the West Division escaping from the Fighting Illini’s hands. Illinois is on a hot streak, […]

Nebraska football fans received some bad news during the game against the Illinois Fighting Illini, as starting quarterback Casey Thompson was forced to exit the contest with an apparent injury. Thompson sustained the injury in the first half after throwing an interception on the same play, forcing him to head to the locker room, as […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Check out our college football odds series for our Illinois Nebraska prediction and pick. The Illinois Fighting Illini are having the time of their lives. They control their fate in the Big Ten West Division. If they win out, they win the division championship and would […]

The Minnesota Golden Gophers will travel to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in a Big Ten college football matchup on Saturday afternoon in Champaign. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes a Minnesota-Illinois prediction and pick, laid out below. Minnesota has surged to a 4-1 […]

After the Kansas Jayhawks recently snapped their lengthy AP Top 25 drought, it was the Illinois football program with the longest Power 5 drought in the country. That is now over as well after the Fighting Illini’s wild 9-6 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday night in Champaign. The latest AP Top 25 Poll […]