Nebraska fan here - ton of respect for coach B and his staff. Special things going on in Champagne - I’ll be cheering for you in every other game besides Friday night.
Two years ago I went to Lincoln for the game. Best road trip I've even been on, and I've done a LOT of them. The Nebraska fans, the stadium staff -- everyone -- was incredibly friendly and accommodating. THANK YOU. Best of luck on Friday night; hope it's a good game.
Awesome to hear! Hell this is the first non husker comment I've seen yet 🤣 we are a little crazy about our Nebraska football, especially the buzz we are feeling this year. Congrats on getting ranked and making it 3-0! Should be a hell of a fist fight Friday night. Best of luck to you guys.
Kinda piggy-backing on what @zacrussell said. First of all, he's right. Secondly, the Huskers are our Pro team...we don't have a real one. See you guys in Lincoln on Friday, looking forward to a tough game.
Nebraska fan as well, can I just say how refreshing it is to hear two coaches having respect for one another, going about their own process and just letting the competition play itself out on the field? Good luck on Friday Illinois, hoping the whole country can see how exciting the big ten is on Friday! GBR!
Can't wait for this game on Friday night. Going to be a great one. Much respect for Coach Bielema. He knows defense and cannot be overlooked. Going to be a rock fight for sure. GBR!
I respect what Bielema has been doing at Illinois. Its a given that he builds programs and combines a bully attitude with Xs and Os. Brilliant coaching that is showing out. Im happy for the Illinois program. Im hoping for a great game in Lincolne and GBR!
I have been going to Nebraska games since 1970, very impressed with this year’s team. Illinois is playing very good ball as well. Space should be a great game looking forward to it.
Another Husker fan here, echoing the others. Always respected Bielema and thought he would've been a good fit in Lincoln while Frost was killing the program. Happy that both schools found the right guy to lead them into the future. Good luck, and GBR!
Nebraska fan; coach B deserves all the respect in the world. His Wisconsin teams always had Nebraska’s number even when we were winning 9-10 games a year.
Like others have said .. I too lifetime NU fan and tbh I HATED the hire knowing Bielema would have these fellas playing big boy football. They do it right and play smash mouth football .. nothing but respect for Illinois ... see you all in Lincoln Friday .. GBR!
I must say to all Illinois fans that i was wrong about abou Coach Bielema. I was always pissed because his Wisconsin teams beat are ass lol. But i was wrong, and i would rather see him there in Illinois than some back at Wiscy. Good luck Friday and GBFR
Lifelong Husker fan here, I can't wait for the game Friday! Night game, 400th consecutive sellout, and 2 ranked teams! I've always respected coach Bielema. Those Wisconsin teams of his were always tough and when he was there they were playing Nebraska style football better than Nebraska. Seems like he usually has hard hitting teams that play fundamentally sound. I hope you guys bring the wood on Friday because we sure will! I anticipate a clean but hard hitting game and I hope both teams come out of it sore but healthy. Best of luck to the you all and GBR!
Lot of respect out of Lincoln for Coach B. Actually glad to see you all in a night game in Lincoln and hope you enjoy it sort of! A lot of respect for Northern Iowa last week also. Three straight night games for the Huskers and I wish the networks would show the third and fourth quarter light show break but they have to sell adds. It will be a classic for Illini and Husker fans. Enjoy
Scared looking forward to nebraska. Offensive line for illinois stopping the nebraska front 4 or the blitz going to be a huge key to this coming game. On both sides of the ball illinois o line and d line going to be key in this game. Illinois has to stop the run and pressure qb in this game.
You guys are doing well so far! I'd say this Friday is the first big test for both programs. Best of luck to you and your team. I do hope you Lose Friday, but may you win the rest of the season! 😉
I think these husker fans like coach B almost as much as Rhule. No one would have guessed this would be a top 25 game for week 4. This is going to be a goodin.
Husker fan - ILL is definitely in good hands with this coach, killed the big ten at wisconsin. ILL will be a tough battle but ultimatley huskers will prevail with the home crowd,stellar defense and explosive offense. 35-28 NU . GBR
Keys to victory: Altmyer needs to be at the top of this game. ≈68% + completion and keeping his 0 interceptions going Takeaways on defense. So far this hasn’t been a problem so hopefully we can keep that going Last, Feagin needs to show up and get some explosive plays
Nebraska has to bring the pressure to him . That will help the secondary. Illinois best way of moving the ball against us would be through the pass. That being said I feel special teams will be the key. GBR
Coach B is going to establish the run see what the husker defense is all about. If they can run it against us, it will be a sticky situation and play action comes into the picture. Luke is also an effective running quarterback .
@@Jimmy-ko1fq I've been following Illinois athletics since 84 when I moved to central illinois as a teen. If the University ever got REAL about football they would be a juggernaut. I don't think the program really gets the support they should from the administration. Lots of talent in a 300 mile radius.
Bend don’t break game for Illinois’ defense. We can afford to let NU run a little bit, but we can’t allow the pass to go with it. Coach B better run Cal’il at least double of what he’s been getting or I’ll question his decision. NUs defensive front is way to quick off the ball for Feagin to get the space needed before his gear kicks in. Hopefully our defense alignment pre snap confuses their freshman QB…because we always bail out of that pre snap look as the ball is snapped. I think rain benefits us due to our stable of RBs. Hopefully the crowd noise doesn’t cause to many false starts. Illinois 20 Nebraska 31
Man, I’m use to being kicked in the balls by being an Illinois fan. It NEVER fails, we get ranked and somewhat relevant and hopeful and they come out the next game and look like Vanderbilt.
🤣🤣🤣 I heard the record scratch when I read all that then read the prediction I was like "what??" Dude I feel you, we seem to have a lot of that luck the last 15 years! Things start looking good and then everything goes to hell in a hand basket. I hope your prediction is correct, but I hope you guys come away healthy and kick ass the rest of the season! GBR!!!
