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Game Date:
10/01/2016
3:30pm EST
Lines:
Illinois +20.5
Nebraska -20.5
Total:
Over
53 (-105)
Under 53 (-109)
Community Picks: Illinois 0% vs Nebraska 0%
Illinois and Nebraska Thread
Team Tweets & News Articles
Nebraska is in the middle of a stretch of playing four of five games against teams it lost to last year. ''It feels like that to me,'' coach Mike Riley said. The 15th-ranked Cornhuskers (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten), who last week avenged a loss to Northwestern, will host an Illinois team on Saturday that beat them 14-13 in Champaign last season. Continue to Article
September 30, 2016 9:50:am EST
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- If Nebraska's Michael Rose-Ivey and teammates want to kneel during the national anthem again, their next opportunity will be the Nov. 5 game at Ohio State. Continue to Article
September 29, 2016 4:50:pm EST
The Big Ten's 2016 revival could be threatened by injuries. The injury bug bit the Big Ten hard during the first month of the season. No team is hurting more than Penn State, where four linebackers - three of them starters - could be missing when the Nittany Lions host Minnesota on Saturday. Continue to Article
September 29, 2016 4:47:pm EST
Before the season started, Illinois coach Lovie Smith said he saw all he needed to know about his new quarterback, Wes Lunt, when he watched game film from last year's comeback win over Nebraska. Lunt led the Illini to two fourth quarter touchdowns and a 14-13 upset, the team's only Big Ten victory in 2015. Now, as the Illini (1-2) get ready to head to Lincoln to take on the No. 15 Cornhuskers (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten), the coaching staff sounds less sure about Lunt. Continue to Article
September 28, 2016 1:40:pm EST
The Illinois Fighting Illini (1-2) travel to Lincoln, Neb., to take on the No. 15 Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2) following a bye week. Despite a 4-0 start, the Cornhuskers could probably use a week off, too. Now nearly a full month into the season, injuries are starting to mount for Nebraska, particularly along its offensive line. Continue to Article
September 27, 2016 10:41:pm EST
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