Wins: EIU, Kansas, CMU, Purdue, Minnesota, MSU, Northwestern I think 7-5 but I think the ceiling is 9-3 and the floor is 5-7, I think the Nebraska, Purdue, Rutgers, and Northwestern games could go either way.
5-7, beating Eastern Illinois, Central Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State, and Northwestern. I could see them beating Purdue, but I think Purdue comes out with a win.
Illinois offense has good receivers, possibly best group in big10, and good running backs. Offensive line is wildcard and Altmyer QB is wildcard. Defense, they have good secondary, linebackers. Defensive line is a wildcard. There are lots of unknowns to this team. It's a safe bet that Altmyer probably won't be improved over last year, which puts him mid tier big10 qb. He does very poorly against teams with good defenses. I see this team barely making a bowl game.
45 new faces on this roster.
The secondary can’t be any worse than last year but the d line also can’t be better
Wins: EIU, Kansas, CMU, Purdue, Minnesota, MSU, Northwestern
I think 7-5 but I think the ceiling is 9-3 and the floor is 5-7, I think the Nebraska, Purdue, Rutgers, and Northwestern games could go either way.
5-7, beating Eastern Illinois, Central Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State, and Northwestern. I could see them beating Purdue, but I think Purdue comes out with a win.
Typical pessimist outlook
9-3 losses to Kansas, Penn State and Oregon
I like this Illini team. I can see them going 11-1
I wish but there is no way in hell they get to double digit wins
Illinois offense has good receivers, possibly best group in big10, and good running backs. Offensive line is wildcard and Altmyer QB is wildcard. Defense, they have good secondary, linebackers. Defensive line is a wildcard. There are lots of unknowns to this team. It's a safe bet that Altmyer probably won't be improved over last year, which puts him mid tier big10 qb. He does very poorly against teams with good defenses. I see this team barely making a bowl game.
Mississippi State and James Madison
4-8