How to look n ° 23 Illinois vs n ° 21 USC
Playing time: 11 a.m.
TV channel: FOX
Online streaming: Foxsports.com
Odds: Sick +6.5, o / u 59.5
Quick blows:
Illinois Fighting Illini (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten)
Head coach: Bret Bielema (5th season, 31-23 in total)
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Last match: 63-10 Defeat against Indiana
Gameday Reading:
The historic loss of Illinois Football is a line of demarcation
USC Trojans (4-0, 2-0 Big Ten)
Head coach: Lincoln Riley (4th season)
Last match: 45-31 victory over the state of Michigan
What happened the last time that these two teams played?
January 1, 2008 (Rose Bowl): USC 49, Illinois 17
Pasadena, California (AP) – The game presented 1,078 offense yards and Rashard Mendenhall I had a stellar day in a losing effort, rushing for 155 yards and a touchdown on 17 races, while the USC beat Illinois 49-17 in Rose Bowl on Saturday.
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USC, sixth, equaled a Rose Bowl record with the 49 points and the total offense was also a record. The victory gave the Trojans 11 victories for an unprecedented sixth consecutive season and made them 5-1 in their last six Bowl games, all BCS.
The game presented 1,078 infraction yards. Despite the margin, things were really competitive. Illinois’ Rashard Mendenhall broke a touch of 79 yards at the beginning of the third quarter to cut what had been a deficit of three affected at 21-10.
A few minutes later, Mendenhall traveled 55 yards with a wallpaper of Williams juiceAnd Illini (9-4) by Ron Zook (9-4) seemed to really finish the impossible dream, from 2 to 19 years old in the past two years at the Champions of Rose Bowl.
But two games later, Kaluka Maiava released the receiver’s balloon Jacob Willis“Brian Cushing of the USC won a race in the goal area.
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Then came the game of the game, when John David Booty launched a sloppy side to McKnight, who did not catch him, but was able to pick him up on the rebound and run 65 yards. McKnight was continued by the defensive back Vontae davis But four games later, Booty struck Fred Davis with a touch of 2 yards and the rout was in progress.
Booty launched 255 yards and three scores to establish a career record from Rose Bowl with seven affected.
McKnight, excited as the next USC Reggie Bush, finished with 125 yards on the ground and 45 yards, and his game broken in the third quarter was not the only time the Trojan horses made something crazy and unexpected.
It started in the first quarter, when Booty was lateral to Garrett Green, which is listed as a receiver quarter, and Green launched Crossfield in Desmond Reed for a 34 yards hit and an advance of 14-0.
Mendenhall finished with 214 yards in total. Williams succeeded 245 yards for the Illini, whose last trip to Rose Bowl arrived 24 years ago.
