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00:00Now, let's go to another matchup in the Big Ten. It's our
00:09fourth ranked versus ranked game of this college football
00:12weekend, but it's not Saturday. It's Friday night under the
00:16lights once again inside Memorial Stadium. Nebraska has
00:20started at least in the afternoon to evening hours each
00:24and every week so far throughout the college football
00:27campaign to rank 22nd. They were back in the AP top 25 with
00:32their highest ranking 2 weeks ago since 2016, Illinois, a top
00:3625 team for the first time since 2022. So Joe as we go to
00:40Friday night, Nebraska now nearly a double digit favorite
00:44laying nine and a half against the Illini total 43 and a hook.
00:48Yeah. Well, I mean listen, but there's optimism in Nebraska
00:51for the first time in a long time right so Matt rule. We
00:56have always said it when he shows up at universities with
00:59struggling football programs. The biggest jump the program
01:03makes is usually that second year. He was there mind you.
01:07This was a team that lost five games last year by one score or
01:12less than one score is so they were close. Now he's got his
01:17quarterback. He's got these kids believe in at home. This
01:21all comes down to how much do you trust Illinois offense to
01:25go toe to toe with Nebraska? The defense is going to have to
01:28play out of their mind on the road. The limit Nebraska. I
01:31don't know this feels like if they're truly back then if the
01:36Cornhuskers are back, this is an easy double digit win for
01:39them. Yeah, and that's really the question always in Lincoln
01:44isn't it are the Huskers truly back what we do know both of
01:48these teams are perfect three and oh against the spread. I
01:50mentioned Tennessee one of those four FBS programs that
01:53have been booked at a fav as a favorite in all four or three
01:56games that is covered in all three Ole Miss alongside as is
02:02Nebraska and then of course Texas Illinois is three and oh
02:05against the spread including that outright victory in
02:08Champaign against a rank foe in Kansas week number two. KU
02:13maybe not the team we thought entering the year. They also
02:17fell at home against UNLV on Friday night a week ago, but
02:21we've got two teams Joe that have been under in both of
02:24their games two teams that live up to the Big Ten ideal. They
02:28are going to be great on the defensive side of the football
02:30very sound and they are going to run it at all costs. Here's
02:34the difference Nebraska the sixth best rushing defense in
02:36the country a year ago, allowing just 70 yards per game
02:40this year, Illinois giving up more than a buck 25. Can they
02:43slow down Dante Dowdell and Ramiro Johnson? That is the
02:48test for the Illini. It's a large spread though. It's
02:51nearly double digits and the total is 43 and a half.