I-80 Football Show: Illinois at Nebraska is a top 25 Matchup!

Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan. Strap on your seatbelt because this episode covers a lot of ground. After three games and six interceptions, Michigan is benching Davis Warren in favor of Alex Orji. Orji was expected to be the starting quarterback but Warren somehow won the job in fall camp. Head coach Sherrone Moore announced the decision and has a week to prepare an offense for Orji but the problem is he can't throw the ball. With Lincoln Riley and USC coming to the big house this is not a great week to have quarterback turmoil but Michigan is hoping that Orji can help turn their season around. In other quarterback news, Wisconsin's starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke is out for the season after tearing his ACL. Wisconsin already did not look impressive but their season may effectively be over without their starting quarterback.  It’s an unexpected big week in the Big Ten as we have two ranked on-ranked matchups as both Illinois and Nebraska enter the season ranked after a 3-0 start. The best part is this game is a primetime game on Friday night. The Big Ten will have the country's eyes on Friday night as Dylan Raiola faces his first major challenge in a tough Illinois defense with a talented secondary. It may be cliche but this game will be won by the team who makes the least amount of mistakes specifically which quarterback can play the cleanest game against two ball-hawking defenses.  In the third installment of MapQuest, the Friday night and midday spots were easy with the two ranked matchups of Illinois-Nebraska, and USC-Michigan but there were disagreements on what to recommend for the noon slot. There's not a lot of competition as you can watch Ohio State blowout Marshall or find some reason to watch Maryland and Villanova play. The safe answer is maybe watching Indiana but that should be a blowout as well. In the primetime slot, we give you a rivalry game with Minnesota playing Iowa. It's going to be a fun week of college football.  In their pitstop, Dante has a good laugh at Florida State being 3-0 and losing to Memphis in a game they never led in. The similarities between 2021 Michigan State and 2024 Florida State continue. After Bryce Young gets benched in Carolina, Jordan is tired of the revisionist history claiming that everyone thought Bryce was a better prospect than CJ Stroud. It’s unfortunate for Bryce but his chances to succeed in the league were slim. NFL evaluators messed up again by valuing the wrong traits.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like the show, please share it with friends and family and leave a five-star review. If you want to keep up with the show you can subscribe to the Land-Grant Podcast Network Feed where new episodes drop every Thursday. You can also find Jordan’s article including B1G Thoughts on the Land-Grant Holy Land website.  Sign up with MyBookie using our link to receive your welcome bonus: https://mybookie.website/Grant23 Follow the show on YouTube: @JordanW330  Follow the podcast on Instagram: @I80FootballShow  Connect with us on Twitter: Jordan: @JordanW330 and Dante: @DanteM10216 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices