Every Illinois Fighting Illini conversation from the day's podcasts. One playlist.
The Cutdown listens to leading college football podcasts every morning, keeps only the parts about your team, Illinois, and cuts them into one playlist.
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This week in Illinois talk
The shows spent the week on Duke's road win at Illinois, with the conversation centered around whether Duke deserves more respect. One show argued Duke should get AP votes after going 2-0 with a road win, comparing their resume to Oregon's. The other side focused on Illinois's defensive struggles, which showed up again in the 31-27 loss despite the unit being expected to improve this season.
Written by The Cutdown's reader from this week's clips.
3 clips · 9 min. Some clips only play in the app.
In this week's clips: Nate Sheppard, Walker Eget, Katin Houser, Collin Dixon.
Only the Illinois talk. Every morning.
4 shows this morning336 minutes listened. 1 minutes kept.
Scanned 4 shows · Cut 5h 35m · Kept 1m
Everything that isn't Illinois talk gets cut. Sorry, Indiana.
- Duke gets no AP respect after beating Illinois
- Duke beats Illinois 31-27, Nate Shepard stars
- Duke at Illinois: defensive coordinator debuts
Talked Illinois most this week: Josh Pate's College Football Show (1), Cover 3 College Football (1), The Solid Verbal (1).
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Which podcasts get reviewed for Illinois conversations?
Cover 3 College Football, Josh Pate's College Football Show, The Solid Verbal, The Joel Klatt Show, Brandon Walker College Football Show, Shutdown Fullcast. Any time one of them has a substantive Illinois conversation, it becomes a clip.
What are the best Illinois podcasts right now?
Going by who actually talked about Illinois this week: Josh Pate's College Football Show (1), Cover 3 College Football (1), The Solid Verbal (1). The Cutdown reads all of the big national shows every morning and pulls the Illinois parts into one playlist, so you get the best of every one of them.
What are people saying about Illinois today?
Lately: Duke gets no AP respect after beating Illinois, Duke beats Illinois 31-27, Nate Shepard stars, Duke at Illinois: defensive coordinator debuts. Press play at the top of this page to hear it, or get the app for the full playlist every morning.
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