And bobbleheads for sale at Gameday Spirit on Neil St with TSJ signing them on that Saturday from 2 to 4 pm.

Who you got?

Commanders @ Eagles (-6). 2 pm / Fox

Bills @ Chiefs (-2). 5:30. CBS

The AP poll will be out shortly.

The Illini remained in the Coaches poll released today, landing at No. 20

Illinois is No. 10 in the NET through Sunday's games.

It is also No. 10 on Kenpom.com and are projected to win the next 6 games.

Ring ring ring who could it be?

From the N-G

Efrem Winters, who helped the Illinois basketball program return to relevance in the 1980s, has died.

A member of the 1983-84 Illini who won the school's first Big Ten title in 21 seasons, was 61. He was retired after working for Pepper Construction Company and living in Aurora.

Winters was first-team All-Big Ten in 1984 on a team that fell just short of reaching the Final Four.

A McDonald's All-American at Chicago King, he was part of a freshman class in 1982-83 — joining Bruce Douglas, Doug Altenberger, Scott Meents and Reggie Woodward — that triggered a decade-long run of success under coach Lou Henson.

A durable four-year starter known for completing alley-oops, Winters ended his Illini career as the school's all-time rebounding leader (853) and No. 3 scorer. He was a fourth-round draft pick of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.

Illinois wins it 83-74.

Morez Johnson led five players in double figures with 15 points, added 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks.

Kasparas Jakucionis a double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists.

The USC game (particularly because I think they have one of the best coaches in the league and will probably be a better team at year's end than year's beginning) probably won't end up more than an unfortunate loss (I highly doubt it will be "bad" when it shakes out, probably Quad 2 or something). Two weeks ago it was different, but we wake up today, and there's not much difference between PSU, USC, and IU. You'd like to sweep them, but 2-1 isn't a disaster.

Where it hurts most is winning the B1G. Illinois seems to have the most juice in the league. I kind of expect us to win 2 of 3 against MSU and UM (all 3 would be glorious). But with 18 teams, it's not easy to overcome a loss to a team you should beat and still win the regular season title.

KJ didn't play on Saturday IMHO because those involved thought they could sneak past another game without him. Turns out USC was better than we thought and Illinois was probably flatter in an early start than we expected. I include the coaches in "we" there.

There are some real problems at IU. Can't see how Woodson survives to next season without a major turnaround. Buyout is about $8M, nothing to sneeze at but rather doable for them. I think he probably survives if his team figures it out and sneaks into the NCAAs, but that's a stretch right now.

Illinois just obliterating IU was really impressive. Yeah, they are beleaguered. But still, Illinois buried them. I'm pretty optimistic about the at MSU game; MSU has played a very soft schedule since the early non-con.

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As expected, Tomislav Ivisic is listed as OUT on the Big Ten availability report.

Everyone else is good to go.

Tipoff 2 pm on BTN.

Ivisic has mononucleosis and will not play on Sunday, per Brad Underwood today.

He’s no longer contagious and is feeling better, but isn’t ready to go.

Hoping for some big time commits

A couple of prospects will visit Illinois for the Northwestern game.

Devin Cleveland, 2027 PG from Kenwood.

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Jaxon Clark, PF from Keokuk, Iowa

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Carson Boyd, No. 16 dual-threat QB
Brayden Trimble, No. 71 WR
Logan Farrell, No. 37 TE
Isaiah White, No. 47 DT
Erik Gayle, No. 49 WDE
Grant Beerman, No. 34 OLB
Tywan Cox, No. 49 CB
Andre Lovett, No. 65 SAF
Jershaun Newton, No. 5 ATH