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Greetings from “Can’t Wait For Saturday,” your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state rep Bob Asmussen. He’ll give you his views each day on the game he loves.
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You know what record I think the 2025 Illinois football team is going to finish with: 10-2, though not sure what teams will hand it the losses. I’m leaning toward Duke and Ohio State, but consider Southern Cal and Washington capable of winning too.
Now, I want to know what you think. Send me your predicted record for Bret Bielema’s fifth edition.
Email me at [email protected]. Put “season prediction” on the subject line to help me find it. Sounds like fun.
Make sure to include your name, where you live and if you are an Illinois alum. And feel free to include any comments why you picked it the way you did.
In this space over the next few weeks, I will run some of your guesses.
The season pick will lead into another year of game predictions with free Papa Del’s pizza on the line for anyone who guesses the score on the number.
I pay up and have past winners to vouch for me. Tell your friends about the newsletter, the season predictions and the weekly contest. The more the merrier.
Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or [email protected].
