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Sports Editor Matt Daniels with a look at what’s going on around the area:
Three reasons we love sports today
➜ 1. It’s not many Saturdays where you get to wake up and see if Illinois football can beat the No. 1 team in the country . The Illini get their 16th shot in program history at taking down the top-ranked team in the country when Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. Big Ten game at No. 1 Oregon kicks off.
➜ 2. Speaking of Illinois football, former Illini quarterback John Paddock will be the featured keynote speaker at the next Illini Quarterback Club event on Halloween. Paddock led the Illini in two thrilling late-season wins during the 2023 season and threw for 507 yards in a 48-45 overtime win against Indiana last November.
➜ 3. The QB Club event takes place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center on the UI campus.
Numbers game: 28
touchdown passes Luke Altmyer has thrown at Illinois going into Saturday’s game at No. 1 Oregon. Kurt Kittner ’s school-record 70 touchdown passes is likely safe for the time being, but Altmyer needs four more touchdown passes to move past the 31 thrown by Jeff George and enter the Top 10 in school history in this particular category.
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