Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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Ep. 1253 - Hits & misses from Illini's 20-17 walk-off win at Maryland

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner react to Illinois football's 20-17 walk-off win at Maryland. The guys discuss QB Katin Houser's return, the defense doing

Oct 31
53 min

Ep. 1252 - Illinois vs. Maryland preview with Ben Messinger & Joey Wagner

Jeremy Werner chats with Inside MD Sports' Ben Messinger and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner to preview Illinois football's Week 9 game at Maryland. Messinger discusses Mar

Oct 29
1 h 17 min

Ep. 1251 - What we learned about Illini during exhibition play

Illini Inquirer's Kyle Tausk and Jeremy Werner react to Illinois basketball's final exhibition game against UIC and look ahead to the first week of the regular season, wh

Oct 29
44 min

Ep. 1250 - J Leman recaps upset win over Oregon, previews Maryland

The Illini have new life! J Leman joins the podcast to recap Illinois' surprise home win over a faltering Oregon team on Saturday. Can they maintain this newfound momentu

Oct 26
44 min

Ep. 1249 - Hits & misses from Illini's 21-10 win over Oregon

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner react to Illinois football's 21-10 win over Oregon and break down the many hits and few misses from the victory over a mar

Oct 25
1 h 11 min

Ep. 1248 - Hits & misses from Illini's 95-91 exhibition loss to Baylor

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 95-91 exhibition loss to Baylor. The guys discuss a concerning update on David Mirkovic and

Oct 24
50 min

Ep. 1247 - Illinois vs. Oregon preview with Matt Prehm & Joey Wagner

Jeremy Werner previews Illinois vs. Oregon with Duck Territory's Matt Prehm and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner. Prehm breaks down a disappointing first half of the season

Oct 22
1 h 29 min

Ep. 1246 - Mike LaTulip's takeaways from Illini's exhibition win at Cincinnati

Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to break down Illinois basketball's 105-96 exhibition win at Cincinnati. LaTulip breaks down his impre

Oct 20
55 min

Ep. 1245 - J Leman previews Oregon, provides outlook on rest of the season

All-American linebacker J Leman joins Jeremy Werner ahead of Saturday's home game against Oregon. He and Jeremy Werner discuss what the Illini need to see out of both sid

Oct 19
56 min

Ep. 1244 - Hits & misses from Illini's 105-96 exhibition win at Cincinnati

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 105-96 exhibition win at Cincinnati. The guys discuss big offensive games from Andrej Stojak

Oct 18
55 min

Ep. 1243 - Derek Piper returns, discusses Illini basketball's preseason hype

Did you miss him? Illini Inquirer alum Derek Piper rejoins the podcast as a special guest. He and Kyle Tausk discuss the preseason hype of Brad Underwood's team, and if I

Oct 15
1 h 38 min

Ep. 1242 - J Leman on Michigan State overtime win, what's next after off week

There's a lot to discuss with J Leman after Saturday's thrilling 38-37 overtime win at Michigan State. Katin Houser will be out for the foreseeable future. How serious is

Oct 12
39 min

Ep. 1241 - Hits & misses from Illinois vs. Michigan State

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner react to Illinois football's Week 6 game at Michigan State, breaking down the hits and misses from the game for the Illini

Oct 11
52 min

Ep. 1240 - Illinois vs. Michigan State preview

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner preview Illinois football's game at Michigan State. The guys discuss Pat Fitzgerald taking over a struggling Spartans prog

Oct 9
1 h 13 min

Ep. 1239 - Brad Underwood, David Mirković and Andrej Stojaković at B1G Media Days

With college basketball right around the corner, Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk sit down with Illini men's head coach Brad Underwood at Big Ten Basketball

Oct 8
40 min

Ep. 1238 - Shauna Green, Berry Wallace & Jasmine Brown-Haggar at B1G Media Days

With college basketball right around the corner, Jeremy Werner sits down with Illini women's head coach Shauna Green at Big Ten Basketball Media Days to preview her upcom

Oct 7
40 min

Ep. 1237 - What we learned at Illini MBB media day

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk discuss what they learned from their conversations with Illinois men's basketball players and coaches at Friday's on-campus

Oct 6
1 h 05 min

Ep. 1236 - J Leman on "embarrassing" loss to Purdue, chance to bounce back against Michigan State

All-American linebacker J Leman joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois football's 24-17 loss to Purdue. Leman breaks down a poor offensive performance

Oct 5
1 h 00 min

Ep. 1235 - Hits & misses from Illini's 24-17 loss to Purdue

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner react to Illinois football's disappointing 24-17 loss to Purdue. The guys discuss whether this was the worst loss of the B

Oct 4
53 min

Ep. 1234 - Illinois vs. Purdue preview with Tom Dienhart & Joey Wagner

Jeremy Werner previews Illinois vs. Purdue with Gold & Black's Tom Dienhart and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner. Dienhart breaks down the state of the Purdue program, which

Oct 1
1 h 13 min

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What listeners say

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Whenever I listen to Jeremy and Joey, I can’t help think if this was 20 years ago, when I was in grad school at UI, sitting at Murphy’s, just talking ball with these guys. It’s not stat-wonky, you can tell Jeremy and Joey are long-suffering, serious Illini fans; it comes across as old buds having a beer and talking about their favorite college team. I’d live for them to do a live pod someday!

AmherstTim · Aug 2025

Thorough content and polished/professional while still being passionate about the teams they cover. I also really appreciate the coverage they have started giving to UI WBB as the program has transformed during the Shauna Green era. Well done across the board!

SaraB22 · Mar 2025

What I LOVE about this pod is how casual it is. Jeremy, Joey, and Derek all come across as friends, just relaxing, talking about their favorite team. I could totally see myself just sitting at bar with any of them, talking about the Illini. The informal nature of Illini Inquirer makes it so much fun for me to listen to.

UMass Band · Nov 2024

Of all the sports I consume and all the teams I follow, Illini Inquirer provides some of the best coverage of any of them. The podcast strikes the right balance of covering Illini sports: not cynically pessimistic or disingenuously optimistic. They are realistic in their outlooks with reasons for concern while also providing reasons to be hopeful. They do a great job of covering the basketball and football teams even during the off-seasons and don’t fall prey to becoming gimmicky. Simply put, if you care about the Illini or Big Ten sports this has to be one of your go-to podcasts and, while you’re at it, subscribe to the site as well!

Garett.kerber · Aug 2024

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