Iowa football vs. Illinois TV, live stream, point spread, predictions

Iowa (3-2, 1-1) faces surging Illinois (4-1, 1-1) Saturday night in Champaign, Ill., in a Big Ten West battle.

Here are our predictions, plus viewing information and complete pregame coverage.

Iowa at Illinois predictions

Line — Illinois -4.5

Mike Hlas — Moths may attend this game. Because it’s under the lights. Unless moths die before Oct. 8. This quickly took a dark turn. Get it? Iowa 17, Illinois 10

John Steppe — How many Starbucks stops will I make on the way to a night game in Champaign? Well, how many Starbucks are on the way to Champaign? Iowa 14, Illinois 13

Jeff Johnson — How come no one ever asks Brommelkamp about his Illinois tattoo? Illinois 21, Iowa 13

Rob Gray — Bret Bielema’s Tigerhawk tattoo has been written about this week in The Gazette. So that’s that. But the former Hawkeye standout knows a lot about how Kirk Ferentz’s program works, which, well, won’t matter on Saturday. Iowa picks up a desperately-needed road win to remain very much alive in the strange logjam that has presented itself in the Big Ten West division race. Iowa 13, Illinois 10

Beth Malicki — My husband isn’t a head coach, but his name is also Brett (spelled with a second “t”). He’s often mistakenly called Matt, Brent and Mark. Once at an event I emceed he even wore the assigned wrong name tag the whole night so as to not be a “Karen.” Illinois 28, Iowa 17

Todd Brommelkamp — The Illini aren’t a Cinderella at this point. There’s a pumpkin joke to be made about Saturday’s Orange Out, but I’m not the one to make it. Illinois 21, Iowa 17

How to watch Iowa football at Illinois

Kickoff time: 6:40 p.m. (CT)

TV: Big Ten Network

Live stream: FoxSports.com

TV announcers: Cory Provus (play-by-play), Jake Butt (analyst), Elise Menaker (sideline)

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network, including 100.7 FM, 600 AM (Cedar Rapids) and 800 AM (Iowa City)

Listen online: HawkeyeSports.com

Iowa at Illinois pregame coverage

ANALYSIS

» 3 keys, prediction for Iowa football against Illinois

» Iowa’s struggling offense faces the Big Ten Conference’s best defense in Illinois

» Opportunity looms in Big Ten West, but Iowa football needs to first beat rising Illinois team

» 5 Illinois players to watch against Iowa

FEATURES

» Iowa center Logan Jones finally ‘having fun,’ not ‘overthinking everything’ as he tries to replace Tyler Linderbaum

» More than 20 years after Bret Bielema left Iowa football, many fond memories remain

HLAS

» Bret Bielema could give us an actual Iowa-Illinois rivalry

» Dog-lover Hlastradamus is riding with underdog Hawkeyes and Cyclones

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