Illinois kicks off the 2022 football season on Saturday. Some of our writers weighed in on Illinois’s game against the Wyoming Cowboys, giving a score predictions and a few reasons why. Read them below:
Raul Rodriguez: Illinois 38 - Wyoming 14:
Wyoming is well-coached and their coach Craig Bohl has brought them consistency. But, the transfer portal took some key players from the Cowboys and they did not do much, via the portal, to replace the losses. Wyoming is, therefore not in the best place coming into this game. The Illini, on the other hand, enter year 2 of the Bielema era with some hope given Devito at QB with new OC Barry Lunney who some skill position pieces to play with in Isaiah Williams and Chase Brown.