Give it to me.
I need it.
An ESPN analyst said — with a straight face on live television — that Illinois will definitely make the College Football Playoff this season.
I know we’ve been talking about it being a real possibility for the entire offseason, but it hasn’t really set in that it can be something that happens. And Dan Orlovsky might be the first I’ve heard say it out loud.
Dan Orlovsky predicts the Big Ten will have the most College Football Playoff teams for the 2025 season. "There's five teams from
ADthe Big Ten that I feel very confidently in making it: Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, Illinois and the fifth team is probably going to be Indiana or… pic.twitter.com/WHJwyV4M10
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 14, 2025
With a big SEC logo in the background and Paul Finebaum grinning ear to ear, Orlovsky actually said Illinois should be a lock to make the CFP, while Michigan and may be sweating it out.
What an amazing world this is. Six weeks to kickoff.
