The 200 Level

The 200 Level with Mike Carpenter is a mutiple-times-weekly podcast focusing on Fighting Illini basketball and football, and featuring a variety of guests.


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Illinois football enters October with tons of questions after a 44-19 drubbing at the hands of Purdue. Mike Carpenter discusses how the loss to Ryan Walters' Boilermakers is damaging to the short-and-long-term prospects of Bret Bielema's program. With a 1-8 record in their last 9 Power 5 games, where is this thing headed in Year 3 and beyond?
  1. Same As It Ever Was (10/01/23)
  2. Hangin’ with Harry: Illinois vs. Purdue Preview (09/27/23)
  3. F. Eh. U. (09/24/23)
  4. Hangin’ with Harry: Illinois vs. FAU Preview (09/20/23)
  5. Nittany Cryin’ (09/17/23)
  6. Recalibrating Expectations (09/12/23)
  7. An Old Fashioned Kansaskicking (09/09/23)
  8. Hangin’ with Harry: Illinois vs. Kansas Preview (09/05/23)
  9. Fourth and Fortunate (09/03/23)
  10. Live from Pour Bros. Craft Taproom (09/01/23)