A few days removed from an emphatic vitory at Cameron Indoor Arena, and a day before a Braggin Rights showdown with Mizzou, Carp is feeling great about basketball.

Unfortunately, that optimism does not exist for Illini football, whose game this Saturday could (or could not) end the Lovie Smith era, and the impact of that decision.

In the newest 200 Level, Carp tackles all of this and more. Stream here:

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?

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