On the latest 200 Level, Mike jumps in on the latest Kingfisher mascot movement, the age-old mascot debate, a little more Big Ten football preview (the season starts in one month), and a big Illini basketball target.

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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?

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