{
  "id": 14222478,
  "title": "Can't Wait For Saturday And the winner is ... Geneva's Rob Barnes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/cant-wait-for-saturday-and-the-winner-is-genevas-rob-barnes",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T14:47:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cant-wait-saturday-winner-genevas-144700690.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hats off to Rob Barnes, who has just joined the elite five-timer club of contest winners. No one has won more contests than the Genevan. Rob predicted a high-scoring game with Illinois defeating Michigan State 34-31, which was just 10 points off the final score of 38-37. Many other pickers had Illinois scoring in the 30s, but few gave credit to the Michigan State offense. Rob's comment, \"Thanks for doing this Bob! My pleasure Rob,\" shows his enthusiasm for the contest. He also mentioned that he enjoyed the Marching Illini Alumni homecoming game against Purdue and was honored to meet Gary Smith, the longtime director, for his 50-year anniversary of hiring. Rob is a 1985 business graduate and is proud of his involvement with the Marching Illini. He hopes to guess the perfect score and win a $50 gift card to Papa Del's. The next contest will be for the Illinois vs. Oregon game on October 24, and Rob will have predictions ready. The Papa Del's gift card is up for grabs for anyone with a perfect pick.",
  "summary": "Oct. 13—*** Hats off to Rob Barnes, who I believe just joined the five-timer's club of contest winners. Unless my memory is failing me — possible — nobody has won more contests than the Genevan. Rob (does anyone call you Bob?) counted on a high-scoring game with a prediction of Illinois 34, Michigan State 31. That was just 10 points off the 38-37 final. Many of the pickers had Illinois in the ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}