Can anyone please get some actual feedback from Lovie on what he thought the team's plan was coming into today? What did they see on film and how did they practice that had them feel like they were the least bit prepared on either side of the ball? Did he feel like they were prepared? That's kind of a lose-lose question, but either way, this was complete and utter failure that cannot be explained away.
Usually, I can at least laugh it off or have some ability to justify the losses with rationale, but today has me completely embarrassed to be an Illinois football fan without much ability to defend anything about the program or its direction.
While I have a sliver of hope for the future with Williams and Beason coming in, what core is there to build around? Will they even decide to stay committed? I thought the idea was playing all the freshman last year and this year so that Year 4 would be the turnaround, but the overwhelming majority of the team has either not improved, gotten worse, or isn't trying anymore at the end of Year 3. Not sure how Lovie sits down with Whitman after this game and has any justification for what's going on. Complete and utter failure today.
Can't remove Lovie for several reasons, but need to make some decisive changes and overhaul the vision. It's not working as is.