19 Point Plan - #16: Know your role

I watch other Big Ten teams, and it seems that their special teams units are units - guys who relish the fact that their role on the team is to blow up the long snapper after he lets go of the ball. The third string safety on Ohio State lives for the fact that he can take down a gunner. The backup linebacker at Wisconsin dreams of wedge-busting in his sleep.

At Illinois? I don't see very much of that at all. Our special teams are a hodge podge of starters and backups.

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