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LB Hardy Nickerson said team is going all orange jerseys on Saturday
https://twitter.com/JWernerScout/status/772865563483860992
https://twitter.com/JWernerScout/status/772865563483860992
5,000 "Hail to the Orange" flags will be distributed to fans.
5,000 "hail to orange" shirts to students.
Expect 50,000+ attendance
Lovie: The good part of getting first game under belt is that the rest of the games start coming quickly
Lovie: To our student who showed up, you were outstanding. Our team felt them throughout.
Lovie: We'll need Memorial Stadium to be an advantage. Hopefully that will continue
Lovie: Really excited about playing North Carolina this week. Storied program. There's a type of football you expect from them.
Lovie: UNC has good athletes, well-coached. Played well against a good Georgia team. We know who we're seeing this week.
Lovie: Fedora is a good coach,been for a long time. Fellow Texan.
Lovie: There are things that we need to clean up to play a better game in all three areas.
Lovie: Injury-wise we're in good shape. Joe Spencer was close to playing kast wee.
Lovie: The most improvement you should see is Game One to Game Two.
Lovie: There are too many plays to talk about (things we need to clean up). Too many critical penalties.
Lovie: Not going to try to keep Smoot under control. But there's a certain type of play we expect during the whistle, during play
Lovie: Dawuane Smoot is a great player. We, I expect him to dominate each week. He played a good game this past week
Lovie: That's not the best he'll play. We should talk about Dawuane each week. That's our expectation for him.
Lovie: Rob Bain played an outstanding game. NG don't get a lot of credit, but he was great.
Lovie: We'll be better next week with tackling. Every team in college ball had missed tackles in first game. I liked the effort.
Lovie: UNC-Georgia was an entertaining game.
Lovie: Switzer is a great player. he can change the course, the momentum of the game.
Lovie: We're going to play our defense but Hood and Logan are both really good RBs.
Lovie: I thought Darta and Jordan Fagan filled in well at guard. Dartadid decent job. Fagan also.
Lovie: We needed to see how they would respond, and they responded well.
Lovie: I like 2:30 games better than night games but you get a chance to show more people what you have as a team.
Lovie: Recruits got a chance to see us play Saturday Now, they get to see how we match up against a better football team.
Lovie: It's early in the year,but for us, this is a big game.
Lovie: Don't know how UNC is looking at it especially after they beat us up last year. But for us, it's a big game.
Lovie: I think Kendrick Foster took full opportunity of the opportunity he got.
Lovie on Foster almost transferring: My first day here, Foster was one of the bright-eyed guys looking at me.
LB Hardy Nickerson said team is going all orange jerseys on Saturday
Garrick McGee said Darta Lee is going to be an "elite" player in the Big Ten someday. Said he and Fagan both did a solid job Saturday
McGee confirmed WRs had no drops on Saturday. Lunt said WRs were sick of hearing about it. It crushed good 1H vs UNC last year
LB Hardy Nickerson said team is going all orange jerseys on Saturday
https://twitter.com/JWernerScout/status/772865563483860992
Loved the week 1 showing, but we're not really going to be all too competitive in this one.
That could be true, and you're right that all in all it wasn't exactly a sterling performance against Murray State despite the scoreline, but I don't think competitiveness is too much to hope for. In fact, I think that's exactly the target.
within Lovie's Tampa-2, Nickerson will have to serve the double duty of covering the run and picking up receivers down the seams.
We're not running Tampa 2. At least not primarily. Mostly man coverage underneath.
UNC's tempo and poor o-line play will be the factors that make the game head in a Beckman-y direction, if that's what happens.
Game Notes
BTN: Eric Collins, J Leman & Rick Pizzo
http://www.fightingillini.com/news/2016/9/5/illini-football-game-2-notes-vs-north-carolina.aspx
Orange jerseys? And pants? Blue or white I hope. Please no all orange.
Got my tickets last night on Stubhub. If you're looking for seats and not necessarily good ones, they have super cheap ones on there. Let's goooo
LB Hardy Nickerson said team is going all orange jerseys on Saturday
https://twitter.com/JWernerScout/status/772865563483860992
Sure, there were TONS of strides taken this week with cohesiveness on the field, communication with the sidelines, etc.
Biggest crowd in years, tons of recruits on campus, a chance to make an impression, etc.
I don't even need to tell you what the weather forecast is.
Illinois gonna Illinois.
It is such a cliche but this game will truly be won in the trenches. UNC returns 4 starters on a Oline that was 3rd in the nation according to Football Outsiders.
Their D line was the exact opposite ranking 103 and was horrible against the run last year and had a rough start this year.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com
If we can move the ball on the ground and set up some play action it should be a good game. Particularly if we can keep our D fresh and their Offense off the field.