Iowa 28, Illinois 0 POSTGAME

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Second and Chalmers
Illiniaaron said:
Not quite true. Rutgers is a cupcake, MSU also very bad, neither on the schedule last year.
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Let's look at it by F/+ rankings

Western and Murray State aren't included and are a wash for these purposes.

2015: 3 (Ohio St), 24 (UNC), 32 (Wisconsin), 36 (Nebraska), 38 (Iowa), 47 (Penn St), 52 (N'Western), 55 (Minny), 82 (Middle Tenn), 93 (Purdue), 109 (Kent St)

2016: 3 (Michigan), 7 (Wisconsin), 16 (WMU), 23 (UNC), 35 (Iowa), 38 (N'Western), 45 (Nebraska), 56 (Minny), 64 (Mich St), 116 (Purdue), 122 (Rutgers)

That's an almost exact direct swap. 2015 Purdue and 2015 Middle Tennessee swapped for 2016 Wisconsin and 2016 Western Michigan.

So you'd figure we'd be two games worse. That's exactly where we're headed.
 
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#27      
stlillinifan
How does this team beat Michigan State, which played Ohio State strong, and then look so offensively inept today?

I know Lunt had some misses, more than a few very
Key drops...but I really, really hope that some improved athletecism turns this around in '17
 
#28      
CARPET
67 yards rushing tells you all you need to know about this game.

Let's step back from the ledge and remember this is going to take sometime to build Illinois back to a power team. Lovie has not had one complete season to recruit.

Our players showed a great degree of drive and spirit today against a solid Iowa Team. Albeit losing 28-0.

Keep the faith Illinois Nation. I firmly believe that in 3 years we will be playing in the Rose Bowl.
 
#29      
gibb52
CARPET said:
67 yards rushing tells you all you need to know about this game.

Let's step back from the ledge and remember this is going to take sometime to build Illinois back to a power team. Lovie has not had one complete season to recruit.

Our players showed a great degree of drive and spirit today against a solid Iowa Team. Albeit losing 28-0.

Keep the faith Illinois Nation. I firmly believe that in 3 years we will be playing in the Rose Bowl.
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I nominate you as lifetime chairman of the Optimist club.

Lovie might get us to a Rose Bowl but 3 yrs is a 55 gallon drum of orange kool-aid.
 
#30      
CARPET
gibb52 said:
I nominate you as lifetime chairman of the Optimist club.

Lovie might get us to a Rose Bowl but 3 yrs is a 55 gallon drum of orange kool-aid.
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I accept your nomination good sir:illinois:
 
#31      
NScale
2ndGenIllini said:
Learning new schemes is tough. Learning new schemes that require different positions and responsibilities than which you were recruited for is even tougher
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I'm not disagreeing, but I don't quite get it. They have had all spring ball which is maybe 20 practices ... I'll just throw a number out there. Plus meetings every day. Then summer camp, practice and meeting each day for what, 3 or 4 weeks? Then a full season with only 1 day off each week, meetings every day, plus a full game, and all those practices. Point being, just how long does it take to learn to do what you are supposed to after the words, "Hut Hut" ?
 
#32      
ItsFootballTime
CARPET said:
67 yards rushing tells you all you need to know about this game.

Let's step back from the ledge and remember this is going to take sometime to build Illinois back to a power team. Lovie has not had one complete season to recruit.

Our players showed a great degree of drive and spirit today against a solid Iowa Team. Albeit losing 28-0.

Keep the faith Illinois Nation. I firmly believe that in 3 years we will be playing in the Rose Bowl.
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I came round to post this exact same thing.

Michigan got almost the exact same yardage out of Iowa that Illinois got. Defense stayed in it to the fourth qtr and ran out of gas.

Lovie will win these games in a couple of years.

Beat stupid northwestern and end on a high note!
 
#33      
2ndGenIllini
NScale said:
I'm not disagreeing, but I don't quite get it. They have had all spring ball which is maybe 20 practices ... I'll just throw a number out there. Plus meetings every day. Then summer camp, practice and meeting each day for what, 3 or 4 weeks? Then a full season with only 1 day off each week, meetings every day, plus a full game, and all those practices. Point being, just how long does it take to learn to do what you are supposed to after the words, "Hut Hut" ?
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Schemes on both sides of the ball change a little bit every week along with what the opposition is doing. New reads and responsibilities in dozens of different situations is something difficult to grasp in under a half a year. It isn't so much of learning what to do as it is knowing it so well that it becomes second nature. that part takes years of being in the same system. In addition to recruiting, thats another reason why football takes several years to see a coach making progress, in most cases
 
#35      
Adnarel
I don't have anything to say about the game itself, but I really liked the unis today. Looked sharp.
 
#36      
MadSeason
NScale said:
I'm not disagreeing, but I don't quite get it. They have had all spring ball which is maybe 20 practices ... I'll just throw a number out there. Plus meetings every day. Then summer camp, practice and meeting each day for what, 3 or 4 weeks? Then a full season with only 1 day off each week, meetings every day, plus a full game, and all those practices. Point being, just how long does it take to learn to do what you are supposed to after the words, "Hut Hut" ?
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It takes infinity if you are at an athletic disadvantage so strong that you cannot compete.
 
#37      
blackdog
Adnarel said:
I don't have anything to say about the game itself, but I really liked the unis today. Looked sharp.
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The minutes they came out on the field I turned to my friend and said "that's a sweet jersey combo."
 
#41      
IlliniFisherman
Really thought this game could be a turning point for the program. I am still hopeful we're heading in the right direction. Just gonna take some time. Dear Lovie- please hang in there
 
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Second and Chalmers
#43      
ILL_INI
Second and Chalmers said:
Wow. When was the last time that happened?

Also, explain this to me. Iowa won the toss, and rather than electing to kick, receive or defer, they chose a side of the field. Presumably the idea being to get the wind in the 1st and 4th quarters, yeah?

But then that means Illinois got the same choice to start the 2nd half. So we took the ball instead of the wind?
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The options are to either receive the kick, defend a side of the field, or defer to the second half.

Yes, Illinois would have chosen to receive the kick one time.

Essentially, Iowa gave up a possession to try to gain field advantage.

I don't recall ever hearing of that before.
 
#44      
champaignchris
I wish I could watch the alternative universe version of that game where Turner doesn't drop that 4th down pass from Lunt. We would have been at about the Iowa 35 with 12 minutes to play, the wind at our back, and only down 14.

I'd be curious how the game would have turned out. I'm guessing the final score wouldn't have been 28-0.
 
#46      
Dan
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#48      
FT35
mdonsbach said:
I think this needs a bump. I'm in tears and I didn't even go to school there I'm just a fan but sports are so amazing sometimes. Win lose or draw I love watching/obsessing/following Illini.
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That was really sad.

Coworkers ask me all the time why I bother having season tickets to Illinois football and I tell them it is because I want to support the kids who choose to come and play football here. It's also a way to support all of the kids in the athletic department. I live too far away to have season tickets for any other sport.

Some of these kids (like Joe) could have gone elsewhere. I'm sure growing up in Ohio he had no attachment to this University, but you can hear how much he cares about Illinois football. I'm always happy to support kids like this, win or lose.
 
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