Game Thread: Illinois vs Western Illinois

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#329      
Spoon House
There's the make-up call. Targeting.

Actually, that's an easy call. It was targeting.
 
#331      
Genesis
Watkins had been playing well. Hate to lose him but it’s the right call.
 
#333      
redwingillini11
WeatherfordForMVP said:
I'm going to scale this back:

One or two plays like that per game is the difference between an encouraging season and a discouraging one.
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Yeah I'm starting to believe (maybe foolishly) that this can be a football-smart team that makes winning plays this year. Of course this optimism has to be paired with pessimism that we will soon be starting walk ons at receiver.
 
#336      
WeatherfordForMVP
I get the call on Watkins...but at the same time, I'm not sure how a DB plays football without incurring that penalty.

And then the deep ball, busted coverage in secondary. Still an encouraging game overall, but let's clean this up in the last 21 minutes so we can feel good moving forward.
 
#337      
Poe's Law
I honestly don't eve know what targeting is any more. Is it any tackle where your helmet makes contact with the ball carriers helmet? They were talking like the D-linemen could have been flagged for targeting as well.
 
#343      
blackdog
We really need to come out of the gate running the ball more. Last 2 games have passed a lot to start and have gotten off slowly. Once the ground game got rolling we started getting points.
 
#346      
Deleted member 29907
can we stop doing jumping chest bumps after good plays - at the rate we're going through knees a simple 'ata boy' will suffice.
 
#348      
Genesis
Is McKaughlin 100% on touchbacks this year, about 8 for 8? That’s huge because it eliminates the risk of a big run back.
 
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