Where I’d rank them:
I think I’m going to be physically ill.
Dang this is the one time the tweet actually had sensitive content.
I think I’m going to be physically ill.
Don’t know much about this guy but he seems to know more about the beloved than your average YouTube talking head. He likes analytics and gives his take on the season
Yep, was confused by that as well…Interesting video and cool tidbits of info. Thanks for the link. Illinois is favored in 7 games this year? Why is all the talk about them possibly going 4-8 or 5-7?
A rather encouraging, and in fact, outstanding preview! Really knowledgeable guy! Make a note of his name. Whether right or wrong, he does his research!
Don’t know much about this guy but he seems to know more about the beloved than your average YouTube talking head. He likes analytics and gives his take on the season
It’s interesting….last year first game vs Nebby. Frost was surprised by defense and threw out half the plays. Beneficial with new coaching staff. Surprise defense a plus.I completely understand what you're saying here. Predicting the Illini schedule is like predicting the NCAA tournament games. You think something seems obvious but it's not. Side note: I love the fact that we get Wyoming at home to get the jitters out before a conference opponent, who will not have played their first game. Wyoming won't be a slouch but they lose a LOT from a good team. Solid program though, expecting a dawg fight but we take the reigns in the second half.
Oof. Michigan and Nebraska fans are probably miffed.
Also IU and NU are too high.
We've got work to do.
Two things jump out:
I think I’m going to be physically ill.
Taking Bret's message to heart......
This one personally hurts me, but gotta let kids try and leave and succeed in today's college football
We haven't had much recent success in recruiting HS quarterbacks.
Was just wondering about him.
I’d bet an extremely large sum it will be a transfer next year. Hopefully one with atleast 2 years eligibilityWas just wondering about him.
Best of luck to him, he's surely making the right decision if he ever wants to be a starter.
We're in a scary place at a position on the field that's nearly as important as all the others combined, there's no sugarcoating it. If the 2023 starter is a name we currently know, our 2025 coach probably won't be.
Nobody is going to put up Mike Leach numbers, but Bielema's teams have always gone as their QB play has gone. What you need is solidity, consistency, accuracy, good decision making.I think a lot of it depends on how much Bielema will adapt as a coach. Outside of Russell Wilson(a transfer) Bielema's QBs have never really lit up defenses.
Nobody is going to put up Mike Leach numbers, but Bielema's teams have always gone as their QB play has gone. What you need is solidity, consistency, accuracy, good decision making.
A Russell Wilson would be great, but you've gotta have a Joel Stave.
Sitkowski is simply not enough of a strike thrower to be that, end of story, we've seen all we needed to see there. Leary is toolsy but his HS number were pretty bad and he also had accuracy problems. Cal Swanson seems like a lottery ticket at best.
DeVito is another Brandon Peters on the field, I say that as a relative Peters fan, and one gets the sense he's a bit more of a natural leader and voice in the huddle than Peters was. It seemed like it was a bit awkward that Sitkowski, who is everything you want in a QB leftward of his right shoulder, seemed like more of the boss of the team than Peters did.
If you look around college football, just stringing along transfers at QB forever is actually a relatively popular and viable option. But whether its transfers or HS recruits, high quality and depth remain essential and we're getting neither at the moment. We're okayish for 2022, but after DeVito there's nothing.
The trouble we run into is that yes, just kinda staying competent via the transfer market should be good enough, but because we ultimately don't ask our QB's to do that much, we aren't a particularly appealing QB destination. Turning around and giving Josh McCray the ball 30 times a game isn't what these guys are dreaming of.If stringing along transfers is fine, which I agree it probably is, I think I'd worry a lot more if this season goes historically bad. I don't think it will.
My expectation is that the transition to Lunney is going to be more tweak than overhaul. We'll see.
I doubt that's the shift. To quote our former coach, I think we're gonna get off the bus running the football for as long as Bielema is here.A good portion of the change is a function of what the QB brings. If DeVito is an adept passer, I think we'll see more than tweaks.
I am scared of tempo, frankly. Even teams that do it well are often robbing Peter to pay Paul in terms of keeping their defense rested. Our commitment to slow, methodical offensive football last year gave Ryan Walters the opportunity to do what he did.