You know what they say about things that seem too good/bad to be true? Colorado does. So does Northwestern.
Agree. It's not always about arm strength. At least that's what Tom B. told me once.
Goes both ways - we gave IU’s QB way too much time. Does Henry not believe in an occasional blitz?
This is what I don't get. Either we have so little confidence in our coverage that we don't blitz, or Henry is doing his own thing, despite how well we played last year bringing more heat.
Just want to mention in here that yesterday’s crowd was really good, and stuck around til the end of a long game.
Would have liked to see some more students … but 11:00 am is EARLY.
Henry did bring pressure - 5 or 6 at various times - but Sorsby wound up torching one of our CBs almost every time. We don’t have Witherspoon, Martin and Brown back there this year.
Playing Iowa and Northwestern in back to back weeks will help the defense. It's also going to bring the uphoria regarding Paddock and the offense back to earth.
I think your guess is wright
I love what Paddock is doing right now, and pretty sure he will get the next start. Exciting times for sure. But I find it hard to believe that John might have outplayed Luke leading up to the season and the coaches, for whatever reason, failed to name him the starter.
Whatever his scheme or plan was for quarterback pressure it wasn't very effective. If you want to make an average quarterback look good just give him five seconds every time to throw the ball and he'll pick you apart. If you aren't getting good pressure on the qb fairly often you have to change things up. I would much rather blitz more often and take a chance that the qb might find someone while running for his life or under extreme duress than let him stand back there fo five seconds knowing there's a 90% probability he will find someone open. Our secondary can't cover people for that long, in fact most can't if the receivers are any count.
I hope most people aren’t clamoring for Paddock and ALSO thinking BB just “missed” his greatness over the past 11 months. I think the general consensus is that Paddock has played his way into consideration the last two games (well one game and one drive). Altmyer was probably the best choice to begin the season with. Honestly, he may still be the person who should start. But there are two extremes that need to be avoided:
It may very well be that Altmeyer has outperformed Paddock in practice all year but I would guess not by much. Something that should maybe be taken into account is that no matter how much we try to make it, practice speed and reps are not the same as game speed. Same can be applied to both football and basketball. Paddock reads the defense better and has more pocket presence. In games this is much more needed to be effective than when doing practice reps. That is why he should have been #1 on the depth chart and worked Luke into the games as the season went along imo.
An average O line will look a lot better when you have an experienced QB thats able to go through his progressions quickly,anticipating where his WR’s are going to be,have a quick release with accuracy.John was able to complete some tight passes …..so if people are calling Indiana’s defense bad because our receivers were open,so was our defense too but as far as I can recall Indiana’s QB didn’t go over 500 passing yards .Am just saying sometimes you have to give credit where it’s due.
The Beef House is 43 miles from Neil Street downtown so I’ll allow this.
This is priceless and cracks me up a lot as I see a lot of the same in my 15 year old son. There is hope! #nevercrushconfidenceIf the Illini isn't currently working with John Wright Sr, they need his services again.
The interception hurts him
This. As I watched the game I kept noticing that Indiana had no pass rush and sometimes only had 3 rush, but their DBs aren't that good. Or maybe the general WR talent of Wiliams, Bryant, Washington combined with QB time leads to this kind of game.
Don't stop
