Pregame: Illinois at Indiana, Saturday, September 20th, 6:30pm CT, NBC
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mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
I'm not going to research this but I'm guessing it's some form of the following
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IU has rushed for 300+ yards in all 3 games as well
Like last year, IU doesn't have a featured back. Beebe was one of 3 backs who shared nearly equal touches with Black and Hemby.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I don't believe we're going 12-0 in the regular season. This shapes up to be one of our top 3-4 toughest games --- AND it's on the road. The first half performances against both Duke and WMU scare me just a bit.
45 IND
31 ILL
(I could only predict a win EVERY week if we were UGA, Ohio State or Alabama. We're just not yet in that stratosphere. Now if we were to win 14-0 it would prove that I know absolutely nothing about this team!)
ILL !!!!!
45 IND
31 ILL
(I could only predict a win EVERY week if we were UGA, Ohio State or Alabama. We're just not yet in that stratosphere. Now if we were to win 14-0 it would prove that I know absolutely nothing about this team!)
ILL !!!!!
Big in the sense that Beebe is a different style back than Hemby and Black. Hemby and Black are both speedsters with home run ability, Beebe more downhill that gets you yards after contact.
Stark contrast in playoff prospects, mirroring the coaches’ polls.
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College Football Playoff Rankings projection: Miami keeps ascending as Texas A&M, Illinois enter the mix
Peering into the crystal ball at which teams are setting themselves up for playoff traction entering Week 4
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Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
CBS projecting an 11-1 record. File that under things I didn't think I'd see. Bret could run for governor, mayor, have a statue built & have his name added to the Zuppke Field name.Stark contrast in playoff prospects, mirroring the coaches’ polls.
College Football Playoff Rankings projection: Miami keeps ascending as Texas A&M, Illinois enter the mix
Peering into the crystal ball at which teams are setting themselves up for playoff traction entering Week 4
In that case, I sincerely hope that you know nothing about this team.
If those are the big differences why did you point to Mendoza's completion %?
It's clear that you think Indiana is going to crush Illinois, and that you're not actually interested in hearing anything that challenges that opinion. So, why are you here? Why not go write Cignetti/Mendoza fanfic on a site that will appreciate it?
texillwek
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Lol this is such a garbage stat.
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And both those plays were option keepers by a QB who's a much better runner than Luke, so we're not going to be co-opt that strategy.
Lets keep the hype train UP! 30-24 ILL! I love the idea of us winning on a last minute TD and walking off the field in front of a completely silent IU crowd, but I'll take a W by whatever means necessary.
We have a team as least comparable if not better than last year's team. Therefore, games before the 2024-2025 season are irrelevant for the most part. Last year we lost to two top 45 PPG teams, Penn State (#5 AP/#22 PPG) and Oregon (#3 AP/#8 PPG), in their houses by large margins. I don't think this Indiana team is as good as those two teams but it will be a tough fight nonetheless. I expect it to be a closer game than the two games mentioned above.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Another useless cherry picked stat is that Coach B is undefeated when his team scores more points than the opponent. IU should be very concerned...
LOL yea Mendoza's 72 rushing yards across 3 games is what is going to completely end us en route to a 4 TD blowout in favor of IU
Same guy who rushed for 191 yards on 136 carries across 2 full seasons at Cal
Also never mind that our DC/scheme held a QB in a bowl game to 19 yards rushing on 11 carries who had previously ran for 166 yards vs #12 Clemson, 106 yards vs #10 TA&M and 88 yards vs #16 LSU etc etc
Lets just be hopeful we can keep his rushing totals under the 'Mendoza line'
38-34 Indiana, which includes some kind of game swinging questionable call. I've always thought looking at our schedule this was the most likely game to get hosed.
Just for the record: Outside of Illinois' big 3 at RB - Jordan Anderson has taken 1 carry (that in short yardage, not end of game). That's everyone who has played RB @ Illinois so far this year.
Is someone injured/not playing that we should know about? The line ballooning to 6.5 is insane
Woo boy I’ve seen a lot of bad arguments on here. Here’s some things to digest. If you’re a tl;dr kinda reader, just skip to #5 as I think it’s the most important and novel idea that I haven’t seen elsewhere yet.
1. Whoever compared Mendoza and Altmyer’s stats through 3 games is a little silly. Mendoza’s been pulled early in, I believe, all of their games except Old Dominion. Volume stats (TD’s, Yards) aren’t a fair comparison.
2. Someone pointed out margin of victory on common opponents. Not sure if that person is aware of how Indiana does things versus Illinois, but Brett really doesn’t run up the score for the sake of doing so. Cignetti’s about that life. I could not care less about margin of victory because we win in two different styles. …except the Purdue game. I get that lol
3. Re: “Cupcakes” - I watched the Old Dominion game. It was week one rust, but I think 2 things are true. First, Old Dominion is a good football team. I think they play Duke a tight game, if not winning it. That said, we played ours on the road (kinda) in blistering heat, where Indiana got Old Dominion at home, perfect weather, first game of the year. There’s rust being knocked off, etc….theres really so many layers to trying to make any comparisons there that I don’t think it’s a fair set of games to compare, at all.
4. Mendoza, to be honest, looks like he makes bad decisions when he’s pressured. I do not think he’s come close to facing the kind of defense we’ll put forward this weekend. If we can play bend-don’t-break football and pressure him into a few mistakes, I think defense can swing it similarly to the Duke game. I don’t think it causes a blowout, but I do think it can be the difference in a game where our OL might struggle a bit.
5. I’m gonna give a contrarian opinion to what I’ve heard a lot on podcasts and elsewhere. I know a lot of people are saying we can’t fall behind early. I actually disagree. We have heard many times now from our players, last year and this year, that they feel like the offense flows better when they’re playing with tempo. We are a team that can absolutely pass to set up the run and can fling the ball around the field. Getting into a horse race early might force Barry into getting out of the sleepy running early and allow us to get our depth at WR, TE and RB some extended reps. I think we’re built to do that. If we try to run the ball down their throats from the jump I think we stall drives. If we get on our toes quick I think that sets the pace for us. I’m okay with that and, frankly, hope it happens.
Illinois 34 - Indiana 27
1. Whoever compared Mendoza and Altmyer’s stats through 3 games is a little silly. Mendoza’s been pulled early in, I believe, all of their games except Old Dominion. Volume stats (TD’s, Yards) aren’t a fair comparison.
2. Someone pointed out margin of victory on common opponents. Not sure if that person is aware of how Indiana does things versus Illinois, but Brett really doesn’t run up the score for the sake of doing so. Cignetti’s about that life. I could not care less about margin of victory because we win in two different styles. …except the Purdue game. I get that lol
3. Re: “Cupcakes” - I watched the Old Dominion game. It was week one rust, but I think 2 things are true. First, Old Dominion is a good football team. I think they play Duke a tight game, if not winning it. That said, we played ours on the road (kinda) in blistering heat, where Indiana got Old Dominion at home, perfect weather, first game of the year. There’s rust being knocked off, etc….theres really so many layers to trying to make any comparisons there that I don’t think it’s a fair set of games to compare, at all.
4. Mendoza, to be honest, looks like he makes bad decisions when he’s pressured. I do not think he’s come close to facing the kind of defense we’ll put forward this weekend. If we can play bend-don’t-break football and pressure him into a few mistakes, I think defense can swing it similarly to the Duke game. I don’t think it causes a blowout, but I do think it can be the difference in a game where our OL might struggle a bit.
5. I’m gonna give a contrarian opinion to what I’ve heard a lot on podcasts and elsewhere. I know a lot of people are saying we can’t fall behind early. I actually disagree. We have heard many times now from our players, last year and this year, that they feel like the offense flows better when they’re playing with tempo. We are a team that can absolutely pass to set up the run and can fling the ball around the field. Getting into a horse race early might force Barry into getting out of the sleepy running early and allow us to get our depth at WR, TE and RB some extended reps. I think we’re built to do that. If we try to run the ball down their throats from the jump I think we stall drives. If we get on our toes quick I think that sets the pace for us. I’m okay with that and, frankly, hope it happens.
Illinois 34 - Indiana 27
Indiana Jones
- Warsaw, Indiana
IU loses this game and their CFP hopes go down the drain.
I fully admit that I am an eternal pessimist when it comes to Illinois football. My outlook has definitely improved over the last few years with Bielema in charge though. My pre-season prediction was 8-4 with this game being one of the losses. I figured Duke would be a loss though, so I'm happy to be wrong there. With that said I hope that I'm wrong again when it comes to Indiana. As most will agree, our O-line play is a big concern but something tells me that this game will flip that on it's head. I believe that the line will come out with something to prove in this game and really bully the Indinia defense. There's no way that I'm going to jinx this team by making a prediction.
This was me. I thought the sarcasm was abundantly clear, but obviously not.
I think we’re in agreement on this. Stats are a bit hard to compare for early season games when the coaches approach things so differently.
Valentine needs at least 15+ carries.
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