More things change the more things stay the same. Will never fall for the hype again.
Indiana 63, Illinois 10 Postgame
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This was simply an improbable embarrasssment. Here we go again, with that old Illini soap opera. A teaser (last year's season) then right back to the same old hapless team. Beckman or Lovie or both. We had 2 yds. rushing and the Hoosiers had 312. I didn't think that was even possible. We got bullied from the start. Does Indiana actually have that much money they can continue to lure elite recruits through the portal? I'll repeat what I said before: Jacas is overrated; On several plays I simply watched him exclusively. Half the time he doesn't DO anything. On one play in particular, an Indiana runner ran right in front of him; he was unblocked and didn't even move. He stands around a lot as if the game just mystifies him. Beliama was in a state of shock from the get-go. His face was probably mirrored by most of us. Lose to USC next week and I can see another long, long season heading straight for the crapper. When does basketball start?
Would've desperately preffered a bye week. Not having one til after week 7 is brutal.
There is NOTHING that will bring you back to reality quicker than a good ole !!! WHIPPING! I see now it was all just a dream!
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This is exactly how I felt as well. That was an old familiar feeling. Like, sitting in the stands watching Penn State run over the top of us with Zook type of game. I genuinely wondered if this was Bret’s worst game at Illinois. At viginia was bad but this one felt worse.
Eh. We lost to Minnesota last year after getting buzzsawed by Oregon.
Can’t let Indiana beat us twice.
Our secondary is supposed to huge strength of our team. And most of our studs are out
Nothing like waking up the morning after an embarrassing loss by your favorite team that makes you not even want to turn on Sports Center
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In. The. Alley.
uh ChatGBT is NEVER wrong /s
All the warning signs about the offensive line were there in week 1 and nothing seems to have been done to fix it. I can't beleve that BB himself couldn't find some ways to improve after many hours of film.
One thing to realize, we weren’t the #9 team in the country. Really we are probably around the 30th team in the country (and we need to play better to be that). Having an inflated ranking going into the Indiana game really misled us. It should have been unranked Illinois at #19 ( or better) Indiana.
The hype was a joke. Sure we returned everyone from a 10-3 team that also needed luck to beat Purdue and a miracle to win at Rutgers. SP+ knows we weren’t great last year, we were good.
Most likely they will flip the UI and IU rankings this week. They can just unrank in a week but based on how we perform against USC, UI can be unranked.
We look like a big12 defense……
Indy's OL and DL were just light years better. Their OL consistently gave the QB/WR time to get open and space to set up up in the pocket and make clean throws. Made enough running room for the backs to get some yards. Their DL just absolutely punked our OL. We simply could not block them in any phase of the game.
So Bert's blueprint is set. If you want to be good go out and get better linemen on both sides of the ball.
We will see just how good IU is the rest of the season but they made a statement last night. I got PTSD just watching the whole debacle.
So Bert's blueprint is set. If you want to be good go out and get better linemen on both sides of the ball.
We will see just how good IU is the rest of the season but they made a statement last night. I got PTSD just watching the whole debacle.
He’s back next game though since the targeting call was in the 1st half rather than the 2nd.
If you want to be good go out and get better OC/DC who can make adjust game plan based on what opposition is throwing at them.
BB has recurited well. Don't blame the players.
What pocket?
My biggest problems with yesterday was the lack of toughness and we didn’t look ready to play.
In the last 2 weeks we’ve lost a lot of guys in garbage time. Both games we should’ve just been letting guys get reps instead of risking injuries.
Illini2010-11
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There is no adjustment to gameplan that would change what happened last night. There was a clear talent deficit on display and it starts with the trenches. The OL has been bad all year, and we have returned so many starters there. I think both can be true. We need better coaching to develop the line, but we also need an infusion of better talent too.
Something is clearly broken, and both the coaches and players need to be held accountable. Everything should be on the table moving forward. Altmyer might not survive into November if something doesn't change.
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That’s what it was like at Oregon last year
Wow, turned it off at halftime and just checked the score. Much more embarrassing than I thought it would be. In shocked
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