Game Thread: Illinois at Washington

[BashCtIllini]

Oh how I wish people would wrap up. He's down on the 2 if you just hold on.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

You are right. I stand corrected. He played OL in the NFL, but was a defensive lineman for Wyoming in college, where he perfected the move. It worked well for him in bringing down NFL pass rushers, just like it did when he applied it to running backs in college.

Did not know that.

 

[ChiTown]

Terrible defense.

 

[LJ22]

Does Henry know how bad we are on 3rd down!?

 

[PNWIllini]

Great when the tackle knocks him in.

And we let Williams roll out again. Gonna be a long day if we keep letting that happen

 

[illiram]

Why would we push him into the end zone.....poor field awareness. That was a TERRIBLE start for our defense. Did they average 10 yards a play there?

 

[BZuppke]

Can we get a little bit of pressure on the quarterback?

Amen

 

[Scoregasm]

That was easy....and we pushed him into the endzone.

 

[TheodoreRex]

We cooked. If our defense is going to suck this bad- it ain't gonna happen. What an utterly pathetic start to the game. And ya'll this was after 2 weeks of prep.

 

[LFOD]

Whew, our D line better wake up soon

 

[Champaign88]

Pathetic so far in all aspects from the defense.

 

[Pikeillinifan]

It was like we didn’t want the d-line to rush, and that’s all we have in defense after a week off?

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

is it me or is 3rd and long our kryptonite?! lol….

 

[Keisersose]

Would a have liked to send some pressure there. Hindsight’s 20/20 I guess.

 

[D1959]

2 weeks to prepare and our defense looks horrible

 

[Ryllini]

Gabe finally had a true 1v1 and got zero. Tackling was not textbook on that drive.

 

[RockfordIllini]

We have got to be the worst in the country on third and 10+. We are just way too conservative. I get Williams is mobile but we’ve got to put some heat on him. So frustrating.

 

[pvaughn8]

What 3rd down defense? They could resist enough to force more than one 3rd down

 

[Illinisnake]

Aaron Henry will be fired after this season.

 

[NashvILLe05]

Henry needs the Hamer treatment this offseason if he’s to stay on staff. Josh simply can’t allow it.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Not exactly what you want to see coming out of that bye with plenty of time to game plan. Hope Henry has a plan B.

 

[LJ22]

No rain at the moment, Luke has to take advantage.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Our front four, right now, stinks. If they can't get any push with the front four and they have to send guys, this QB is going to have a field day running the ball.

 

[jamie13197]

We are the worst tackling defense in CF, big10, etc.. Absolutely horrible.

 

[Da88]

Better settle in on D, they moved the ball at will.