Game Thread: Illinois at Washington

[BurtToast]

Need to find a new defensive coordinator in the offseason or this is the ceiling for our program. BB took a chance on Henry - who had only been a position coach for 2-3 seasons and never a coordinator. Well, it’s not working out.

 

[Chillinini]

Ryan Walters > Aaron Henry

 

[Retro62]

He did the same damn thing twice!? He can stay in Seattle with Henry.

 

[OskieWowWow]

They rushed 3 guys and had 5 guys standing around spying. Seriously. 5 spies.

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What is spacing even?

 

[FloridaMan]

Hey, we might suck at defense, but at least we're undisciplined........wait.

 

[hiberto]

another personal foul penalty

 

[Miles Leonard]

It’s like we are fielding 10

It's more like we are fielding 0.

 

[IlliniSon]

This is a disgraceful performance.

 

[BrownTown]

Not like Walters did anything well today?

Aaron Henry didn't show up. All year

 

[Naborman88]

December bowling!

 

[RDS]

I despise watching teams have a non-stop party laugh fest at our expense.
Sadly, It apparently bothers me more than our defensive players.

 

[EmeraldCityIllini]

Really should have just started kicking onside kicks.

 

[SoILL_INI]

If we just had a functional defense, this could look so different!!!!!!!

 

[Battle89]

Let’s not get Luke killed now please

 

[The pop of Champaign]

Because he’s a good, but not great head coach. He actually thought that Henry could get us to a playoff

 

[aaeismacgychel]

How do you rush 3 guys and still leave a WR that freaking wide open? How?

I'm going to attempt to explain what I think is going on. Our whole offseason we practiced Man coverage. After the injuries, Henry instituted a Zone scheme. Problem is either he doesn't know how to coach a zone scheme or our players just have no understanding of how to properly play zone or both. So we look like absolute hot trash. That's what I think is going on and ultimately Henry is responsible. This is a disaster

 

[RowdyFromRow22]

 

[Chase321]

Does any one know why BB doesn't get a better defensive coordinator?? Our defense has basically sucked since Ryan Walters left after the 2022 season.

Incriminating photos. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[abchew2]

I think what makes this suck more is seeing what Indiana has done with that program showing it can be done no matter how historically terrible you’ve been. This is one of the most frustrating games I’ve watched.

 

[RML]

Might as well try an on-side kick.

Honestly, we should onside kick more. When we kick away, a good offense is gonna get a TD. Best chance for a stop might be an onside kick.

 

[the juiceman cometh]

At what point do we consider taking Luke out so we don't jeopardize him for the rest of the season? Don't see us coming back in this one, and weather like this is increases the odds of injury.

 

[phats22]

really not what i was hoping our experienced, ranked team in BBs yr 5

 

[Retro62]

I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue.

 

[BWBW]

Rusk is tough

 

[DeeAndDWill]

It is criminal that this program has the best QB in the history of the program and we pair it with the worst defense in years.