Game Thread: Illinois vs Duke

[Oracle21]

If we can’t stop a 1st and 30 I give up

 

[TentakilRex]

Have they retrained X Scott on the new tackling system. He has looked lackluster at best.

Has he even fully recovered from his injury

 

[punchabove33]

wow.. we gonna give up a first on a 1st and 30. Need another holding penalty.

 

[illinidarrin]

They got 18 yards on two plays.

 

[EmeraldCityIllini]

They’re gonna convert from 1st and 30

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

LOL - where are our DBs?

Honest question- what is the “strength” of this defense? We may as well just zero blitz every fcking play…

 

[Bilbo]

There is no reason this secondary can be so bad, we actually returned talent there. Duke‘s receivers look like they are NFL.

 

[OB positive]

I get that the 3-3-5 isn’t a great run defense. But then they do throw it, our DBs are no where close.

What happened to the Secondary being our strength? What happened to “DB University”?

Our defensive backfield is overrated.

 

[ChiTown]

Dukie QB just picking us apart without any form of pass rushing….he seems to be getting too comfortable.

 

[jrock]

Gonna be a long long season

 

[Chase321]

1st and 30. I like our chances.

I appreciate the optimism but me thinks it’s misplaced

 

[altgeld88]

The interminable commercial breaks on FS1 exacerbate our misery.

 

[RML]

If they covert after a 1st and 30, the d is going to mentally give up.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

You need to spend SOMETHING on defense. They clearly did not.

X. Scott, Matt Bailey, Juice Clarke are All BIG guys. (sorry, you can’t lose them in the portal)

The front 7 is the weakness. And in return, it’s causing the secondary to look like a weakness.

 

[TrahNeb]

11 yrs per pass and 75% completions is not ideal

 

[RaisedMyBoysIllini]

Play of the game

 

[TentakilRex]

Maybe the Lincoln Riley administration will implode and we can get Gary Patterson

 

[From the cheap seats]

Our defensive backfield is overrated.

I dunno. The safeties may end up leading the nation in tackles (and missed tackles).

 

[Retro62]

I’m sitting in a bar with about 30 tvs…FS1 has more commercials than any network ever.

 

[EmeraldCityIllini]

Hopefully BB comes to the pressroom after this loss and tells it like it is. Don't think the fanbase is gonna be in the mood for platitudes about Manny Diaz and excuses about our guys being banged up or missing tackling practice.

He did that last year.

At a certain point, kinda tired of the talking

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Are we literally about to give up 1st down from a 1st and 30?

LOL.

 

[Hereforit]

Keep watching our right corner (Cox) snug up within 3 yards of receiver then drop to 11’ish yards back. He’s already been burned once on it, lucky not more than once. Stop it.

 

[Altgeld's Bells]

Has he even fully recovered from his injury

I'm seriously thinking he is playing to not get hurt again. Or he has regressed considerably. The angles he is taking are not good.

 

[AssemblyHallForever]

If they covert after a 1st and 30, the d is going to mentally give up.

Agreed. They will feel defeated.

 

[SampsonRelpenk]

Time to valiantly hold them just short and then let them convert on 4th down!