We are getting 0 penetration from our DL. The only pressure we can provide is with the blitz. That will be a problem all season. SIU carving us up
Game Thread: Illinois vs Southern Illinois
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X. Scott is not going to the NFL….
Well that was.. a thing that happened
its such a cop out to blame NIL when you get fooled on an option by SIU every time.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
That sucks
Defense still garbage.
Field. Sideline. In the works. Anywhere.
Fire Bobby before our trip to Columbus
Booo!!!! A shootout with siu? Pathetic
Our defense looks lost out there today..
Offense has had 1 drive and 1 TD.
A really good offense is all you need to win lots of games.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I desperately want to feel differently, but this is the most pessimistic I’ve felt about a season in Week Three since the Lovie years … and that’s wild considering how great I feel about our offense. 
You don't understand this defense! It's supposed to play downhill! It'll get better! And faster! And...
What a train wreck.
This defense is just really bad.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Defense is awful. So were the refs. Bs call on pi and roughing the passer. Ball was tipped at line.
Still no reason to get beat in trenches. Going to be a very long year...
Still no reason to get beat in trenches. Going to be a very long year...
mediocre recruiting. Forcing scheme rather than adapt to what you have. Not a good look
I mean, why not. It’s not our linebackers are doing anything else.
This defense is just laughably bad. Who knew putting it together on a meager budget would result in this?
** raises hand **
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They keep bringing it up on the game so I gotta ask. Was the SIU QB really someone that we would have recruited coming out of high school? I have a serious doubt that we would have had someone that ended up at Murray State initially coming here.
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