Illinois 20, Maryland 17 Postgame
I am thankful we got the win and I am sure it wasn't pretty. I was forced to listen to the game on the radio, as I was in the car heading to Las Vegas.
Early in the game, the radio announcers were saying Houser was pitching the ball to the RB's rather than a straight hand off, because of his previous hand injury. Once the game got to midway through the 1st quarter, I didn't hear them mention that anymore. Did anyone notice this and did this problem resolve itself into "normal" straight hand offs as the game progressed?
Also early in the game they mentioned that Abney got helped off the field. Did he ever return to the game? I-L-L
Early in the game, the radio announcers were saying Houser was pitching the ball to the RB's rather than a straight hand off, because of his previous hand injury. Once the game got to midway through the 1st quarter, I didn't hear them mention that anymore. Did anyone notice this and did this problem resolve itself into "normal" straight hand offs as the game progressed?
Also early in the game they mentioned that Abney got helped off the field. Did he ever return to the game? I-L-L
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
I think their defense was keying off of Laughery today.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
I can remember winning out west only twice Mr. Tibbs. ‘89 @USC and 2001 @ Cal. Am I missing one?
Fight Hunger Bowl in bay area about 12 years ago
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
I meant regular season. I’ve been a fan since around ‘81.
I don't know why teams don't put two running backs in the backfield anymore? It seems that a fullback in the backfield to block would be a good thing and you can do so much miss direction, swing passes, etc.
Like I said, I don't why
us old guys remember beating Stanford back in the 70s.
That's okay. Nueheisal can still go suck it!
and California with Steve Bartkowski.
San Diego State in 2000. A dominating win 2 weeks before THE Michigan game.
So why do we need to hire a new defensive coordinator next year? Seems to be working fine once Hauk left. Today was extremely impressive
Nah, don't fall into the trap of a mildly successful interim coach. Cooper is someone you never would have considered for the job otherwise. He doesn't have the resume.
blackdog
- Champaign
Abney never came back in.
They've been working those short pitch plays in more as a way to run stretch zone plays on the same side the RB lines up in the shotgun. I don't think it had anything to do with the hand and more that they like it as a counter to how the defense is aligned.
The DC coordinator also will impact level of recruiting, a big time DC will bring better players. Cooper has much improved the D though.
Why does that matter? Results are what matter? I suppose if he is poor recruiter that would be an issue
Valid question. It will answer itself by the end of the season.
Agree, but feel bad that we will bring in a new. DC that will fire him and bring in his own coordinators. Hope that doesn’t happen
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I suspect we have the money to do better than Cooper. In any case he's setting himself up for a nice payday somewhere.
I'll also add that great performances against Maryland aren't really the determination of how good he is.
These next 4 weeks will really tell.
I'll also add that great performances against Maryland aren't really the determination of how good he is.
These next 4 weeks will really tell.
Coordinators for coordinators
