Yep and I thought it before they ran the first play. You knew what was coming....so did Duke.
Duke 31, Illinois 27 Postgame
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He's been beating the drum since the beginning of spring camp. Hopefully Josh and potential mega donors are hearing the message. I don't see BB operating under the current situation long term, and that would be a shame.
Both statements are true. At first NIL did level the field. Then it exploded to create the have’s and the have not’s, tilting the field to the greatest extend we’ve seen (yet).
Stay tuned. It could get worse before it gets better. Some sort of effective salary cap would truly level things.
Having less sucks, but spending what you do have suboptimally doesn't help
Any sort of cap just makes the haves able to side step the system yet again.
We need to be able to identify and develop talent that we can convince to stick around. We can't afford many misses.
I’ll never have enough football know-how (and certainly not nearly enough inside information) to be able to judge whether we’re spending optimally, but I trust Brett’s judgement.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Look, you can all carry on about whatever you want obviously.....but this right here? Are you f@#king kidding me?
Indnia....INDINIA...THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT INDINIA UNIVERSITY JUST WON A NATIONAL TITLE......... AND WE CAN'T F@#KING TACKLE???
ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE??
Having the most gigantunormungus video board in the Milky Way Galaxy is soooooo cool...BUT WE CAN'T FUNDAMENTALLY PLAY THE ACTUAL GAME ON THE FIELD?
Whatthef@#ckever.
The fact we weren’t in max protect when they are punting from midfield is the most alarming….
The odds of a return there are almost zero. It’s a fair catch or roll out in that situation. Should have been 10 guys up towards the box.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Might want to take a day off dude
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Nah....just CAPPED out.
This is nonsense. Does this guy think we are visually impaired? Tackling sucks.
All I said was that I won’t trust a defense that rushes three
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Reality is Bielema was probably right. He needed the offense to chew up almost all of the clock. Worse yet is that Illinois started that possession with 6:06 on the clock, Duke had all three time-outs, plus the two-minute warning, and Illinois needed a TD (not a FG). The offense had to do a million things right on that final possession beyond score a TD. The run game had not been that effective all game, which made their task all the more challenging.
Possibly. But instead of constantly whining about NIL's disadvantages, he needs to do what BU did & adapt. He's portraying a loser's mentality, which is weird to me b/c he's not been that way his whole tenure. I can understand lobbying for change, and I'm good with that. But other programs are figuring it out. As of right now, there aren't other options.
Look no further than the jerseys, tiny busy bank patch,local bank. What's ohio state's? Citi bank or Chase? And the rich get richer
Busey bank,spell check
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
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I’m going to start calling him “Baghdad Bobby”. No one could objectively watch the game video and make those statements.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Oh, sure, I think there's always been a good alignment and understanding between the two of them.
Clock control has been a huge, HUGE aspect of the whole theory of the program, that has woven through all three phases and all of our recruiting.
My biggest worry right now is that BB doesn't fully grasp the extent to which he chucked that out the window with the shift in defensive philosophy. The basic script of the way we win games is going to have to look very different now.
Really nice breakdown:
With all of the patriotic helmet stickers we have done in the past, you would think looking at that picture would be the first sign to never use them again (along with an 0-1 record using it). You cannot even tell what it says.
A salary cap won't solve the issue. Some teams will just ignore it - much like they ignored the earlier rules prohibiting payment to players.
Correct. But remember Lou Tepper would’ve never let this happen.
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