Game Thread: Illinois at Indiana

[Illinisnake]

Honestly, bench the starters, if they aren’t going to play just shut them down.

 

[FloridaMan]

Glad we kept Scott and other starters in up by 38 last week. Really helped us for this one. This is why we get no respect nationally. Games just like this ranked #9.

 

[Ryllini]

And now we are predictable as hell on offense. We can't run ans can only throw a 4 yard out

 

[Pikeillinifan]

Time to find a better game to watch.

And it was almost 42-7, what in the world.

 

[CDRUSN]

 

[CaptainCrutch]

Get a friggin score here please. This is embarrassing.

 

[LFOD]

Rusk sighting

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Defense has quit... just please score here...

 

[Class_of_2020]

If Bret wants to hold onto Bart Miller and Aaron Henry he should be the one held accountable. Fire Bret Bielema. With the resources we now have, we could do much better

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Indy's secondary is just impressive, man. Other than the blown coverage on the TD, they are giving us absolutely zero room to operate. The real deal.

 

[IlliniTaffy]

Glad we brought back the Mizzou game soon. These early conference games against all FCS teams and bad MAC teams do nothing to prepare the team for games like this.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Led with helmet! TARGETING

 

[Ryllini]

Man, I still keep going back to that 4th and 1. That turned this game on its head. We've been incompetent ever since.

 

[Iamgroot]

 

[SemperFiIllini]

The difference between their lines and our lines is like night and day

Almost at every position its night and day. A crap showing all the way around

 

[Illini2010-11]

IU is a very solid team with a super annoying fanbase.

Simply put, the Illini needed to play a really solid game to have a chance on the road. Exactly the worst case scenario happened across the board.

Special teams - bad
Offense - line play struggled (big concern coming in)
Secondary- exposed depth and lost another key player to a very questionable targeting

The second half will be important to see the maturity of the team. The game is probably completely out of reach, but this was always a coin flip game at best.

Don't give up on this team next week!

 

[TooHot4Tots]

Great wasted time

 

[HailtotheChief]

That doesn't mean Luke looks good.

Saying the defense sucks has no bearing on my point.

I get it, you are trying to be optimistic. Watch Luke on the next drive tuck his tail

Luke is not the problem. You expect him to look good with no blocking and wrs? Have a reasonable expectation. Who would look good Browny? No one.

 

[illiram]

This is like that scene in Titanic when the boat splits in half and people are hanging onto whatever they can and dropping into the water like flies.

 

[Illinisnake]

Luke isn’t the problem. He literally has zero blocking.

 

[TooHot4Tots]

IU coaching staffs adjustments in game are outstanding

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Glad we brought back the Mizzou game soon. These early conference games against all FCS teams and bad MAC teams do nothing to prepare the team for games like this.

Well, IU's schedule seems to have prepared them.

 

[Illini2010-11]

Luke is not the problem. You expect him to look good with no blocking and wrs? Have a reasonable expectation. Who would look good Browny? No one.

Luke is not the problem at all. The pocket is collapsing before he can get finish his drop back. No QB can thrive when that happens.

 

[BrownTown]

Luke is not the problem. You expect him to look good with no blocking and wrs? Have a reasonable expectation. Who would look good Browny? No one.

He's not the whole problem. Hasn't been the answer either...

 

[Grange Grover]

We’re not that good. It’s ok. 8-4 is respectable. Not sure we can get to the 10/11 win seasons we all want consistently.