Game Thread: Illinois at Ohio State
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It could be but this is like men vs the boys. The talent difference is clear.
Ohio State burning timeouts when we were only on the 30 with 1:30 left is actually so comical.
Says so much lol
Says so much lol
360 yards in offense for the Bucks at halftime.
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What’s the over/under on 650 for the game? Lol
Because fortune favors the bold and the less talented teams tend to play with reservations instead of aggression.
I love BB and what he has done at IL..have no desire for him to go anywhere. But the Henry/Hauck hires and his inability to consistently build a competitive defense is maddening.
Scheme aint happening….put guys in ready to make plays
10 yard cushion.
Because we play prevent to prevent points which ends up giving up points. Scared defensive and inferior players.
Don't have them.
This is our 4th game and still no TE touchdowns. Do we have any TE that can catch the ball? Do we have any plays for the TE? I think Lunney is the best OC we’ve ever had but why do we not consistently try to throw to our TE?
Mostly what I expected so far. A clear talent difference, plus the refs not giving us a thing and giving them everything - which is to be expected and was - and yeah, we don't look so hot right now. I will say though that, had a couple obvious calls not been no-calls, this could be a VERY different game right now. But we knew coming in we were playing against the refs too and you have to fight extra hard when that's happening and so far, we just haven't gotten there.
Hold em to 0 points in the 2nd half and score 3 TDs, boys! Go Illini!!
Hold em to 0 points in the 2nd half and score 3 TDs, boys! Go Illini!!
Guys I know I’m a pessimistic Illini fan. But this defense cannot be this devoid of talent to look like this. I mean when a tam goes for it on 4th and 1, gets a penalty, and chooses to still go for it??? The disrespect alone one would think would fire up a defense. What did we do? Gave up a super easy first down and ultimately a td after further penalties. Just at a total loss with the state of things on that side of the ball. Really worrisome to say the least.
Not to mention the offense bungling timely scoring opportunities with poor execution.
Not to mention the offense bungling timely scoring opportunities with poor execution.
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Unfortunately a lot of missed major opportunities. This really should be a 1 possession game right now if not tied going into the half. Hard to stomach being down 18 instead. Just some brutal execution at key moments. Lunney dialed up an A+ gameplan for the offense this half, shame we bungled it a bit. As for the defense, the run defense has been good in my opinion but man, everything else. Everything else.
I get that with some areas of the roster.
But wasn’t the NIL resources directed towards NOT having a huge talent gap in the secondary
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