Game Thread: Illinois vs Southern Illinois

[Illini-Rule]

3rd and 1 can we get a stop?

Nope....

 

[skyIdub]

I mean, I get not wanting to expose the entire playbook before OSU...but c'mon now. We've seen what works against this team.....maybe do more of that?

 

[AssemblyHallForever]

What is Kante doing? Not even looking at the play developing.

 

[Pikeillinifan]

3rd and 1 can we get a stop?

Nope, but I’ll take a botched snap.

The lack of creating turnovers this year is troubling.

 

[thehass]

WOuld like to see our D force a.turnover

Whats that?

 

[AssemblyHallForever]

Second game in a row that the offense is completely different in the second half, what’s with that…

Lunney

 

[FloridaMan]

Our o line should be able to blow their d line off the ball and set up chunk run plays. Unfortunately, it is the opposite. Poor line play on both sides equals not a great football team.

 

[phats22]

I mean, I get not wanting to expose the entire playbook before OSU...but c'mon now. We've seen what works against this team.....maybe do more of that?

this mindset lost the game last week. theres zero risk to be aggressive today and see how that plays out

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Good defense there

 

[AssemblyHallForever]

Running outside the tackles have worked all game. Where is a play action? We are just going through the motions in the second half.

 

[ILLI die hard]

I keep telling myself our Offensive play calling that we are being really vanilla, so The Ohio St. don't start getting R. Day and Co. nervous next week. Ya Think!!

 

[skyIdub]

this mindset lost the game last week. theres zero risk to be aggressive today and see how that plays out

Mabye. I think 3 or 4 tackles and a recognizing their best player is on the field for a punt changes that game completely.

 

[88_ILLINI]

A botched snap is the best play for our defense today. Maybe that's one of those sneaky 3-3-5 defensive calls.

 

[TheChief4Life]

Is that another olineman down?!

 

[skyIdub]

Hudson with a couple of TOUGH completions.

 

[fuddrules]

It'll be a quinfecta if Martin goes down.

 

[skyIdub]

Ok...who has the O Line voodoo dolls?

 

[FloridaMan]

That's a hold? Like to see some of those called against SIU then.

 

[New Creation]

3rd straight game where the offense has been very bad in the 2nd half

 

[TheChief4Life]

3rd straight game where the offense has been very bad in the 2nd half

Illinois’s offense was substantially better against UAB in the second half.

 

[Chillinini]

I know the OL is being decimated by injuries, but an FCS team is making their way into the pocket too easily. It’s gonna be ugly next weekend.

 

[Illini-Rule]

That's a hold? Like to see some of those called against SIU then.

It was a hold, but very nit-picky. It's a freshman guard deciding to double team a d lineman vs picking up his man until he was already past him.

 

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

Another scoreless 3rd quarter vs an fcs team with 3 possessions

 

[Illini-Rule]

Stadium looks empty on TV.

 

[RDS]

All credit to BB for turning this program around, but I’m wondering what is the identity of our program?
I thought it was supposed to continue to develop into what BB had at Wiscy- built around big powerful lines- running on O, and stopping the run on D.
I really love Houser, but in year 6 of BB, seems we still have no clear program identity.