May the best man win, but I would love to see Boyd and Lowe on the same side sometime. It probably won't happen this year with Lowe's injury, but I think it will be fun to watch when it happens.
Illini Football 2017
May the best man win, but I would love to see Boyd and Lowe on the same side sometime. It probably won't happen this year with Lowe's injury, but I think it will be fun to watch when it happens.
Well he is going up against a redshirt freshman linebacker turned DE in abercrombie who is listed at 6'1" 225. He is still huge, especially for a true freshman!
You're probably right. Because the camera focuses on the ball, I can't really tell what the defender was up to. Looked like he might have feasibly trying to make a play on it, but his momentum looks awkward, so it's hard to tell. Just a #hottake
Doesn't change the fact I'm excited about our receivers. :thumb:
EfremWinters84
- S. Carolina
With all the hype surrounding our WR corps, I'm wondering how many catches they'll actually be averaging per game. Based upon what I witnessed last year, Crouch has one of the oddest throwing motions I've seen in D-1 college football. I think we may be seeing an average of something like this in 2017:
12 completions /25 attempts --- for 155 yards per game
I expect more rushing yards than I do passing yards per game.
12 completions /25 attempts --- for 155 yards per game
I expect more rushing yards than I do passing yards per game.
Two articles by Scott Richey, The News-Gazette
Injuries shuffle the deck at offensive guard
Tight ends could play more prominent role in Illini offense
Injuries shuffle the deck at offensive guard
Tight ends could play more prominent role in Illini offense
I thought this was a fun read. Lots of bulletin board material that, if things do go our way this season, this article will be thrown back at the author and told to rewrite it. I thought the comments were an entertaining read too. You can tell the author and commentors are not following the team as closely as those on this board.
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I don't think "Bulletin board material" is a real thing.
Ah, yes. When Maverick Morgan single handedly turned around Michigan's season last year.
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And then again, exactly.
My only take away from the article was that the writer was more interested in soliciting reaction than actually capturing anything with any kind of accuracy and he knows little or nothing about college or professional football.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
That's the Deadspin way.
That's most sports writing nowadays. Generating ad revenue and clicks is leaps and bounds ahead of actual reporting. The only articles worth reading are those run by homer websites and local news outlets.
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Yes, Michigan was suddenly good at basketball because Maverick Morgan spoke. Sorry, I don't buy it.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
I don't actually believe that either, it's more of a joke than anything else. It was just funny that Michigan started to click and seemed to turn their season around soon after he said that.
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Yeah, and it's literally pinned up there on a figurative (not literal) bulletin board.
And they were 1-3 in the Big Ten after that loss, won 13 of their last 18 B1G games and made the dance.
Only Michigan knows for sure but the record bears it out and Beilein explained after their next win that it was used. Every good coach will use whatever rallying cry is available to light a fire.
If I may interject this riveting discussion of last year's Michigan basketball team in the Illinois football forum, is Jaylen Dunlap "arguably Illinois’s best player and NFL prospect?" If not, who is?
Jaylen Dunlap tasked to lead Illinois defense as a senior
I forgot that he was only rated two stars and that many thought he was offered to try to lure Laquon Treadwell.
Jaylen Dunlap tasked to lead Illinois defense as a senior
I forgot that he was only rated two stars and that many thought he was offered to try to lure Laquon Treadwell.
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LB "Jake Hansen is out with a serious knee injury that will require surgery...unfortunate, he was having a great camp." - @LovieSmith
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