Minnesota was a blowout. The northwestern, Michigan and Cal games weren't exactly close either.
wxcept Minnesota and cal, we were in all of the other games coming down the stretch
Minnesota was a blowout. The northwestern, Michigan and Cal games weren't exactly close either.
2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Illini | 85 | 93 | 90 | 79 | 347 |
Opponent | 89 | 103 | 58 | 90 | 340 |
2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Illini | 71 | 80 | 79 | 82 | 312 |
Opponent | 119 | 143 | 87 | 124 | 474 |
We do not speak of the Northwestern GameMinnesota was a blowout. The northwestern, Michigan and Cal games weren't exactly close either.
Not sure where to post this. I was looking at how the team has done each quarter over the past couple of seasons. I was curious to see if we were just getting tired in the 4th quarter. Keep in mind the 2019 #'s had the extra game.
2019 1 2 3 4 Total Illini 85 93 90 79 347 Opponent 89 103 58 90 340
2018 1 2 3 4 Total Illini 71 80 79 82 312 Opponent 119 143 87 124 474
The obvious trends I saw is that our defense was WAY better in the third quarter both seasons and worse in the second quarter of each half. I wouldn't be surprised if this is something that is common across college football but I'm curious to0 see how adding more depth will change these numbers.
QB | RB | WR | WR | WR | TE | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | LS | ||
Starter | Peters | Brown | Smalling | Imatorbhebhe | Sidney | Ford | Lowe | Green | Kramer | Jeresaty | Palczewski | Tabel | |
2nd | Williams | Epstein | Washington | Hightower | Navarro | Barker | Cerney | Slaughter | Brown | Jones | Pearl | Hall | |
3rd | Robinson | Bonner | Dan | Campbell | Cumby | Moore | Griffin | Tyler | Engel | Sparks | Plohr | Reagin | |
4th | Taylor | Norwood | Holmes | Carter | Frenchie | Reiman | Kirts | Ingold | Butler | Novak | Cronin | ||
5th | Spann | Sims | Metclaf | Hickey | Sandy | Pihlstrom | |||||||
6th | Beetham | Love | Boucher | Thomas | |||||||||
7th | Fedanzo | Lindenman | |||||||||||
8th | Lillig | Bickle | |||||||||||
9th | Bobak | ||||||||||||
WDE | NT | DT | SDE | SLB | MLB | WLB | CB | CB | SS | FS | K | P | |
Starter | Gay | Avery | Woods | Carney | Eifler | Hansen | Cooper | Adams | Hobbs | D Smith | Brown | McCourt | Hayes |
2nd | Bell | Pate | Shipton | Randolph | Tolson | Barnes | Degroot | Beason | Witherspoon | Ware | Martin | Griffin | Griffin |
3rd | Coleman | Okpala | Newton | Mondesir | Knight | DarkAngelo | Gardner | Walker | Nicholson | Marchese | Joeseph | McCourt | |
4th | Davis | McCoy | Riggins | Holmes | Mead | Coghlan | McEachern | Wyatt | Leitzsey | K Smith | Thompson | ||
5th | Barnes | Roundtree | Di Lorio | Bobak | Schultz | ||||||||
Seniors | 27 | Starters | Seniors | Juniors | Sophmores | Freshman | |||||||
Juniors | 25 | Offense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Sophmores | 21 | Defense | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Freshman | 19 | ||||||||||||
Redshirt FR | 22 |
Updated potential depth chart. Please let me know if you think anything should be changed.
QB RB WR WR WR TE LT LG C RG RT LS Starter Peters Brown Smalling Imatorbhebhe Sidney Ford Lowe Green Kramer Jeresaty Palczewski Tabel 2nd Williams Epstein Washington Hightower Navarro Barker Cerney Slaughter Brown Jones Pearl Hall 3rd Robinson Bonner Dan Campbell Cumby Moore Griffin Tyler Engel Sparks Plohr Reagin 4th Taylor Norwood Holmes Carter Frenchie Reiman Kirts Ingold Butler Novak Cronin 5th Spann Sims Metclaf Hickey Sandy Pihlstrom 6th Beetham Love Boucher Thomas 7th Fedanzo Lindenman 8th Lillig Bickle 9th Bobak WDE NT DT SDE SLB MLB WLB CB CB SS FS K P Starter Gay Avery Woods Carney Eifler Hansen Cooper Adams Hobbs D Smith Brown McCourt Hayes 2nd Bell Pate Shipton Randolph Tolson Barnes Degroot Beason Witherspoon Ware Martin Griffin Griffin 3rd Coleman Okpala Newton Mondesir Knight DarkAngelo Gardner Walker Nicholson Marchese Joeseph McCourt 4th Davis McCoy Riggins Holmes Mead Coghlan McEachern Wyatt Leitzsey K Smith Thompson 5th Barnes Roundtree Di Lorio Bobak Schultz Seniors 27Starters Seniors Juniors Sophmores Freshman Juniors 25Offense 8 1 2 0Sophmores 21Defense 6 4 0 1Freshman 19Redshirt FR 22
Hightower is a regular transfer. Are you expecting him to get a waiver?Updated potential depth chart. Please let me know if you think anything should be changed.
QB RB WR WR WR TE LT LG C RG RT LS Starter Peters Brown Smalling Imatorbhebhe Sidney Ford Lowe Green Kramer Jeresaty Palczewski Tabel 2nd Williams Epstein Washington Hightower Navarro Barker Cerney Slaughter Brown Jones Pearl Hall 3rd Robinson Bonner Dan Campbell Cumby Moore Griffin Tyler Engel Sparks Plohr Reagin 4th Taylor Norwood Holmes Carter Frenchie Reiman Kirts Ingold Butler Novak Cronin 5th Spann Sims Metclaf Hickey Sandy Pihlstrom 6th Beetham Love Boucher Thomas 7th Fedanzo Lindenman 8th Lillig Bickle 9th Bobak WDE NT DT SDE SLB MLB WLB CB CB SS FS K P Starter Gay Avery Woods Carney Eifler Hansen Cooper Adams Hobbs D Smith Brown McCourt Hayes 2nd Bell Pate Shipton Randolph Tolson Barnes Degroot Beason Witherspoon Ware Martin Griffin Griffin 3rd Coleman Okpala Newton Mondesir Knight DarkAngelo Gardner Walker Nicholson Marchese Joeseph McCourt 4th Davis McCoy Riggins Holmes Mead Coghlan McEachern Wyatt Leitzsey K Smith Thompson 5th Barnes Roundtree Di Lorio Bobak Schultz Seniors 27Starters Seniors Juniors Sophmores Freshman Juniors 25Offense 8 1 2 0Sophmores 21Defense 6 4 0 1Freshman 19Redshirt FR 22
Last I heard he was switching to the OL. And I agree that tolson has a very good shot at starting. I have heard Shammod has started stacking good weight, and with his speed that’s why I’m giving him the nod. Well have a true battle where anyone of degroot, ware, cooper, Barnes, tolson, Smith, knight and Gardner can battle it out. Should be fun.Looks pretty good. Philstrom switched from TE to T?
My only disagreement is Cooper starting right now. I think Tolson or Ware get the nod with Cooper and Gardner as dark horses. I would like Cooper to start and Ware stay at S though. Just don't see it happening.
I’ve been wanting to say this for awhile. Our two deep is as talented as we have had for a long time. I know recruiting hasn’t been great but that should affect our view of this team. We could be really good.man... that is a solid 2 deep across the board. Seeing it all at once really makes me optimistic - I hope we get to see this 2020 season in its entirety. This should be a reminder not to let 2021 recruiting woes numb what this 2020 team should be.
if we can stay relatively injury free and the dline position group surprises us, this team will be good
Hightower is a regular transfer. Are you expecting him to get a waiver?
Last I heard he was switching to the OL. And I agree that tolson has a very good shot at starting. I have heard Shammod has started stacking good weight, and with his speed that’s why I’m giving him the nod. Well have a true battle where anyone of degroot, ware, cooper, Barnes, tolson, Smith, knight and Gardner can battle it out. Should be fun.
Time in the system. IW wasn't healthy a lot of last year. Full year in the system and body by lou starting to show results.Why do you have Williams ahead of Robinson? What has changed from last year?
I think Robinson has shown that he isn't exactly B1G starting material. He can fill in and do some things, but he isn't what you want if you are a good/decent team. That is not meant to be a bash on him either.Why do you have Williams ahead of Robinson? What has changed from last year?
Looking at the depth and all the comments about our young players with body by Lou, keeps me coming back to how all of this is stopping Lou from having them personally during their most effective growth cycles. Really disappoints me. I see all the twitter videos of lineman pushing cars and Behbe jumping on a trash can but I hope they have some serious guidance in what they need to be doing on a person by person basis
Does anyone have a read on what Isaiah's role will be on this team going forward, is he our '21-'22 QB, or is he going to likely play another role on this team. I just want to see him take the field in any capacity this season. Hoping someone with more insights can weigh in. I get this isn't exactly the best timing to answer this question.
Anyone else have a good feeling about this team? I think we could be surprisingly good next year. Maybe Minnesota decent next year. 6 wins should be the absolute floor.
Just looking at our two deep. I wanna re-release another depth chart with all the new players added. But it looks really solid. I would make a argument that our two deep is as good as anyone not named Nebraska or Wisconsin in the west. I don’t think Iowa or Purdue are gonna be great this year.Whether we win 5 or 9 games I think this is the most talented team we've had since the Zook era (I understand that isn't saying much). Unfortunately I think there is only 4 games we should easily win. Hopefully we will win at least 3 of the Purdue, Nebraska, northwestern, Minnesota, Iowa and Indiana games but all of those teams are also pretty talented too.