Illini Football 2024

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Ah man McCantos picked off Swanson in the endzone, ran it out with three guys around him (dumb) and then tried to evade a tackle on the return by running back into the endzone after clearly establishing himself out of said endzone. They didn’t call a safety there, but it certainly was.

It’s a spring game against non first-stringers, but that needs to be coached out of him yesterday.
 
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Those 2 stood out to me as well (Leary).
Donovan, Larry, Moe and Curly.

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I'm probably the #1 Aidan Laughery fan on this board. He is excellent in open space and can make some cuts.

Problem has been staying healthy since his SR year in HS. He took a helmet to the knee and kept him out awhile
If your the #1 fan of Aidan Laughery, then I'm a close #2. I loved watching him last season and I'm anxious to see him play this coming season. I think with a little blocking from our o-line, we could have a really good running game this fall. I think we have a stable e of big and fast running back IMHO. Each with a little different style of running, (speed and power).
 
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Any chance they replay the spring game? Or there’s a recording somewhere? Would’ve loved to watch it but had family obligations.
 
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If your the #1 fan of Aidan Laughery, then I'm a close #2. I loved watching him last season and I'm anxious to see him play this coming season. I think with a little blocking from our o-line, we could have a really good running game this fall. I think we have a stable e of big and fast running back IMHO. Each with a little different style of running, (speed and power).

Aiden was is better suited for the zone blocking scheme we did with chase brown. McRay and Faegin are much better in a gap scheme. It’ll be interesting to see what they do this year. When we switched to gap blocking Faegin played very good.
 
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He needs to do a better job looking the ball in. He’s still only 18 years olds. He will get it
I think his route running has come a long way so far, especially with those sit routes where the receiver has to beat the zone coverage to the throwing lane. Needs to work on balance with the break routes if we don't want every corner to sit on the out routes. Hollins needs a lot more work, he's running too far out in front of his legs, and it's visibly throwing off his coordination (also some timing issues that were on the QB)
 
#313      
Ah man McCantos picked off Swanson in the endzone, ran it out with three guys around him (dumb) and then tried to evade a tackle on the return by running back into the endzone after clearly establishing himself out of said endzone. They didn’t call a safety there, but it certainly was.

It’s a spring game against non first-stringers, but that needs to be coached out of him yesterday.
Needs to be coached out if Swanson not to throw that ball.
 
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IlliniFanAtEIU1953

Rantoul, IL
Any chance they replay the spring game? Or there’s a recording somewhere? Would’ve loved to watch it but had family obligations.
According to the TV guide in my part of Illinois, the Big Ten Network will replay the Illinois Spring Game today, 4-21-2024, starting at 8:30 p.m. central time and the game will run until 10:30 p.m. central time.
 
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There is only one metric that determines your postseason eligibility. Wins.

There's no Sagarin, NET, KenPom, or Bart Torvik that will get you in the postseason. We are a perennial bubble team that's just trying to make it. We don't need to get thumped by a better team to kill any hope in the first month of the season.
Not necessarily so. In the new expanded big10 conference and playoffs, you could see two (or even three) undefeated big ten teams. Are we for sure having a big ten championship game now that the east-west divisions have gone away? How will the selection committee decide who is in and who is out? What if the two best big ten teams play each other and the 4th highest ranked team has a loss and another big ten team under a easier schedule is undefeated? Those rating systems might just pick who's in. Maybe i need educated on a new system, but this could be a ____ show.
 
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