Rod Smith on Brandon Peters: He's on a different level than he was last year at this time.
Rod Smith on Brandon Peters: He's a man of few words, but when he does speak everyone listens to him.
"This team believes in Brandon Peters."
Rod Smith on Mike Epstein: Mike is a complete back. We're a better football team when Mike is healthy.
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#illini football went full two hours today. Planned to go shoulder pads, but Big Ten notified them of pause in padded practices beforehand, so they went helmets, jerseys and shorts.
Lovie on pause on pads: The approach we take each day is whatever we're presented with, we're going to do.
Lovie: Found out about no pads about an hour and a half before. Came in knowing they might have to adjust.
Lovie on Brandon Peters: "He's pretty comfortable. He just needs to play."
Lovie on RBs: Mike Epstein is healthy now. Chase Brown is eligible now. We feel like our running game could be even stronger this year.
Lovie: Chase Brown "can do it all" as a running back. "He can catch the ball, he can make you miss in the open field, he's a tough guy. He just needs to play."
Lovie on potential spring season: We want to play now. But if they tell us we can't play until the spring, so be it. Will be excited to play whenever they say we can play.
Asked about #illini freshman RB Reggie Love, OC Rod Smith said he has a great “feel” for the game and their run scheme.
OC Rod Smith: Daniel Imatorbhebhe had his first practice today. “He looked really good. Excited about him. ... He damn sure looks pretty right now.”
Adds Daniel Barker is playing his best football right now. Luke Ford also looks good.
“Coach Patterson is pretty happy right now.”
OC Rod Smith: Isaiah Williams has gotten a lot stronger. One of the smartest guys in the room. Worked on throwing this offseason and arm is stronger. “I
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I don’t think it will be a one size fits all thing. We can and I think will offer another year if a player chooses to skip a possible spring season. Many smaller schools will not have that ability.Looks like football is over for this year. What will happen to a seniors scholarship? Lot of things to mull over.
Also, if it's a spring season, how do you treat early high school enrolees and or juco guys? Do you have to change scholarship numbers significantly?Looks like football is over for this year. What will happen to a seniors scholarship? Lot of things to mull over.
So cancel or postpone?
I think they'll say "postpone" but ultimately will cancel.So cancel or postpone?
Postponed for the fall. They're gonna do what they can to play it in the spring I would think. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these schools reinstated the schedules they had originally scheduled for this fall.
This from today’s Detroit News has me thinking: what if all conferences postpone to spring, and reinstate their original schedules?
Postponed for the fall. They're gonna do what they can to play it in the spring I would think. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these schools reinstated the schedules they had originally scheduled for this fall.