lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Laughery’s averaging 6.9 yards per carry on the season. He had 13 carries for 123 yards (9.5 yards per carry) against Oregon last week.
Yes, you’re no Barry Lunney Jr.
Illinois 20, Maryland 17 Postgame
Yes, you’re no Barry Lunney Jr.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
A favorite stat of mine:
From Mike White's arrival in 1980 to 1995 we won at least 3 Big Ten games 15 times in 16 seasons.
Ron Guenther refused to acknowledge that Lou Tepper had lost all credibility after 1995 and allowed the program, recruiting and roster completely collapse, a hole RG never charted a path out of.
From 1996 to 2020 we won at least 3 Big Ten games just 8 times in the next 25 seasons.
As of today, we have won at least 3 Big Ten games in all six of Bielema's seasons at the helm.
Josh Whitman and Bret Bielema have, at long last, de-Guentherized Illinois Football.
From Mike White's arrival in 1980 to 1995 we won at least 3 Big Ten games 15 times in 16 seasons.
Ron Guenther refused to acknowledge that Lou Tepper had lost all credibility after 1995 and allowed the program, recruiting and roster completely collapse, a hole RG never charted a path out of.
From 1996 to 2020 we won at least 3 Big Ten games just 8 times in the next 25 seasons.
As of today, we have won at least 3 Big Ten games in all six of Bielema's seasons at the helm.
Josh Whitman and Bret Bielema have, at long last, de-Guentherized Illinois Football.
A win….
Is a win
Is a win
Only noise from the stands was from the band and away fans chanting I-L-L
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
That’s what you get when you end up on top at the end.
I wouldn't be surprised if we give UCLA a game. I've seen it mentioned a couple times by non-Illinois fans that Bielema ball on the road is exactly the type of game to trip up a special season.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Happy for Coach B after what had to be one of the toughest weeks of his life. For all the not so complimentary comments I can post at times, at the end of the day, these coaches and athletes are humans with real world problems. Speaking for myself, it can be hard to remember that as I sit on my couch lol. Proud of the team for getting the win for Bret and Arnie. Now let’s beat Nebraska!
The playbook gets significantly smaller when JB is in the game
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I noticed Oregon keying on that last week.
"If 24 is in the game it's going to him"
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Yes, turn around hand ball to JB and let him cook.
JB is the prototypical BB rb.Lol....admittedly and noted.
I tried to clear it up above....or muddy it.
AL deserves his share of touches , but JB deserves an equal amount imo
I mean, I don't think anybody is calling for us to turn the running game over to JB. But the guy is getting 5 carries a game and doing work with them. He should be getting double, 2.5x that. I think that is pretty easy to see. Maybe a handful of those no gainers up the middle get 2-3 yards at the very least???
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Not even necessarily that. He has just struggled to retain stuff so it has to be simple stuff when he’s in. Pass pro is also a problem. Also if you listen to Bret’s post game presser he said he has a RB that would have scored there instead of taking a knee like Jordan did and thats why the other RB wasn’t in the game…..he ain’t talking about Aiden lol
Agreed, Gunther was the worst thing to happen to Illinois sports.