Any word on the Clark injury?
Illinois 52, Western Illinois 3 Postgame
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Krombopulos_Michael
- Aurora, Illinois (that’s a suburb of Chicago)
Hank Beatty have yourself a game my goodness
Obviously a nice game by Illini and a lot of good things to build upon. I’m not going to get too carried away though. It is Western Illinois after all. Last year NIU, which finished 4-4 in MAC, beat WIU by 39 in its opener. And Indiana beat them 77-3 and had 6 sacks. That said, looking forward to seeing the Illini continue a successful year with a win over Duke.
How can one be called for a late hit out of bounds if their feet are both in bounds (which they clearly were). I don't tend to complain about bad calls, but that one was atrocious!
Feagin is to slow at line of scrimmage. I love the young man. But should be playing a different position. For the love of Football slide Luke , slide.
Luke tied Tony Eason for 7th on the career passing TD list.
Why was Beatty returning punts up 50 points. Asking for trouble. Give reps to some backups.
Excellent spiral
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I held my breath when they were checking Melvin Priestly's knee early. Thankfully, he immediately came back for the next series. Please, keep that man healthy.
That call was made by someone who has never played football. Just sayin.
I don't know where to start. Kaden is huge and chiseled and super strong. That short TD run showed intense strength and power. Laughery is faster than I thought. Two targets to Elzy and two catches. He has more size and strength than a typical wideout. Let's hope he gets more and more involved in Altmyer's playbook. We have a super tight end. Luke was on target with his passes, but then he had so much time to wait till somebody got open.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
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Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Someone asked earlier if a targeting call will ever go our way. I totally understand that sentiment.
But on this play there was also helmet to helmet contact, uncalled. I felt the same as you about the late hit call but wondered if it was a ref calling a lesser penalty because he (or she, had some female officials last night) did not feel a full target was warranted.
Analogous to a cop saying you were doing 20 over but he was going to ticket you for 10 over.
Clarke's injured.
blackdog
- Champaign
Took quite awhile for everyone to get in which is understandable for a Friday game but it filled up pretty nicely and there was definitely a lot more energy compared to other early season games from years past. I've been to so many game where everyone sits on their hand quietly the whole game but even against a team everyone knew we would dominate there was more crowd engagement which was awesome to see. Can't wait for Western Michigan!
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
Nice to win by 49 and not use more than 1 page of the playbook.
My only complaint is Luke needs to be reminded to not go headfirst again first on runs. He has to slide unless it really matters in a tight game. Got to keep him healthy if this season is gonna be what it could be.
My only complaint is Luke needs to be reminded to not go headfirst again first on runs. He has to slide unless it really matters in a tight game. Got to keep him healthy if this season is gonna be what it could be.
Ryllini
- Lombard
I think I’m really to excited to call Justin Bowick J-Bow from here on out.
Good win last night. Very vanilla, but got done what needed to be done. I thought you could tell when the intensity was ratcheted up especially on the lines. I’m not worried, but it looked like the secondary was really going to through the motions. Hard to really get much of a read from a game like this.
Good win last night. Very vanilla, but got done what needed to be done. I thought you could tell when the intensity was ratcheted up especially on the lines. I’m not worried, but it looked like the secondary was really going to through the motions. Hard to really get much of a read from a game like this.
Illini4Chief
- TENNESSEE
Looks like some of the Western receivers were wide open? A couple of first half passes , with no Illini backs near. Great victory, but this secondary coverage needs to improve.
They are gonna have to figure out this new addition of metal detectors. Took at least 4 times as long to get in. Whether it’s more scanners, more detectors, more help. Whatever. The attendance is only going to be higher.
blackdog
- Champaign
I didn't think the metal detectors slowed things down much, we went right on through them. What slowed it down a lot was a couple things, bag checks, ticket scans, and everyone showing up right before game time. The first game with a lot of new people tends be slow since a lot of folks aren't prepared and normally for a Saturday game entrance times are a little more spread out.
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