Illinois 60, Penn State 55 Postgame

phats22 said:

the announcers stated this is the best 3yr stretch in program history (?). did i mishear/misunderstand? are they right? (although it was FS1......)

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That is what I heard too, which is why I referenced it as “proof” that BU must know what he is doing.

frozenrope9190 said:

You know who was 0-4 in their last 4 games of the season last year, including a first round exit in the conference tourney?

UCLA.

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And we went 11-1 (14-1 including BTT) before entering the Big Dance. Being 4-3 in our last 7 has no relevance.

sully said:

I can only speak for myself but I think Damonte has a nice smooth 3 point shot and I was happy to see him excel tonight (on both ends of the floor) . It would be awesome if he continued to heat up and play high caliber bball moving forward to finish his career here at Illinois (major dittos on Trent Frazier as well) Damn I'm going to miss them!

Like I stated on here awhile back, Damonte is a gamer, has unfinished business and wants ALL the smoke from those inbred Idiots Outside Walking Around

Go Illinois! Lets win out!!!

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Love this photo.

lstewart53x3 said:

Freshman get better in practice and the summer, not games.

Maxing out our ability to win now is how we recruit the talent we need to win later.

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This is a good discussion. At the risk of pissing off both sets of folks. I gotta say I see a see a bit of both positions on this one.

Obviously, Brad is going to lean HEAVILY on his veterans. Why wouldn’t he?
There is no substitute for experience-None.
They’ve more than earned his trust and ours…rightly so…In Underwood We Trust…or at least we should. Good Golly
Look what he’s done? He knows what the heck he’s doing with his roster.

However our Freshman are far from scrubs.
Brad doesn’t think that they’re scrubs.
Brad believes in them. Therefore, I believe in them too. And I suffer from no send in the back-up QB syndrome…or whatever some of you have been calling it. At least I don’t think so. Maybe I’ll get that looked at.

As a fan, I just hope to see our young guys get a chance to develop and get as much experience as they can…WHEN Brad deems appropriate/applicable obviously.

I hope to see them all excel as much as possible. Personally I’m just hoping these guys get some valuable game experience…a minute here and there…as Brad is
ALREADY doing…I see nothing peculiar about that.

Them getting SOME experience can only help us in the future. He is attempting to temper them to B1G play as much as he sees fit. But not at the expen$e of our veterans. I get that. He knows what he is doing.


Freshman ARE largely made in practice and in the summer…But are we to believe PT
for Freshman is utterly worthless? I refuse
to believe that.

Yes, the best thing about Freshman is…they become Sophmores…
But do you really think Ayo gained nothing his freshman year playing all those minutes? No growth there at all? Why is Underwood even playing Goode, RJ, and Pods at all if freshman PT is utterly worthless? Haven’t they helped and been useful in several games? Brad thought so.

If playing freshmen only occasionally… hurts our chances with a recruit(s) maybe that ain’t exactly Everyday-Guy material.

With Curbelo's season the way it has been, the team wouldn't have 10 wins without Trent and Damonte.

WyattEarp said:

This is a good discussion. At the risk of pissing off both sets of folks. I gotta say I see a see a bit of both positions on this one.

Obviously, Brad is going to lean HEAVILY on his veterans. Why wouldn’t he?
There is no substitute for experience-None.
They’ve more than earned his trust and ours…rightly so…In Underwood We Trust…or at least we should. Good Golly
Look what he’s done? He knows what the heck he’s doing with his roster.

However our Freshman are far from scrubs.
Brad doesn’t think that they’re scrubs.
Brad believes in them. Therefore, I believe in them too. And I suffer from no send in the back-up QB syndrome…or whatever some of you have been calling it. At least I don’t think so. Maybe I’ll get that looked at.

As a fan, I just hope to see our young guys get a chance to develop and get as much experience as they can…WHEN Brad deems appropriate/applicable obviously.

I hope to see them all excel as much as possible. Personally I’m just hoping these guys get some valuable game experience…a minute here and there…as Brad is
ALREADY doing…I see nothing peculiar about that.

Them getting SOME experience can only help us in the future. He is attempting to temper them to B1G play as much as he sees fit. But not at the expen$e of our veterans. I get that. He knows what he is doing.


Freshman ARE largely made in practice and in the summer…But are we to believe PT
for Freshman is utterly worthless? I refuse
to believe that.

Yes, the best thing about Freshman is…they become Sophmores…
But do you really think Ayo gained nothing his freshman year playing all those minutes? No growth there at all? Why is Underwood even playing Goode, RJ, and Pods at all if freshman PT is utterly worthless? Haven’t they helped and been useful in several games? Brad thought so.

If playing freshmen only occasionally… hurts our chances with a recruit(s) maybe that ain’t exactly Everyday-Guy material.

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I’m thinking some Freshman is gonna break out in these tourneys coming up.
Don’t forget Freshman spark others to play.
Go Illini