Illinois at Ohio State, Saturday, September 26th, 11:00am CT, FOX

#77      
therealmiket86
fuddrules said:
I say the stick Heckel man to man on Jeremiah Smith.

He got beat by Makai Lemon last year - He got better
He'll get beat this year by Smith - He'll get better

A kid that played 8-man football in BFE Kansas gets to guard the #20 NFL draft pick and a soon to be top 5 draft pick.

He'll be a 1st team All-Big ten CB before he graduates Illinois at this rate.
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Juice Clarke did a very good job converging Smith last year. The thing that worries me is the run defense
 
#79      
TheFlyingIllini1317
UAB's run game got shut down by the Ragin Cagun's, 74 yards vs 194 on us. We've got a qb and a legit B1G WR 1, I just hope the defense doesn't pull a 2023 on us and have us miss a bowl game.

I think this game will tell us a lot.
 
#80      
Se Il Illini
I have little or no expectations. Get through this game and continue to improve. I would hope that the offense shows up and moves the ball against the Buckeyes while scoring a few points. My main fear is that the OSU offense shows up and scores at will and puts 50 plus points on the board. I just think OSU can score as much as they want with the way the Illinois defense has played.
 
#83      
88_ILLINI
On Saturday we need to unleash the 3-3-5 defense and take a page out of the Minnesota Vikings playback and blitz 80% of the time. What do we have to lose??
 
#85      
Bucktown
Fighter of the Nightman said:
I understand it's all ruled by TV now and the executives at FOX clearly believe that dominating the 11:00 am CT window is better than competing with ABC / ESPN for primetime viewers, but ... as I watched Ole Miss and LSU this weekend, it really struck me how weird it is that an especially hyped Big Ten matchup at night is so rare (i.e., it will simply be one of NBC's 3 picks it gets vs. FOX's 7 and CBS' 3).

Like, OSU has played four of its last six home games at 12:00 pm local time simply because FOX tells them they have to, lol ... that would get very old.
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And all of the other conferences have sprinkled in some conference games in these early weeks. The B1G could move a few key matchups earlier.
 
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