Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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therealmiket86 said:
Our linemen are strong. The issue is they are slow off the ball and have poor balance. It also makes it a lot harder to block when you have to move to a silent count and everyone in the stadium knows the play call is a pass.
They were getting up the field to fast for screens or traps to work.

What we needed to was more 12 personnel and have the 2 te in blocking.
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Maybe we should have tried The Barge for a series or two? 🤷🏼‍♂️ (I’m about to get abused aren’t I?)
 
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IlliniCaboose said:
Someone commented on Twitter during the game that if this coaching staff had the 2009 roster they'd win 9-10 games easily. We've got the coaching now to hang with tough teams, but over 4 quarters the talent differential stacks up. For as much as Bielema as been a win in the trenches type of coach it's clear that our lines need a MASSIVE talent upgrade.
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When we had commitments from Andrew Dennis and that Center who flipped to Auburn, I thought we would be in a little better shape, but alas both are gone.
 
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PleaseMakeABowlGame said:
so who are the real flip candidates here? gotta imagine our success should turn some heads, at least consideration wise. would be even better if we can hold it.
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Right now it’s an unknown. There was a LB that de-committed from Cal a week or two ago and Illinois was one of his finalist.

You only see the blue bloods or schools like Miami with big NIL $$ that publicly chase other committed players. The 90% other programs try to keep things quiet.
 
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