Home
Forums
New Posts
Illini Basketball
Illini Football
Sports Talk
Log in
Register
What's new
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sports
Illini Football
Nebraska 54, Illinois 35 POSTGAME
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="drwillini" data-source="post: 1426599" data-attributes="member: 7762"><p>I'm not ready to give up on Lovie and his defense yet. This might not have been an accurate test. Nebraska's offense can be really, really good. Compare their talent with our offense at every position, and our offense had more talent then our defense. In hindsight Ron Zook does not look so bad, and remember what he said about the "Jimmies and the Joes" beating the "Xs and the Os.</p><p></p><p>We didn't just have turnovers in this game, we had nut punching turnovers.</p><p></p><p>Somebody said special teams was our only clear advantage over Nebby. That was clearly not the case yesterday.</p><p></p><p>Reggie Corbin had become our one clear Big10 caliber athlete. Ohio St. loses a guy like Reggie and they have three more waiting in the wings. We lose a guy like Reggie and we struggle. Especially with Epstein already out. </p><p></p><p>So I think it is fair to say the we cannot beat a competitive Big 10 team without: 1. winning the turnover battle, 2. wining special teams and 3. our best playmaker. Not sure Lovie's defensive scheme was the major problem.</p><p></p><p>Our WRs to seem to struggle to catch the ball. I'm not always big on AJ, but there were some key drops that we really needed yesterday. Seems like there always are. Why wouldn't a great HS WR want to play for Rod Smith? (The one thing I would say positive about our WRs is they seem to block pretty well.)</p><p></p><p>The good news is that the BIG West is very competitive. The win against Minny is looking awfully good today , as they absolutely pound Purdue and already beat IU, IU beats MD... Just like Purdue, MD and Minny, we can win the next two games, or we can lose them big. How sweet would it be to close out winning against Iowa and NW to go to a bowl?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drwillini, post: 1426599, member: 7762"] I'm not ready to give up on Lovie and his defense yet. This might not have been an accurate test. Nebraska's offense can be really, really good. Compare their talent with our offense at every position, and our offense had more talent then our defense. In hindsight Ron Zook does not look so bad, and remember what he said about the "Jimmies and the Joes" beating the "Xs and the Os. We didn't just have turnovers in this game, we had nut punching turnovers. Somebody said special teams was our only clear advantage over Nebby. That was clearly not the case yesterday. Reggie Corbin had become our one clear Big10 caliber athlete. Ohio St. loses a guy like Reggie and they have three more waiting in the wings. We lose a guy like Reggie and we struggle. Especially with Epstein already out. So I think it is fair to say the we cannot beat a competitive Big 10 team without: 1. winning the turnover battle, 2. wining special teams and 3. our best playmaker. Not sure Lovie's defensive scheme was the major problem. Our WRs to seem to struggle to catch the ball. I'm not always big on AJ, but there were some key drops that we really needed yesterday. Seems like there always are. Why wouldn't a great HS WR want to play for Rod Smith? (The one thing I would say positive about our WRs is they seem to block pretty well.) The good news is that the BIG West is very competitive. The win against Minny is looking awfully good today , as they absolutely pound Purdue and already beat IU, IU beats MD... Just like Purdue, MD and Minny, we can win the next two games, or we can lose them big. How sweet would it be to close out winning against Iowa and NW to go to a bowl? [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sports
Illini Football
Nebraska 54, Illinois 35 POSTGAME
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…