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<blockquote data-quote="LannyBudd" data-source="post: 1352096" data-attributes="member: 19242"><p>I don't really get all the doom and gloom from the "You Break it, You Buy It" article. I understand Illinois Football was really bad this year but we had an insane amount of true freshman starting or getting significant minutes in the Big 10. Our offensive line was mostly true freshman. What outcome would anyone reasonably expect when you line up18 year olds against 21-22 year olds (some of who will be playing in the NFL next year). Imaging the mauling you would have received if your freshman high-school team lined up against the varsity team or even the junior varsity team. To put things into perspective, we had Isaiah Gay, a true freshman play significant minutes at DE and is listed as 215 lbs! I use him as an example because I think if he puts on 25-35 lbs. of muscle, he could be a very special player at Illinois but he is going to need time to develop. </p><p></p><p>Also, there are only 10 Seniors on the team and as it stands there are only 17 Juniors...we should probably expect similar results next year, maybe 1 or 2 extra wins if QB play is better and if we are not hit with the injury bug like this year. And the fact that we played so many underclassmen against experienced players probably had a lot to do with all the injuries. Compare this to tOSU, they have 17 Seniors and 21 Juniors not including all the RS Fr. and RS So. on their roster. That is a big experience gap. Illinois needs to get players in the system and keep them in the system to develop as upperclassmen. </p><p></p><p>I am not saying we are going to compete for national championships in 2019 but I think if we can keep players in the system, a 6-6 or 7-5 record in 2019 is not that out of reach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LannyBudd, post: 1352096, member: 19242"] I don't really get all the doom and gloom from the "You Break it, You Buy It" article. I understand Illinois Football was really bad this year but we had an insane amount of true freshman starting or getting significant minutes in the Big 10. Our offensive line was mostly true freshman. What outcome would anyone reasonably expect when you line up18 year olds against 21-22 year olds (some of who will be playing in the NFL next year). Imaging the mauling you would have received if your freshman high-school team lined up against the varsity team or even the junior varsity team. To put things into perspective, we had Isaiah Gay, a true freshman play significant minutes at DE and is listed as 215 lbs! I use him as an example because I think if he puts on 25-35 lbs. of muscle, he could be a very special player at Illinois but he is going to need time to develop. Also, there are only 10 Seniors on the team and as it stands there are only 17 Juniors...we should probably expect similar results next year, maybe 1 or 2 extra wins if QB play is better and if we are not hit with the injury bug like this year. And the fact that we played so many underclassmen against experienced players probably had a lot to do with all the injuries. Compare this to tOSU, they have 17 Seniors and 21 Juniors not including all the RS Fr. and RS So. on their roster. That is a big experience gap. Illinois needs to get players in the system and keep them in the system to develop as upperclassmen. I am not saying we are going to compete for national championships in 2019 but I think if we can keep players in the system, a 6-6 or 7-5 record in 2019 is not that out of reach. [/QUOTE]
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