Not what I am saying. I am referring to last year’s coaches and scheme.
Ohio State 42, Illinois 19 Postgame
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Let be clear, Trimble didn't hang on to ball because he got Smashed by Buckeyes best player on defense. He made an amazing catch for that 1, 1st down.
Fan Since '70
- OBS, Florida
Not good with moral 'victory'. It was a beatdown, yards notwithstanding.
Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
This clip is concerning. Bret likes to let his coordinators take the reigns, but if Hauck is the guy responsible for f*ck ups like this then I don't see how Bret doesn't become more involved the rest of the year. It reminds me of the Arizona State debacle in 2012 where the coaches couldn't clearly communicate their calls to the defense.
EDIT: Right after I post this my (our) suspicions were confirmed.
The west coast teams will kill us through the air and Nebraska will rush all over usThe positives: 200 yards rushing. Houser! 462 yards against a bad Buckeye Defense. 2nd half time of Possession! Wounded-OLine performance. Strong
Defense does not give me hope in any game except Purdue And Maryland. Ucla, NW, Iowa, Nebby, Oregon, etc.. Cross fingers and cheer for our men.
335, is Ok for Mountain West Conference and if you have a Mike linebacker called Brian Urlacher. Horrible for major college ball.
I hope so. I have tickets.
Ryllini
- Lombard
The biggest missed play of the game by the defense. Unacceptable. It’s a whole different game if they get him to the ground.
5000% easily the play of the game for so many reasons
Encouraged by the offense. Have no use for Hauck
I'm getting to the point where I'm more confident in converting a 3rd and 12 vs a 3rd and 2. Our play calling in short yardage situations is the most predictable I've ever seen.
"These cornball antics may play in the sticks, but this is Capital City."
Clip from: Dancin' Homer
It was so quiet you could hear each individual smart-!!! remark. This guy doesn't make me want to cheer. Gee, I really pity him, making a fool of himself in front of so many people. These cornball antics may play in the sticks, but this is Capital City. The only applause I got was for draggin'...
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The Beloved made a great effort today. And Ohio State does not Walk on Water... yet, anyway.
BUT when you play Ohio State you have to realize that you’re playing an NFL franchise. Seriously. Ohio State fields almost an entire front line of NFL-caliber players every season. Every season’s NFL draft proves this. That’s what happens when your institution has an embedded culture of scooping up a steady stream of ‘Fives’ all the time. Decade after decade.
There’s only a handful of teams that can field players of an equal or sometimes greater nature than Ohio State. That’s why even with NIL in place it’s still the same old names at top all the time – with the recent exception and inclusion of Indiana.
There has been and remains a Caste System in major College Athletics. Maybe eight truly elite and dominant programs. And then, everybody else.
And there is nothing that seems on the horizon to change this in any major way if at all.
Maybe get on the sideline, Hauck?
They wouldn't have. They lost a first round WR and several other NFL players. I'm still withholding judgement on this defense as they've started to clean some things up. Still need to see a lot more.
Illini4Chief
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Watching the presser with coach.....did he say only 1 tackle for lost yardage the entire game
On Bielema? More like the DC on down.
maybe we need a team Mom or Dad for personnel groupings. Like youth football. Goodness what a freak show.DC's fault, fire-able IMO along with almost no QB pressures
I kinda know what we're going to do on most first downs. And when we line 3 FB/TE types in the backfield. That said, I think Lunney is a really good offensive coordinator. Except for one missed throw to a wide-open receiver and a couple key dropped passes, the Illini offense might have hung 30 on the Buckeyes.
Why is it "unacceptable?" Are you saying that Cameron Thomas was dogging it? I would like to see you beat Ian Moore to the outside an tackle Sayin in one step. we missed the opportunity to cover Sayin up, but it wasn't due to lack of effort.
That's not how I read it. Just unacceptable not to get him on the ground in that situation. Thomas had him buy at that point everybody should be right there with him to get him if he slips out.
It was a good play until the finish but I'm sure there aren't going to be too many of those misses for Thomas. I would have him starting before the year is out.
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