Ohio State 42, Illinois 19 Postgame

#101      
Retro62
The final score would lead anyone to believe we were sorely outclassed, and I don’t think we were at all. OSU is clearly a level above us, but we had chances to make it a much closer game. As others have stated, I feel more optimistic.
 
#102      
illinibb76
There’s a lot of jersey pulling, especially on the line, but the officials made our calls more costly! Conspiracy theory, hmmmmm!😎
 
#103      
blackdog
Ryllini said:
Never said it was a lack of effort, great effort to get there, but that’s the gig. He got to the qb and didn’t finish. I’d be hard pressed to think Cam would say otherwise. And then we had another one on the same play over play it and whiffed on a one arm wrap up. Unacceptable.
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That's a true freshman needing more time in the weight room
 
#104      
Fly Illini Fly!
Ryllini said:
Never said it was a lack of effort, great effort to get there, but that’s the gig. He got to the qb and didn’t finish. I’d be hard pressed to think Cam would say otherwise. And then we had another one on the same play over play it and whiffed on a one arm wrap up. Unacceptable.
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We’re just a bad tackling team at every level of the defense.
 
#105      
fuddrules
If OSU had an opportunity to replace defensive players from OSU with an illinois player, they'd poach exactly 1 player. Bailey.

Not even X has played well enough for OSU to be interested.

Illinois has marginal B1G talent on D. Illinois tries to build them up.

A few young guys show promise.

I don't care if Illinois runs a 3-3-5, 4--3 or even a 11-0-0. They can run through DC's every 3 years, every year, or do whatever. But until the talent improves the Illinois D will look the way it looked today. For better or worse.
 
#106      
EmeraldCityIllini
fuddrules said:
If OSU had an opportunity to replace defensive players from OSU with an illinois player, they'd poach exactly 1 player. Bailey.

Not even X has played well enough for OSU to be interested.

Illinois has marginal B1G talent on D. Illinois tries to build them up.

A few young guys show promise.

I don't care if Illinois runs a 3-3-5, 4--3 or even a 11-0-0. They can run through DC's every 3 years, every year, or do whatever. But until the talent improves the Illinois D will look the way it looked today. For better or worse.
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If X, making what he does can't be enough for OSU interested, that is also a resource allocation flaw.

Like i get the overall point being made, but don't miss on your highest priced guys then. It won't fix the talent gap between OSU and you, but it will improve your team a great deal.
 
#108      
fuddrules
This roster is built with far deeper/better talent on offense.

They have a head coach that doesn't like to outscore opponents but rather grind out wins.

There's a disconnect with roster construction. At least vs the top talented teams.

Maybe it pays off the rest of the year? I hope so as Illinois does have a opportunity to win quite a few more games.
 
#109      
Illini in Italy
I usually stay out of the game threads due to the hot takes, but it was a very positive experience today. The post game thread however, is

jurassic park deal with it GIF
 
#110      
SescIllini
Not liking what I'm seeing from Hauck. See.s like we are 3 months away from where we should be now. Our experienced secondary is looking pedestrian at best. D line and linebackers are not BIG level.
 
#111      
SummerofGeorge
fuddrules said:
This roster is built with far deeper/better talent on offense.

They have a head coach that doesn't like to outscore opponents but rather grind out wins.

There's a disconnect with roster construction. At least vs the top talented teams.

Maybe it pays off the rest of the year? I hope so as Illinois does have an opportunity to win quite a few more games.
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Yes, the disconnect is getting beat by a team that more than doubles our NIL budget. Can’t pretend that doesn’t matter.
 
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