My positive spin is that you are lucky and have been spared of this beat down. I do think there is some talent sprinkled in within the younger ranks of the team. Hopefully they’ll learn from the experience and springboard their careers next year when all those seniors are graduated. The DC gives me a lot of hope. He seems to be coaching up that unit with limited talents. The defense is serviceable and showing signs of improvement every week. If we can keep him here for a few years, this defense will hold its own in the B1G. Now only if I could say the same thing about the QB situation….I wasn't exactly pumped to be going to ANOTHER wedding this year due to COVID cancellations, but ... honestly, this is about the best weekend it could have been scheduled.
Can someone provide me with some serious hope for the regime? Don't get me wrong, I am NOT turning on BB in the slightest; I just prefer to be optimistic, and I need someone's positive spin. From what I can tell, we need to more or less clean house and suck for 1-2 more years as we turn over the roster and add B1G-caliber players, and that is really the only hope ... but is that happening?! Better start soon.
This season really defines the point that you need a quality QB to run the offense....Even with 2 outstanding RB's such as Chase B. and Josh M. we are struggling and the last game was the epitome of ineptness offensively...........Glad I didn't watch or listen to the game and I deleted my recording of the game based solely on advice from my friends here...My positive spin is that you are lucky and have been spared of this beat down. I do think there is some talent sprinkled in within the younger ranks of the team. Hopefully they’ll learn from the experience and springboard their careers next year when all those seniors are graduated. The DC gives me a lot of hope. He seems to be coaching up that unit with limited talents. The defense is serviceable and showing signs of improvement every week. If we can keep him here for a few years, this defense will hold its own in the B1G. Now only if I could say the same thing about the QB situation….
Great observation......Our program continues to be critically damaged by poor quarterback play, going back several years. The frustrating thing is that even our mid major opponents (like UTSA and Charlotte this year) can recruit and coach quarterbacks who are clearly superior to anything we have fielded for well over a decade. If the mid majors can do it, why can't a major conference school like Illinois ever find even an average quarterback? Until BB and staff address this gaping deficiency, Illinois football will continue to remain in the Big Ten cellar.
Yet even the best QB can’t work miracles if the O-line is a sieve. Or if the O-line can’t split the defense for a bit of daylight for the RB’s to run for.Our program continues to be critically damaged by poor quarterback play, going back several years. The frustrating thing is that even our mid major opponents (like UTSA and Charlotte this year) can recruit and coach quarterbacks who are clearly superior to anything we have fielded for well over a decade. If the mid majors can do it, why can't a major conference school like Illinois ever find even an average quarterback? Until BB and staff address this gaping deficiency, Illinois football will continue to remain in the Big Ten cellar.
Positive spin: BB outreach to Illinois HS coaches pays dividends in Year 2 and Illinois lays down a solid base for the future. Illinois’ commitment to solid line play starts to pay off. A near .500 record and almost Bowl eligibility raises hopes for Year 3.I wasn't exactly pumped to be going to ANOTHER wedding this year due to COVID cancellations, but ... honestly, this is about the best weekend it could have been scheduled.
Can someone provide me with some serious hope for the regime? Don't get me wrong, I am NOT turning on BB in the slightest; I just prefer to be optimistic, and I need someone's positive spin. From what I can tell, we need to more or less clean house and suck for 1-2 more years as we turn over the roster and add B1G-caliber players, and that is really the only hope ... but is that happening?! Better start soon.
That's the halftime score..........Right ???PENN STATE 72
ILLINOIS 7
Would be a good setup for the fake comeback. Final score: 72-10.That's the halftime score..........Right ???
The takeaway is we need to get better at every position except running back. A looooooooot of work to be done.Yet even the best QB can’t work miracles if the O-line is a sieve. Or if the O-line can’t split the defense for a bit of daylight for the RB’s to run for.
And did our defense just get pushed back four or five yards any time Wisconsin decided to go up the middle.
So we have Ditka, then?Illini 98-0
My PSU fans are not counting their chickens, citing their backup quarterback. I cite our first string quarterback.Purdue ranked 25th and UTSA is ranked 24th. We played them both close. We will need to play the best game of the year to compete with PSU