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I listened to the Purdue call. Purdue seemed to be play “spirited” but they didn’t seem overly talented and made undisciplined mistakes. The door is open.
Pregame: Illinois at Purdue, Saturday, September 25th, 2:30pm CT, BTN
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illini80
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We have 3 “winnable” games left. Boy oh boy do we need to win at least 2 of them. 4 wins would be a great accomplishment at this point. At the beginning of the year I considered that the floor.
I spent most of the off season, disagreeing with the idea that our super seniors gave us an advantage over many teams. I finally succumbed to the thinking and got totally on board. At this point, would we have been better to take more transfers? Not sure. Without the super seniors, we would probably (even) be worse off this year, but maybe better off long term. Injuries have hurt us more than I expected too.
As to super seniors versus transfers, I thought super seniors didn’t count against scholarship numbers thus not like we could have taken 22 transfers in their place as those players would have counted against limits. Another thing is how difficult would it be preaching “Familly” when you jettison part of that family? Not saying you just keep players because, but with as many of the super seniors who are starting/playing, have to believe they’re some of our better players at those positions. Players know that and not sure it sends a great “family” message to send them on their way after the irregular Covid season. As sad as it might be, the large amount of super seniors gave this team the best chance of winning this year. And as tough as the season has been so far, I think most people felt next year was going to be a tough one regardless — a lot of super senior starters gone as well as transfers out by other players. I really don’t think the latter category will be impacted that much because of the large amount of super seniors we have.
Charlotte beat Duke who beat Nw so Charlotte may be tougher than we might expect
for Purdue hanging with ND that does not make them good. ND struggled against Toledo and FSU
I like our chances in this one but we have to be up for the game
Go Nats 88 Illini
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With Purdue at home, probably closer to 10.
illini80
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You are correct on the numbers. I’m not sure if we filled every scholarship slot at the end or not. We did actively recruit all the seniors to come back vs just allowing them back so I don’t think it would have hurt messaging either way. Ultimately I don’t see that part as an issue. I’m mostly just venting I guess.
I'll split the difference, give me 8.
yea, if we truly had a better frosh or soph to play on the Oline, they would be by now
the problem we really have is we dont have a super senior QB who has proven he can do it, and we just dont have any quick and tall WR to get separation 40 yds downfield. I really do hate to bail on Peters already, but its pretty clear he isn't the answer to helping us score 28 points a game.
I'm not sure either but I haven't seen much out of the transfers that we did take.
I submit to your big-brained wizardry.
Go Nats 88 Illini
Fairfax, VA
If I had only put money down on what the spread would be...
I vote for Duece at QB. Imagine how hard it would be to stop him and McCray in the same backfield. It'll never happen because it's not BB's style, but it sure looks great in my head.
What is McCray's status?
Still counting how many ribs we're broken.
David bell likely out for the game. Had an injury last game/carted off. Haven’t seen details but guessing he’s out. Sucks for him. Hopefully back soon.
They hung with ND because ND is also not good.
In his daily digest, Werner said it was a head injury and it was reported after the game that he was alert and interacting with teammates. Assuming he’ll be going through concussion protocol, so could still be out.
I saw that play occur . it was rather frightening .
he could very well be out this weekend .
I agree, ND is way over rated. Imagine that. As much as I dislike WI, I hope they pummel the Irish this Saturday. A win for the BIG.
Any word on Brown or McCray yet?
And as an aside, does it feel like every year we have like 5 good players who all get injured by week 4, or is that just me?
And as an aside, does it feel like every year we have like 5 good players who all get injured by week 4, or is that just me?
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