Pregame: Illinois vs Maryland, Saturday, November 15th, 2:30pm CT, FS1
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It's so fun to have a path to 10 wins.
Aka our total from 2015-2018...
Aka our total from 2015-2018...
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Time for some turtle soup.
Terps playing twice before we play them. Hosting IU now and are at Rutgers next Saturday.
Shief
- Champaign Area
Hope we get them tired
They're coming into today's game off their 2nd bye of the season.
This will be a tough one for us.
We will be favored.
The toughest of the remaining 3. Win this one and things start feeling good around here again. You could tell there was a little less “zip” in the stadium today. Hope the crowd and student section comes out fired up.
My concern is, with the 55-10 thrashing MD got today at the hands of on-fire IU (sounds familiar) they'll play harder to salvage some pride. We, on the other hand, have our ticket punched and could take our foot off the gas. Washington is a game we should have won. I don't wanna see Maryland be another one, another embarrassing half-step performance.
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GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
I actually think Northwestern(sucks) is the toughest remaining game. They have a better overall and much better B1G record thus far. MD should be a W and pretty comfortably as long as we bring our A game again like we did today. We should destroy Wisky (which will be fun, especially as I'm sure Brett and many others remember what happened last time we played there). But yeah, we better be very prepared for NW as it will be the difference between a good and great season for us, and they just might be playing to get into a bowl game.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
KFord has it:
56 Maryland
57 Northwestern
61 Rutgers
63 Wisconsin
They’re all pretty equal. A-games aren’t always guaranteed in college football, but if we bring ours, we win out.
Ind did a number against Md. It was no contest. Play like we did today we win.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
From Robert’s post game article ($), here’s a few of the offenses we’ve played so far this year:
USC - #1 in offensive efficiency nationally
Ohio State - #3
Indiana - #6
Washington - #8
Rutgers - #26
And here the offensive rankings of our final 3 opponents:
Maryland - #93
Wisconsin - #125
Northwestern - #68
I have a feeling our defense is going to look a whole lot better to close out the season.
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USC - #1 in offensive efficiency nationally
Ohio State - #3
Indiana - #6
Washington - #8
Rutgers - #26
And here the offensive rankings of our final 3 opponents:
Maryland - #93
Wisconsin - #125
Northwestern - #68
I have a feeling our defense is going to look a whole lot better to close out the season.
Much Appreciated
I didn't fret. I didn't sweat. I didn't pace. I spent most of the fourth quarter wandering around the stadium. I set up the tailgate, I ate some breakfast pizza, I went into the stadium, I watched my team easily handle an inferior opponent, and then I went back to
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Let’s get Locks fired.
Northwestern is a little more personal than Maryland imo
Get consistent pressure on their QB, win comfortably.
IlliniCardinal
- Minneapolis
I hope he gets retained - even after losing to Illinois.
From Robert’s post game article ($), here’s a few of the offenses we’ve played so far this year:
USC - #1 in offensive efficiency nationally
Ohio State - #3
Indiana - #6
Washington - #8
Rutgers - #26
And here the offensive rankings of our final 3 opponents:
Maryland - #93
Wisconsin - #125
Northwestern - #68
I have a feeling our defense is going to look a whole lot better to close out the season.
Much Appreciated
I didn't fret. I didn't sweat. I didn't pace. I spent most of the fourth quarter wandering around the stadium. I set up the tailgate, I ate some breakfast pizza, I went into the stadium, I watched my team easily handle an inferior opponent, and then I went back to
I said before the defense will finish strong and that’ll be the reason to bring back Henry. It’ll be similar to 2 years ago when everyone wanted BL fired. If the defense finishes strong and finishes middle of the pack no way Brett gets rid of his guy Ahen
Agree with the latter point. We have shown the ability to play solid defense, but we haven't shown the ability to do it consistently. If we can do that, then you can make a case for Ahen to come back. I'm a little skeptical this will happen.
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