Pregame: Illinois vs Michigan, Saturday, October 19th, 2:30pm CT, CBS
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We'll do our bestIndiana flipped a WR commit from us this summer. Seeing as we don't play them this year, it'd be a mighty nice consolation if y'all could thump them on Saturday
Post of a lifetime.
Keep it up, Kid.
to expand on one of your points, our defense can't stop the run and offensively we can't run the ball. Against Michigan, that's not a recipe for success. I don't like our chances, but am hoping for the upset! Protect Altmyer in the pocket and get Feagin back on the field!
Feagin is out for a bit.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Yeah I’m obviously the most pumped about the massive game we have … but I’ll be cheering VERY hard for the Huskers at 11:00!
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Husker fan here, checking in.
Glad you guys pulled it out vs Purdue and kept your good season alive!
I for one will be rooting quite strongly for you against the cheaters to the north. You've got 2 back to back tough games, but obviously @Oregon will probably the toughest one of the season.
But first....down with Michigan!
We had a super sloppy win against Rutgers but it didn't help we had 40+ MPH winds. Our defense finally showed up a bit more like we expected (they weren't bad all year, but we expected better).
I know you guys have Rutgers in Nov. While I don't think they're a bad team they're also not a great team. They do have a really good RB though (Monangai) who averages well over 100 a game. He started out gashing us pretty good in the first quarter (I think like 70 yards on 10 carries-ish) but then we shut him down the rest of the game.
Their offensive line was just ok and we got to Kaliakmanis (transfer QB from Minnesota) and he wasn't super impressive. Definitely possible to shut that offense down.
Their defense was decent, but Raiola had a terrible game with the wind. 2-9 in the 2nd half IIRC. I think if we played them under normal conditions we'd fare much butter.
As for Nebraska...as I said before you played us...our kicking game is atrocious and somehow it's gotten worse.
I think we matchup pretty well against Indiana but their offense seems pretty good (though they haven't played even a decent defense yet), so that will be interesting to see. We come in as 7pt dogs in Bloomington for the Big Noon kickoff. Should be fun, hopefully we can pull it off and get back in the top 25 (before we play @tOSU and hope to keep it close haha).
GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND!
We will trade you an excellent backup kicker for a solid interior defensive lineman.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
This week we are the only team in America that can beat Michigan.
Let's go 1-0 again this week.
Let's go 1-0 again this week.
Hahaha! Done
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- Batavia
Hah, I think I'm with you guys on that one. I guess we really need them to lose this game because if they win, we could be looking at a 11-1 Indiana team in the playoff, and we just can't let that happen. I will say though, that I do kind of appreciate Indiana stealing all the Cinderella B1G media hype from us so we can play with a bit of a chip on our shoulder.
No cap, i giggled so hard when i saw this at a meeting diner waiting for my uber people around were like WTH
What time can we arrange pickup and transfer, haha? Man that would be such a winning trade for both teamsHahaha! Done
Any insiders with knowledge on Jordan Anderson's position on the depth chart? Did the injury derail his ability to a greater extent than expected? It seems like there was a lot of excitement when we received his commitment at the time and he was dominant in high school (I know it doesn't always translate). Is he just not able to show enough to get some of AL's carries? He's as big as Faegin and seems built for the B10. It just seems like that room is a bit thinner than we initially anticipated coming into the season if he's not able to contribute.
You should have been born a little sooner. Elliot beat them 7 of 10 during the 50s.
I'll apologize if I missed the discussion about "Seventh-year journeyman Jack Tuttle is the planned starter for Saturday's game at No. 22 Illinois (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS), the 24th-ranked Wolverines' latest hope to resuscitate their struggling offense. Head coach Sherrone Moore confirmed to The Ann Arbor News/ MLive on Monday...."
I'm not sure how to react to this.
I'm not sure how to react to this.
Random thought but Pat Bryant needs more touches. Should be averaging 10 targets a game.
BZuppke
- Plainfield
Without Feagan last week we ‘ran’ the ball with those short little passes to someone from the backfield. The key to this game as many have said is slowing down, not stopping, their running game. Offensively I think we need to be more aggressive in the passing game. Right now that is our strength. Protect and FREE Luke.
Short passes, slants, anything to get the ball out of Luke's hands before the big, blue meanies maul him?
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