Pregame: Illinois vs Rutgers, Saturday, October 30th, 11:00am CT, BTN
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Out for the year. He also had a shoulder problem coming into the year and no one knew but the coaches. They were thinking about when to time the surgery and now the broken arm means he'll get the shoulder surgery, too. He'll miss spring ball but be back in the fall. BB pre-emptively said it was not a matter of keeping him playing so he could go against Rutgers.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Gotta be 10, right? 0-0 at end of regulation.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Left arm injury on Saturday as I recall. Hoping the shoulder ailment is also LEFT.
tough break man.
Hoping BP18 can sling the ball similar to how he used to. Some rest should've helped him.
Play action with this phenomenal run game could help us!
Hoping BP18 can sling the ball similar to how he used to. Some rest should've helped him.
Play action with this phenomenal run game could help us!
I feel like BP can hand it off 30 times behind 7 offensive lineman.
The shoulder injury is actually in his right (throwing) shoulder. He's been playing with it all year. First benchmark was the first bye week and they decided to keep going at least until the next bye week (after Minny), but that's all over now.
Might as well just put in IW so the defense has to account for 2 potential runners.
illini80
- Forgottonia
Well, a bit of good news I guess. It seemed unlikely Art would be back this week for sure. Glad Chase is ok. I have no idea how far behind Johnson is if BP goes down again.
I wonder what the shoulder injury is with Art? If its a rotator cuff I can see why he would have trouble with accuracy, but also wouldn't think he have been the #2.
I wonder what the shoulder injury is with Art? If its a rotator cuff I can see why he would have trouble with accuracy, but also wouldn't think he have been the #2.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
For kicks I looked up the total offense rankings after this weekend, Illinois is #112 at 328 ypg. Didn't realize Iowa was as bad as they are at #120.
He's probably our best QB anyway tbh
We are 4-3-1 ATS.
Chase Brown continues his downhill running against Rutgers.
Josh McCray has been a bright spot in this freshman class and I know we wasted his redshirt but this gives us something to build on in the future.
Would be good to see Reggie Love and possibly Jakari Norwood get some touches.
I think Rutgers would also be a ideal opponent for us to open up our passing game. Not sure why it hasn't clicked as much but we have Washington, Hightower, Armstrong and IW along with Barker and Ford. Lets Spread the Ball!
Josh McCray has been a bright spot in this freshman class and I know we wasted his redshirt but this gives us something to build on in the future.
Would be good to see Reggie Love and possibly Jakari Norwood get some touches.
I think Rutgers would also be a ideal opponent for us to open up our passing game. Not sure why it hasn't clicked as much but we have Washington, Hightower, Armstrong and IW along with Barker and Ford. Lets Spread the Ball!
Completely agree, if they are contributing it isn't wasting it
We should be 6-2 now. UTSA, MD and Purdon't.
Both UTSA and Maryland outplayed us. Not sure we would have won the Maryland game even if we had gone for the first down and made it, as many variables are left unknown.
Obviously something the medical people cleared, so must be something they were sure would not get worse by playing. Makes Art's long throws to Spann even more impressive
I said the same thing on Illini board. If we don't have a QB that is threat to pass them why not put in a QB who is a threat to run?He's probably our best QB anyway tbh
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