I too do not believe it was a fluke. Ok. State earned it. Great for them. However, here is my theory. Michigan is 2-0. We all know that they should be 1-1 but that did not work out so, the first game they pretty much showed up and should have lost. The second game, they showed up to play. It showed. Unfortunately, that is a good football team. Oregon is loaded with NFL prospects. They have not showed up yet. When they do, pity who is across from them. Many people are saying that they are Penn State from last year. I think we need to pump the brakes a little. Let's see where they are at in a couple of weeks. That team if playing on all cylinders is a National Championship contender. If they do keep plunging, I would say that Lanning's days could be numbered. Remember, they have virtually everyone back from last year.
Pregame: Illinois vs Southern Illinois, Saturday, September 19th, 1:00pm CT, Peacock/YTTV
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Solid observation ^^^.
"The next Penn State"
"The next Indiana" (as @ChiefGritty has noted often, there will never be another Indiana)
I side with Tolstoy and tailor the opening line of Anna Karenina for college football accoridngly:
"All winning, funuctional college football teams are alike; each dysfunctional team is dysfunctional in its own fashion."
Even crazier, OkSt lost to Tulsa in their first game.
convincingly
Updated Gies Memorial Stadium Sellout Watch for Southern Illinois.
Not far of from sellout territory, but I bet we don't quite get there.
Not far of from sellout territory, but I bet we don't quite get there.
I got an email saying less than 1k tickets remain for SIU as an FYI.
Improve on.... wrapping up tackkles, Sheppard broke free consistently, dragging defenders for extra yardage..running game completely stalled, fix it...
Shocked to see we are this close. Band Day and the kid's families to the rescue!
Weather report looks like some AM showers, followed by a spike in heat (and likely humidity).
Winnability of some of those games changed for me. UCLA is looking more like a sure loss, I was very impressed with how they closed out cal and that's west coast on the road. Nebraska has been about as expected. Michigan State took care of business against what I expect will be two middling MAC teams and I now regard them as more of a problem than I did before. Oregon looks more winnable, but we're talking moving that from 2% to 8%. Nern failed to look like a dumpster fire against a good FCS team unfortunstely.
Absolutely must see good tackling this Saturday. Must control the line of scrimmage on both sides. I'll never forget looking evenly matched in the trenches with Western Illinois in 2018. Can't be like that.
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We know what’s wrong with Matelau? Timeline and/or injury?
Gotta have a better performance out of the LBs this week
I really, really want no more injuries.
For the next TWO weeks, it’s the only thing that impacts where this team will finish.
Our next legitimate game is Purdue, Oct. 3. From what I’ve seen (correct me if I’m wrong) — Platt, Henderson, Matelau, Brown should all be back by then. Getting those guys back will be a significant boost, to an offense that’s already pretty good.
Not having more injuries pile up, in two games where everybody knows the outcome, is going to be highly critical.
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In the record book — SIU will be a win and OSU will be a loss. However, if we have no injuries, both games are “wins” in my mind.
We need to avoid the WMU / IND situation from last year, of losing every player that entered the game in the secondary (including X for the year).
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