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Purdue 34, Illinois 31 OT POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="UI2009" data-source="post: 1236606" data-attributes="member: 607863"><p>Ok here are my two cents on how this year is.</p><p></p><p>It all comes down to our opponents watching our films. Look what Purdue did…they doubled up Smoot all game long. Normally, we would blitz the crap out of a team that is doubling up on a D-lineman. But we have a bunch of less-than-average freshmen and sophomores in our secondary (except for Hardy Jr., of course) and blitzing them on a more consistent basis would be a disaster.</p><p></p><p>Offensively, yes our RBs are finding ways to gain ground, but only on the outside. Our O-line can’t create a hole up the middle gaps to save their lives, even against Murray State they couldn’t. Crouch gained yards doing the same thing this week. Problem is, our opponents now have seen Crouch and know how to defend us. They just have to preach contain…don’t let anyone to the outside and they will stuff us every play.</p><p></p><p>We have some really good players, but not enough. All a decently smart coach has to do is watch our film and it’s easy to stop them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UI2009, post: 1236606, member: 607863"] Ok here are my two cents on how this year is. It all comes down to our opponents watching our films. Look what Purdue did…they doubled up Smoot all game long. Normally, we would blitz the crap out of a team that is doubling up on a D-lineman. But we have a bunch of less-than-average freshmen and sophomores in our secondary (except for Hardy Jr., of course) and blitzing them on a more consistent basis would be a disaster. Offensively, yes our RBs are finding ways to gain ground, but only on the outside. Our O-line can’t create a hole up the middle gaps to save their lives, even against Murray State they couldn’t. Crouch gained yards doing the same thing this week. Problem is, our opponents now have seen Crouch and know how to defend us. They just have to preach contain…don’t let anyone to the outside and they will stuff us every play. We have some really good players, but not enough. All a decently smart coach has to do is watch our film and it’s easy to stop them. [/QUOTE]
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