Purdue 44, Illinois 19 Postgame

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InDaAZ

Eugene, Oregon
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This season seals the program's fate for years to come. Was optimistic last year wasn't an anomaly, but that's what it was. Will not happen for this program given the current and soon to be state of collegiate athletics. Very, very sad for life long Illini fans.

The only thing that, to me, would give the slightest glimmer of hope is if BB comes into the post game fuming and mad as hell. We shall see.
 
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for those who know better than me, i dont understand why the offense hasn't adjusted the game plan to assume poor O line play. There are ways to account for it, screens, roll outs, moving the pocket, quick routes, slants (like the first game)...but it doesn't seem we utilize these strategies constently.

worse, we keep running between the tackles even though we dont get any push.

am i way off on this? really would hope lunney can figure this out. also, play underclassmen and bench anyone underperforming; i think wilcher and feagin need more run
 
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Many of us said that this game would define who we would be this season. I guess we now know. I didn't want this year to be like 2002 or 2008. Thought we could finally not fall on our face after a successful season. I guess not in the cards. I was truly hopeful this year. I really was. Silly me. I guess the "please god, let us just make a bowl game crowd" was right after all. How sad is that...
 
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pruman91

Paducah, Ky
I try to be reasonable and optimistic regarding Illini sports , but this game and the pitiful stats of this game has my glass half full leaking big time........

Henry is appearing to NOT be the answer as far as being a competent DC...................
Lunney is appearing to NOT be the answer as far as being a competent OC...........
Our offensive line coach is appearing to NOT be the answer as far as being a competent OLINE coach.........
Ditto for the secondary coach......................
The Special teams coach has been average to above average so far this year................

We give up too many sacks..........
We give up too many tackles for loss.............
We leave way too many opponents receivers wide open................
We take way to many penalties...................
We do NOT convert enough 3rd down plays .....................
We drop way too many passes.....................
We drop way too many passes that could have been TD's.......................

It IS going to be a LONGGGGGGGGG season based on this game and the way the OLINE is performing........I will watch all the games NOT on Peacock , but my enthusiasm going into the rest of the seasons games will be less than optimistic......

Face it , it's back to our history of one good season every 6-8 years.........

We have no consistency as far as winning for more than one unique season.........

I am hoping for better results this year in BB , but I'm not going overboard in my expectations.........Underperforming results take a bigger toll on my optimism than earlier in my life.................

Take care , my friends.........I'm just flushing this game out of my system and I'm glad my Doctor gave me a new script for a med that helps with times like this.........

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TentakilRex

Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
We don't have an offensive identity. I'd like to suggest the Wing T.
I know the Wing-T part was a joke, but what is the Illini offensive identity anyway? This team has a crapton of square pegs in round holes.