Purdue 44, Illinois 19 Postgame
How did Coach B let us backslide to this extent? We look totally undisciplined. We look lost on both sides of the ball. At this point the smart play is getting special teams on the field and praying they make a play? Can we beat Nebraska for the title 4th worst team in the B1G? How do you turn this around? Not trolling. How does Coach B turn this around?
We lost a lot of players from last year’s team and I think both Henry and Lunney are in over their heads. No protection from the OL. Need to hit the portal in the offseason and concentrate on finding some experienced OL’s to protect Altmyer.
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blackdog
- Champaign
We lost a lot of really talented players on defense and replaced them with guys without a ton of reps. Basically the entire back end and all but one of the linebackers are new. Out of our top 10 tacklers in this game 5 of them are sophomores. We also lost two guys on NFL rosters on the oline and it seems like the talent behind them is not the same plus everybody on the oline seems to be playing hurt.
Does Coach B call the defense? If not, it’s time he does. Also, the Lunney experiment should be over if this continues. How many games in do we establish a shred of an identity.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Two word review: !!!! Sandwich.
Embarrassing on all levels to get manhandled by a pretty bad team. Looks likely that the streak of not having back to back seasons of winning seasons will continue. Getting hard to see where 3-4 more wins come from, especially with many injuries piling up (really fortunate last season).
Glad that game was on streaming only.
Friday becomes must win for any likely chance of a turnaround/bowl game. Disaster 5 game start to season. No sugar coating it.
Embarrassing on all levels to get manhandled by a pretty bad team. Looks likely that the streak of not having back to back seasons of winning seasons will continue. Getting hard to see where 3-4 more wins come from, especially with many injuries piling up (really fortunate last season).
Glad that game was on streaming only.
Friday becomes must win for any likely chance of a turnaround/bowl game. Disaster 5 game start to season. No sugar coating it.
Avery Jones, that IOL we lost to Auburn may have helped to solidify the OL.
There will be open tryouts for offensive line Tuesday at 10AM at Memorial Stadium for anyone in the C/U area with eligibility left
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
After listening to the post game press conference, Lunney should be packing his bags. At least get the license plate number of the truck that ran over him.
Yep, a huge loss.
Welcome to streaming.
The question is----develop them for whom?
Yeah teams are running all over our OL and Altmyer has no time to throw the ball. Even against FAU, our OL was getting beat.
Would’ve been a beater in-game experience for us if they never fixed the Purdue scoreboard and it just showed us down 13-10 all game.
Is Whitenack or Henderson even playing?
I know he needs time but we also don't hot route it enough. There's also gotta be some calls for just a quick 3 step dropback. It seems like so many plays call for long developing routes. I don't think we challenge opposing linebackers to cover enough.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Whtienack played some plays as a temporary injury sub
Cook
- Richmond, VA
Already being in the gun, why do we need 3 step drops?
100% agree with this. They are putting stress on every other part of the game. That and our lacking of a pass rush.
Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
What exactly is your defense for having games on streaming services? Inquiring minds want to know. Would you rather our team gets pantsed (?) on NBC tonight or ESPN for the whole country to see? National streaming LOL.
The thing is….Bret made the decisions to hire them so who’s to say he would do better with another decision.
Overmatched coordinators, overrated coaching, poor o-line play, soft defense.
Lunney = Peterson. Let’s move on and find a o-coordinator who has a vision and a plan.
Henry is just not ready. Need to tear up current contract and throw more money and more responsibility to Leonhard. Henry can learn from him for a few years.
Need some changes in staff and their identity and philosophy before the wheels fall off completely.
Lunney = Peterson. Let’s move on and find a o-coordinator who has a vision and a plan.
Henry is just not ready. Need to tear up current contract and throw more money and more responsibility to Leonhard. Henry can learn from him for a few years.
Need some changes in staff and their identity and philosophy before the wheels fall off completely.
If I’m coach, Feagin starts at RB and Elzy starts at WR. Take time away from McCray, Washington and Bryant. Keep a tight end on the line to help the right tackle and move Adams back to left guard. Use More quick hitting passes. No more long developing routes where Luke holds the ball. He doesn’t have 3 seconds to survey the field. More like 1 second. Use Altmyers running ability a little more but don’t over use the qb run.
on defense, blitz often. Play man in the secondary. Gamble some. Bench db’s for post play yapping. It’s embarrassing.
live with the results, good or bad.
on defense, blitz often. Play man in the secondary. Gamble some. Bench db’s for post play yapping. It’s embarrassing.
live with the results, good or bad.