RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
Gotta say I'm disappointed. I was really looking forward to watching Rob and Rex fighting over each and every defensive play call.
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FT35
- Naperville
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
Would SEC guys have the most experience defending wicked RPOs?
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The dirty little secret is that there tends not to be a heck of a lot of difference in practice between these definitions of defenses.
Especially between something like a 4-2-5 and a 4-3 for which the question is basically "what do we want to call Derrick Smith?"
And opponents are going to put you in sub-packages all the time, that's the game now.
The more definitional questions for a defense are more about whether they want one-gap or two-gap linemen and how much base they want to play versus getting into exotic blitz schemes, etc.
Ubermensch
BOOM! Feed my ego.
Let's assume it's true. You gotta like the staff Bert is putting together. I get the sense he actually knows what he's doing. And you have to give Whitman credit for having the vision and getting him the cash to make it happen. Now they just have to figure out how to turn it into wins. 
FT35
- Naperville
Good points. We had the "4-2-5 defense" in 2018 just so we could utilize Watkins as a nickel back. In the end, the defense was basically the same.
I do think it's an important distinction between running the 3-4-4 defense, which I really don't believe we have the personnel to run right now.
I am happy if it is the Mizzou guy. Their D got better over time, and that is with Drink having a fast-paced offense
I thought BB said that we will be using a 3-4 already? Or am I just completely misremembering?
FT35
- Naperville
He backed off of this statement fairly quickly.
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Once the Bears started referring to Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn as linebackers I gave up.
altenberger22
- South Carolina
Walters - my top preference of the three. Way to go Bret!
* Youthful exuberance
* Diversity
* SEC/Power 5 experience
* (Assumed) St. Louis and Missouri recruiting connections
* Stealing from Mizzou
* Youthful exuberance
* Diversity
* SEC/Power 5 experience
* (Assumed) St. Louis and Missouri recruiting connections
* Stealing from Mizzou
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Love the idea of combining Walters youth and secondary experience with BB's experience and front 4/7 expertise.
Walters's hometown is Los Angeles. We haven't had a strong California connection since Mike White's days.
Didn't Illinois call Simeon Rice a LB back in the day? Was he ever anything other than a (great) DE?
Like many here, I like the hire as well if true.
It looks like we have our DC. As long as he doesn't play the Tampa 2 or Lovie's def. It just got to be tired watching a qb throw to wide open receivers through out the game. The WI qb, Mn qb, I kept saying cover the guy. Would love to see Hobbs come back and work with the DC for a year.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
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Strong sense I got from Mizzou earlier this week when report first surfaced about Walters talking to Illinois was MU was not worried about the situation - as in not worried about moving on should he leave.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
We need to make our upcoming home-and-homes with them a permanent fixture of the schedule.
This has the key starting ingredient of a great rivalry: a total and sincere lack of any respect for each other at all.
Well that clears that up. Thanks!
If your hand is down, you're a lineman. If you are standing up, you are a linebacker.
sacraig
- The desert
I already assumed you were....
QC has much more of a g0 vibe than 0440 does. I assumed 0440 was black shirt guy.
Bielema dips into SEC for key coordinator hire
Bret Bielema is assembling quite an impressive first-year staff at Illinois, since Bielema's return late last month as a Power-5 head coach. Now, the formerfootballscoop.com
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