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<blockquote data-quote="UofI08" data-source="post: 1412816" data-attributes="member: 5239"><p>Full disclosure: only watched the first half, then tried to follow the second half while at a family function.</p><p></p><p>Positives:</p><p>1. As has been said, our K/P combo is legit pro-caliber. I'd be hard-pressed to find a college team with a better combo than us.</p><p>2. Based on what I saw, the upgrade from McGee to Rod Smith was very evident today. There's actually a flow and at least a reason for the play calls.</p><p>3. Takeaways and deflections by our defense.</p><p>4. Maybe unpopular, but there's something about MJ Rivers that just gives me hope. He has a certain understanding and comfortability (word?) with the qb position that I think most freshman lack (especially 3 stars). I'm convinced that he'd be great with a better receiver group. He had a number of drops and very little separation from his WRs. I'm not sure I want to go back to AJ, but if the coaches decide to, I really hope they continue to let MJ get game reps, and maybe even give AJ a short leash.</p><p></p><p>Negatives:</p><p>1. Defensive line play is very concerning to me. Losing Phair may turn out to be worse than originally thought. I think part of the gameplan may have been to emphasize contain, but still, I was disappointed (with respect to expectations).</p><p>2. Receiver play outside of Smalling leaves a lot to be desired.</p><p>3. Defense in general. I'm sure the suspensions are making a huge difference, but we're not stopping anyone and the game-planning seems very "vanilla" thus far. With the way our D line is playing, I'd like to see more blitzes.</p><p>4. South Florida played a very bad game with all their penalties, mistakes, kicking issues. It was nice leading and playing a close competitive game, but I think that had as much to do with USF as it did Illinois.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UofI08, post: 1412816, member: 5239"] Full disclosure: only watched the first half, then tried to follow the second half while at a family function. Positives: 1. As has been said, our K/P combo is legit pro-caliber. I'd be hard-pressed to find a college team with a better combo than us. 2. Based on what I saw, the upgrade from McGee to Rod Smith was very evident today. There's actually a flow and at least a reason for the play calls. 3. Takeaways and deflections by our defense. 4. Maybe unpopular, but there's something about MJ Rivers that just gives me hope. He has a certain understanding and comfortability (word?) with the qb position that I think most freshman lack (especially 3 stars). I'm convinced that he'd be great with a better receiver group. He had a number of drops and very little separation from his WRs. I'm not sure I want to go back to AJ, but if the coaches decide to, I really hope they continue to let MJ get game reps, and maybe even give AJ a short leash. Negatives: 1. Defensive line play is very concerning to me. Losing Phair may turn out to be worse than originally thought. I think part of the gameplan may have been to emphasize contain, but still, I was disappointed (with respect to expectations). 2. Receiver play outside of Smalling leaves a lot to be desired. 3. Defense in general. I'm sure the suspensions are making a huge difference, but we're not stopping anyone and the game-planning seems very "vanilla" thus far. With the way our D line is playing, I'd like to see more blitzes. 4. South Florida played a very bad game with all their penalties, mistakes, kicking issues. It was nice leading and playing a close competitive game, but I think that had as much to do with USF as it did Illinois. [/QUOTE]
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