Game Thread: Illinois vs Central Michigan
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just more polish excellence. ho-hum
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
I meant it would have been good from 66.
The replay showed it cleared halfway up the posts
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
That would have been good from almost 70 yards
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
I'm definitely going to reset my calibration for "crap the drive stalled at the X yard line" to farther away from the 41. Wowza.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
That is the guy.
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
Valentine has to be the #2 guy now at RB IMO. Just take some shots downfield.
What is the record for an Illini field goal.
Not tough, not smart, not dependable on offense in the first half. Let’s change it up for the second 30 minutes, please.
6 TFLs given up...underwhelming by the O-Line...gotta clean this up heading into Lincoln...
Let’s just find a way to win this game and limit the injuries for Friday. Let’s not worry about the ranking right now.
Can he though?
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
same script as last week against KU..............conservative play calling at times.....need to target Franklin and Bryant more and I really like the way Valentine reads the line blocking and runs to the open field......
Defense with another bend but don't break , except for the TD called back by a holding penalty.................the 2 stops we got on 3rd and 4th down was a big momentum change.......
congrats to the new record FG by Moc!@#$%^ of 59 yards........... Thought Luke was gonna get sacked but did a good job of getting rid of the ball before the tackle.....................
I would hope we make some halftime adjustments as we are still getting sporadic pressure on their QB1.........gotta also guard against runs inside the tackles......................
GO ILLINI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Defense with another bend but don't break , except for the TD called back by a holding penalty.................the 2 stops we got on 3rd and 4th down was a big momentum change.......
congrats to the new record FG by Moc!@#$%^ of 59 yards........... Thought Luke was gonna get sacked but did a good job of getting rid of the ball before the tackle.....................
I would hope we make some halftime adjustments as we are still getting sporadic pressure on their QB1.........gotta also guard against runs inside the tackles......................
GO ILLINI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sooo...Shouldn't we have done the 54 yarder earlier with Ethan as well?
Boy what a kicker duo...
Boy what a kicker duo...
The timeout at 1:27 was unacceptable and something we do all the damn time.
Luke’s internal clock must be running out of battery,cause he also seems to be holding on to the ball a little bit too long….his decision making must be a tad quicker.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
So to clarify a bit more of my OC/OL comments…I just so firmly believe that a B1G team with three or four good RBs with change of pace style can line up against a team like this and run…run…run, to set up the pass.
The OL gets into a rhythm and even when it’s not “successful”, you wear a MAC team out.
It’s Bielema Ball I crave and I’ll die on this hill.
The OL gets into a rhythm and even when it’s not “successful”, you wear a MAC team out.
It’s Bielema Ball I crave and I’ll die on this hill.
the national
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Somewhere, doing game prep for Sunday, McCourt is smiling
Twelve men on the field at the end of an injury timeout. Totally unacceptable
It wasn't even like it barely snuck in or anything...was dead on perfect with plenty to spare from 59...
one of the best kicks I can remember...
goodness...
one of the best kicks I can remember...
goodness...
Games like this we need to be tuning up for games against the better competition. Using our size and depth to grind down an inferior opponent doesn’t help anything imo.
It will be a big disappointment if we come out in second half focused on just winning this game vs preparing for the next 5 weeks.
The line play's gotta be killing him. He made his name and won multiple B10 championships with that style.
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