Illinois 23, Kansas 17 Postgame

#152      
phats22
IlliniInCAN said:
So happy they won, so much to improve on. Looking at you, Lunney and line play. We have real wide receivers, would be good to use them more often with less runs up the middle and some screen passes to keep the D guessing. But hey, a win is a win and it’s been way to long to linger on the negatives.
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yeah, feels like we might be better to pass to set up the run than visa versa.
 
#155      
Saturdaze
Great win. Lunney is not a P2 coordinator. We have more talent on both sides of the ball than we’ve had in the past. A Henry defense seems to be good at developing players but bad at play calling.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more confused about the seasons prospects after a win than I am now.
 
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#156      
SoCal Illini
Ander1345 said:
More concerned about run blocking. We did not run the ball effectively until Valentine.
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You’d think with BB as head coach that’d be Illinois’ bread and butter. Good thing is often times some emphasis from the coaches can fix a lot of it in a week. I think they’re solid from an athletic standpoint. Correct me if I’m wrong
 
#159      
Second place is 1st loser
IllinoisssssssVarsity said:
Not to be that guy, but I felt they kinda gashed us on the runs. Was that due to our gameplan to contain Daniels, or is that a weakness future opponents will look at and know to exploit?

What a win!
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You're not being "that guy" at all! There's a lot on both sides that are clearly going to be areas of concern all year long. I think that the goal was to keep Daniels contained in the pocket and for the most part, they did. They got loose a few times, but no truly explosive plays.
 
#160      
phats22
IllinialuminAZ said:
Huge game for Bret and the program! Great sold out crowd and more excitement to come!

I L L...
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sellout, ranked win, tons of recruits watching and new NIL funds?

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#163      
Ander1345
SoCal Illini said:
You’d think with BB as head coach that’d be Illinois’ bread and butter. Good thing is often times some emphasis from the coaches can fix a lot of it in a week. I think they’re solid from an athletic standpoint. Correct me if I’m wrong
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Honestly I just think we should play to our strengths. We don't pass on first down nearly enough.
 
#170      
lstewart53x3
Saturdaze said:
Great win. Lunney is not a P2 coordinator. We have more talent on both sides of the ball than we’ve had in the past. A Henry defense seems to be good at developing players but bad at play calling.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more confused about the seasons prospects after a win than I am now.
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Same. A win over a top 20 team who smoked us last year has me very confused about the direction of the program.
 
#174      
Piotyr
Funny stat after almost never having the ball in the 2nd and 3rd quarter, but Illinois won TOP and total yardage ended up about even (KU pulled ahead on that last drive to finish about 50 yards ahead overall). Illinois was outrushed, but they outpassed KU significantly, and won the turnover battle easily.
 
#175      
Saturdaze
blackdog said:
Also the two punts from that KU punter were spinning sideways. It was absolutely insane and almost uncatchable both times.
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My perspective on the muffed punt is more on the coaches calling a super conservative game. If that’s the game plan than to win you must be better than the other teams at the fundamentals and we aren’t.
 
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