What did we learn Illinois edition

[lo country]

4 hours ago, The_Fan_Man said:

One thing that I learned is that our WRs aren't doing a great job at getting separation against man coverage, especially in shorter/medium routes. The real exception to this seems to be Barney, who is putting real fear into opposing defenses.

 

4 hours ago, runningblind said:

I'm seeing the same thing watching replays.  This makes running the ball even harder as teams will throw an extra defender up.  No bueno. 

A talking head after game one spoke to this.  He said we are bigger than what we had last year at wr, but we don't have the speed to stretch a D and get separation and against better teams that would be an issue.  Barney being the one who can.  Not having Chai healthy/prepared hurts as he had some top end speed.  McGuire needs to work on getting our guys to highpoint and fight for those balls.  Be more physical.  DR is threading that ball, but at times I am amazed it hasn't been picked they way he gets it in there.  A couple passes were a touch behind, but I am sure that will improve with more live games.  

[Mavric]

 

[Mavric]

Kind of odd for a right-handed QB that throwing right wasn't that great.

 

 

[ladyhawke]

On 9/21/2024 at 8:10 PM, gobiggergoredder said:

I wasn’t at the game, but my son said he drilled a 60 yarder pregame.  Said he was the only one launching.

It’s odd that they aren’t even trying him! 

[caveman99]

Illinois looks like a good team vs PSU tonight. They are down 14-7 in the 4th and may not win, but they are certainly showing they are a tough team. PSU is in a dogfight tonight. Assuming PSU holds on to win this game, CU is now 4-1 and ILL would be 4-1, apparently a 4-1 Husker squad ain’t too bad after all………

[Jason Sitoke]

25 minutes ago, caveman99 said:

Illinois looks like a good team vs PSU tonight. They are down 14-7 in the 4th and may not win, but they are certainly showing they are a tough team. PSU is in a dogfight tonight. Assuming PSU holds on to win this game, CU is now 4-1 and ILL would be 4-1, apparently a 4-1 Husker squad ain’t too bad after all………

They’ve hung around, but Penn St has absolutely owned the LoS pretty much all game. 

[caveman99]

6 minutes ago, Jason Sitoke said:

They’ve hung around, but Penn St has absolutely owned the LoS pretty much all game. 

Regardless, ILL had the ball near midfield with under 4 mins to go only down 14-7. They had also just made 2 first downs in that drive as well. A great defensive call and execution by the DB to show man coverage but go to zone post snap to trick Altmeyer to throw a game sealing pick. PSU couldn’t score against the ILL D either, I would say they are a pretty good team.

[Jason Sitoke]

5 minutes ago, caveman99 said:

Regardless, ILL had the ball near midfield with under 4 mins to go only down 14-7. They had also just made 2 first downs in that drive as well. A great defensive call and execution by the DB to show man coverage but go to zone post snap to trick Altmeyer to throw a game sealing pick. PSU couldn’t score against the ILL D either, I would say they are a pretty good team.

They’re a good team. But this game wasn’t as close as the score would indicate. Outrushed them 241-39. Illinois is well coached though and came up with a couple big plays to stop Penn st drives.  Gave themselves a chance. 

[BigRedBuster]

We scored more points against Illinois defense than PSU did.