he can be a difficult player to get involved Archived Message Posted by illiniranger on September 13, 2022, 12:50:19, in reply to "Interesting comment from him with us having Williams" he's probably at his most dangerous catching it over the middle, but the coaches probably don't want DeVito throwing it over the middle a little riskier with all the bodies in there to deflect/tip the ball. a punt return is kind of like a catch over the middle. IW been good on punt return. Previous Message not that he did much in the box score last week, but I take that as a positive Previous Message BIG TEN BOX SCORES: Penn State-Ohio Illinois-Virginia Ohio State-Arkansas State Indiana-Idaho Way to keep those expectations tamped down, Nichols Singleton (and, uh, Drew Allar too). pic.twitter.com/4u6Z12P18l — Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) September 13, 2022 . Message Thread: | This response ↓ new Illinois football thread - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 9:56:43 kinda weird iowa is favored by 24 over Nevada given they’ve scored 14 points total * - biclops September 15, 2022, 23:46:39 16 punts* - JeffFrank September 16, 2022, 0:01:31 we are the “b1g football on 60” game on BTN right now * - biclops September 14, 2022, 21:10:45 when I try to watch on HULU they give me mostly parts of Q3 and Q4 - redgrange77 September 15, 2022, 8:58:37 does devito have any more years of eligibility or is he done after this ?* - biclops September 14, 2022, 13:03:46 This is it for him* - Cunativeson September 14, 2022, 13:04:54 oof* - biclops September 14, 2022, 13:05:16 hopefully Leary will be ready to go* - ECEIllinois September 14, 2022, 13:10:38 I think we’ll need one more year of transfer (or Sitkowski) until Leary - snipes824 September 14, 2022, 16:29:06 Sitkowski has another year too. Michaux back plus Swanson coming in* - CanHartlebHireSnider September 14, 2022, 13:16:12 i would think they'll look for another txfer. but so will like 30 other P5 teams * - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 13:06:45 Isn't the % of P5 starting QBs that are xfers really high? * - jdl September 14, 2022, 13:14:41 i would guess like 20-30 of them are. just a guess. i think anywhere from a third to half* - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 13:22:59 in the Big Ten let's see - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 13:34:56 Rutgers QB is a transfer* - JacobRDaugherty September 14, 2022, 16:17:33 I thought they were playing the kid they recruited from Owensboro KY?* - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 16:19:23 Vedral is out injured but the incumbent starter and I think will start when healthy* - JacobRDaugherty September 14, 2022, 21:34:59 I’m seeing two QBs splitting time, both Rutgers recruits * - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 16:23:10 B1G transfers lost since 2018-9 - jdl September 14, 2022, 9:15:50 I assume this is transfers in?* - CanHartlebHireSnider September 14, 2022, 12:35:03 Lost = out - jdl September 14, 2022, 12:59:15 Sorry I missed that in your subject line - CanHartlebHireSnider September 14, 2022, 13:00:08 And thinking about it those numbers seem really high for transfers in - CanHartlebHireSnider September 14, 2022, 13:01:35 Yeah, just meant the team rankings * - jdl September 14, 2022, 13:04:58 Moving down that list would be nice * - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 9:21:10 Hey, gotta get these in-staters to stay home and build. - osklister September 14, 2022, 8:52:35 Bielema tweets that good news is coming* - AintHatin September 14, 2022, 8:27:19 8 home games in 2034?* - Poldark September 14, 2022, 8:49:31 Noice. Any thoughts on who it is? * - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 8:28:58 It's going to be the highly ranked punter. Nice to get but not moving the needle* - Cunativeson September 14, 2022, 8:31:18 CDP strenuously objects! * - illinijohn September 14, 2022, 14:47:14 Most "important" play in football?? Or "underrated"?? * - osklister September 14, 2022, 16:43:44 Exactly, but hopefully have our punter for the next 4 years* - UofIL6 September 14, 2022, 9:14:19 Good call. - uofi1998 September 14, 2022, 8:33:14 That’s fine. Need good ST guys. Think he’s from IJKAs hometown. * - illiniranger September 14, 2022, 8:32:47 WOOOO! - ijustkrushalot September 14, 2022, 8:49:44 Yep - UIHuskie September 14, 2022, 8:32:46 Sold him on having lots of punting opportunities?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes September 14, 2022, 9:16:21 Colts signing Chase McLaughlin to practice squad - ATL September 13, 2022, 15:40:20 interesting... the colts cut blankenship* - ECEIllinois September 13, 2022, 15:43:34 They just cut their kicker, so he could be back in the league soon* - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 15:43:10 E Holmes officially out for the year. Jamal Woods had minor surgery, should be good for B1G games.* - ATL September 13, 2022, 14:51:51 Ernie "Fats" Holmes??? Wait, he may be out of eligibility....* - osklister September 13, 2022, 15:21:41 Sucks but Jacas is/will be a beast* - UofIL6 September 13, 2022, 15:17:10 I’m kinda feeling 7-5 to be honest * - meanjeans September 13, 2022, 12:44:10 No game left is not winnable - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 13:47:15 I feel like this is the common mistake of Illini fans* - Chilango September 14, 2022, 9:15:36 I like that we get Iowa and MN at home. IA could be headed for a losing record * - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 14:02:18 Agree. And Kirk won't change anything - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 14:03:51 i feel better about beating UVA than i felt bad about losing to IU. if that makes sense* - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 13:25:48 Yup. Also when I wanted a 1-1 split against IU / UVA, I meant that we would be as good as them - meanjeans September 13, 2022, 23:08:38 Right. Because UVA was never close, and actually could've been a significantly wider margin. - uofi1998 September 13, 2022, 13:53:43 I don’t feel bad about the loss. I feel mad about that loss.* - ATL September 13, 2022, 13:48:18 This. Very much this* - opossum jenkins September 13, 2022, 16:06:34 Bill Connelly box score from last week - reggiedunlop September 13, 2022, 12:40:29 We needed to grab a WR in the transfer portal* - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 13:50:08 Interesting comment from him with us having Williams - reggiedunlop September 13, 2022, 12:42:49 Need another quality WR that can get open regularly* - UofIL6 September 13, 2022, 12:52:39 i think Bryant has been pretty good. the fumble unfortunately overshadowed some nice catches Sat * - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 12:56:51 Dropped that TD at IU as well. Can be good, but like most youngsters, needs to refine game* - UofIL6 September 13, 2022, 13:08:01 JPD called it that he would be a really good player when he committed and i think that's right* - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 13:24:54 Werner spoke very highly of him during camp* - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 14:04:42 he can be a difficult player to get involved - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 12:50:19 I would love to see him used like a poor man's Tyreek Hill - reggiedunlop September 13, 2022, 12:57:51 we may see more as we get more time in Lunney's system. it seems to me that TP got IW more involved - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 13:03:15 DeVito has been a huge upgrade from Peters. He's just average, but that is much better than what - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 10:30:39 small sample size, but highest rating since lunt in 2014 - biclops September 13, 2022, 11:02:01 A little more air under his first throw and it’s 7-0 real quick. - uofi1998 September 13, 2022, 10:57:52 Maybe this was the coaching that Peters was getting but it's nice to see a QB willing to take risks - ATL September 13, 2022, 10:34:45 DeVito's only issue is underthrowing some deep balls - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 10:35:55 Peters better deep arm. DeVito better on short mid passes - Poldark September 13, 2022, 11:16:52 I was randomly thinking about Illinois running backs from the last ~25 years - OB25 September 13, 2022, 10:16:58 Now rank the WR’s - OB25 September 13, 2022, 11:25:42 List - uofi1998 September 13, 2022, 11:43:23 Solid ranking as well as a reminder of how generally piss poor our WR corps has been* - Blazer September 13, 2022, 23:40:19 ^^^^This* - ilinni11 September 13, 2022, 13:51:49 lloyd the clear #1 but Jenkins had the best single season since David Williams* - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 11:36:06 Also, we wasted 3 years wit Steve Hull as a DB - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 11:40:42 Yeah I almost included him but left him off since it was only 1 year - OB25 September 13, 2022, 12:07:50 It’s mendenhall and then everybody else. Best offensive athlete at UI of our lifetimes * - uofi1998 September 13, 2022, 10:25:07 List - uofi1998 September 13, 2022, 11:01:05 PT was amongst my all-time favorite Illini, but for whatever reason - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 10:24:09 *eyeball point** - KingTalkyTiki September 13, 2022, 11:06:50 Most fat fairies agree with this. - Kajagoogoo September 13, 2022, 10:48:08 fat fairies?* - bjl63 September 13, 2022, 10:52:06 Poor attempt at a joke: "But RM5 was the best by a fairy wide margin." - Kajagoogoo September 14, 2022, 12:28:22 Needs more Josh Ferguson* - CanHartlebHireSnider September 13, 2022, 10:21:08 Pierre Thomas may be the most underutilized athlete in illini history* - longsnapper September 13, 2022, 10:19:34 didn't take as many hits, so he benefits in NFL - Poldark September 13, 2022, 11:40:33 100% my favorite Illini FB player* - assassin September 13, 2022, 10:33:22 Mendy by far #1. Leshoure #2. Chase Brown might be #3 already* - CubsWonWorldSeries September 13, 2022, 10:18:47 great question - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 10:18:41 oh, and i'd probably put Ferguson ahead of Corbin and Harvey. criminally underused player - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 10:19:55 I think Reggie Corbin is #4 on my list* - CubsWonWorldSeries September 13, 2022, 12:19:34 I almost included Ferguson but figured he’d just get put at the bottom by everyone. - OB25 September 13, 2022, 10:21:53 He played in the NFL and had more yards in his career than Leshoure did - CanHartlebHireSnider September 13, 2022, 10:22:56 I chumped it and added him to the list - OB25 September 13, 2022, 10:25:58 Cubit was about the worst hire Beckman could've made - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 10:25:38 In Beckman's defense, he wasn't the first/only UI HBC who did this - ATL September 13, 2022, 10:30:28 Up to 63 in SP+ - snipes824 September 13, 2022, 10:05:49 we gain a lot of yards, our points per opportunity is probably dogshit - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 10:11:31 CBS had us in the pinstripe bowl vs UNC* - Mrap24 September 13, 2022, 10:01:44 cfb data box score had Illinois with 100% post game win expectancy - CanHartlebHireSnider September 13, 2022, 9:59:04 UVA looked very disinterested. had we been able to finish in the RZ we'd have hung like 38 on them* - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 9:59:54 I think our defense stole their souls - uofi1998 September 13, 2022, 10:24:21 We are some marginal(?) improvements away on offense from being a good team - LeatherneckIllini September 13, 2022, 10:01:41 teams that don't run the I formation or the read option in the RZ tend to struggle - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 10:04:44 We added a look with Kreutz as full back near the GL. - uofi1998 September 13, 2022, 10:53:07 fullbacks create problems near the goal line. catch run or block on quick hitting plays - illiniranger September 13, 2022, 11:08:33   Searching