Defensively, I have no idea how we’ve disappeared at OLB. * Archived Message
Posted by illiniranger on October 9, 2023, 14:36:44, in reply to "Commenting generally on the O, I think we have a big talent gap. "
Previous Message I think we’re talented enough at WR and QB (not playing great at those positions but the ability is there) but OL, RB, TE I think there’s a big gap. IMO there are some FR that will emerge as really good skill players (Wilcher, Elzy, and Feagin, several SOs that will continue to develop also), but none of those guys is ready for prime time. Previous Message To go from that to zero known entities (with an inexperienced QB) seemed bizarre at the time But, at that time, I also suspected the OL would be a major strength and we know how that turned out Previous Message And we clearly used our NIL money on Newton/Randolph/Altemeyer/Jacas/Coleman so we weren’t going to be swimming in deep waters when it comes to what was available. Sure we could have found somebody from a G5 school or something like that, but I can understand why you’d just roll with Love/McCray/Anderson/Feagin in that case. The McCray injury was inevitable, but hard to predict that you’ll lose 3 of your top 4. Previous Message Previous Message Bret Bielema: Reggie Love III does not look great (in terms of playing Saturday). #Illini — Scott Richey (@srrichey) October 9, 2023 .
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- Maryland football game week - illiniranger October 9, 2023, 9:18:51
- Wtf shotgun. Lucky it worked* - Illini Guy October 14, 2023, 16:03:22
- Is this game on TV in Chicago?* - gullit October 14, 2023, 13:24:10
- 31-7 MD * - illini thunder October 14, 2023, 13:12:52
- This is a lot of contributors out or questionable - illiniranger October 14, 2023, 13:01:30
- Revising my score below: MD 34, Illini 24* - CubsWonWorldSeries October 14, 2023, 11:53:26
- going to be sloppy conditions* - memyselfandillini October 14, 2023, 6:56:07
- Feels like tomorrow is either a surprise win or a complete and embarrassing beat down - OB25 October 13, 2023, 20:25:26
- Friday night football sidejack. Tulane might have the best uniforms in college football. - Toonces October 13, 2023, 18:04:34
- Hard to believe the day before a B1G game on major network TV that this thread dropped to bottom pg3 - RSMBob October 13, 2023, 17:46:39
- Partial analogy to Weber after 2004-5 of failure to take advantage recruiting on a positive upswing - RSMBob October 9, 2023, 15:44:39
- Jesus, even Brian Barnhart was getting snarky on MMQB about the 4th down call on drive 1 - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 13:32:37
- Love likely out - jdl October 9, 2023, 13:07:40
- Best news in about a month: - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 11:51:27
- DWWH? - IlliniSax05 October 9, 2023, 12:37:31
- Maryland 49 Fighting Bert's 10* - WhitmansFolly October 9, 2023, 10:32:44
- Can we talk about ICON and NIL? - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 10:30:56
- Here's the real fun rant: - ijustkrushalot October 9, 2023, 11:19:01
- That shit is so opaque, I have no idea. * - illiniranger October 9, 2023, 11:02:54
- Thing is, we don't operate in a vacuum... everybody else has high NW donors paying for... - uofi1998 October 9, 2023, 10:38:04
- I'm sure there is some money there, but I doubt that it is sitting in a bank unused. - larue33 October 9, 2023, 10:36:33
- This. I think we have enough resources to support a winning program - UofIL6 October 9, 2023, 10:33:28
- I keep going back to that Avery Jones recruitment. - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 10:39:55
- Yep, and what a huge loss that was. Need to be able to bring the resources - UofIL6 October 9, 2023, 11:08:12
- Exactly. - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 11:13:31
- This aspect and portal scare me the most * - illini thunder October 9, 2023, 10:46:58
- I don't know enough to know, but Bret isn't coming out of pocket for that stuff. - uofi1998 October 9, 2023, 10:42:45
- We are probably going to get shit pumped* - Mrap24 October 9, 2023, 10:23:29
- I’m so completely crestfallen that I’m ready to fast forward to the inevitable…. - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 10:10:05
- Maryland 45, Illini 31 as our offense shows some life but has 3 turnovers* - CubsWonWorldSeries October 9, 2023, 10:09:55
- 2-10 on the table.* - Warrin'_Illini October 9, 2023, 9:44:40
- Going to be real grim after these next two games* - illini21 October 9, 2023, 9:20:35
- 55-17* - bjl63 October 9, 2023, 9:19:44
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