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General Category => Halas Hall Football Forum => Topic started by: dwc13 on September 11, 2021, 01:47:54 AM

Title: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: dwc13 on September 11, 2021, 01:47:54 AM
The Illini look to rebound from a disappointing loss last week to University of Texas San Antonio when they travel to Charlottesville to take on the University of Virginia in Scott Stadium. The 10am central kickoff is way too early and arguably unconstitutional. 

UVA opened at -12.5 but respect for the Fighting Bielemas has closed the line to -10.5. O/U is 55.5 points. IMO, this is a winnable game for Illinois. We'll see.   

Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 07:44:48 AM
Sitkowski gets the start and needs a better game than last week. Epstein is out.
We'll see what we learned from the UTSA film, unless they just got burned without viewing.
Looks like tv may have decided it was us or Pitt at Tn with the 11am ET kickoff. Guess who drew the short straw. 100,000 at Neyland vs max of 60,000 at Scott stadium with 43,000 fannies showing up last week.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ridingthegrange on September 11, 2021, 08:56:04 AM
Kurt Kittner says, "we own these guys".  This one is certainly winnable.  I L L!
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Gokuwearsorange/blue on September 11, 2021, 09:49:29 AM
Rod Smith is on the Virginia staff as an analyst.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Custard on September 11, 2021, 10:05:04 AM
Got a feeling we’re going to get worked. But wouldn’t surprise me if we kept it close.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Custard on September 11, 2021, 10:13:00 AM
Serious danger zone just 3:30 in.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:13:29 AM
Yeah this could get ugly quickly
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:14:25 AM
Not a good start.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Custard on September 11, 2021, 10:14:48 AM
Biiiiig yikes
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:15:26 AM
4 pass plays of 30 yards or more. 2 tds.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Chickengeorge on September 11, 2021, 10:15:50 AM
Nebraska must be awful.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:16:05 AM
Our secondary is nonexistent. VA might as well be playing pitch and catch out there like in warmups.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:16:40 AM
Remember when the non-Kool Aid were leery of the Brett Bielma hire?
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: illinicalvin on September 11, 2021, 10:17:40 AM
Our secondary is a practice squad for decent quarterbacks. We're going to have to start playing prevent defense all game to have a chance.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:21:24 AM
Remember when the non-Kool Aid were leery of the Brett Bielma hire?
If it helps, I'd rather see a coach turn a program around as opposed to winning with the previous staff players and then failing with his own recruits.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:24:24 AM
If it helps, I'd rather see a coach turn a program around as opposed to winning with the previous staff players and then failing with his own recruits.

How has that worked for every Illini coach since John Mackovic?
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:27:40 AM
How has that worked for every Illini coach since John Mackovic?

How’s that relevant to Bielema or now?
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Custard on September 11, 2021, 10:28:54 AM
How has that worked for every Illini coach since John Mackovic?

Zook built a decent program, he got fired for a year that was pretty much the same as the pinnacle of Becktard or Sleepy.

This roster was trash to start with and banged up to boot. Pretty tough to turn chicken shit into chicken salad. And we’ll be worse next year unless we hit a bonanza in the transfer market.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:29:18 AM
How’s that relevant to Bielema or now?

Because it never works at Illinois you fucking shit head idiot. Go back to sucking Jobu's cock and stop posting shit takes, fuck head.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:30:30 AM
Zook built a decent program, he got fired for a year that was pretty much the same as the pinnacle of Becktard or Sleepy.

This roster was trash to start with and banged up to boot. Pretty tough to turn chicken shit into chicken salad. And we’ll be worse next year unless we hit a bonanza in the transfer market.

You can always coach a scheme were shit wide receivers are not wide open every fucking play. The difference with NEB was that the QB was terrible and could not throw the ball to the open guys.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:30:39 AM
Because it never works at Illinois you fucking shit head idiot. Go back to sucking Jobu's cock and stop posting shit takes, fuck head.

So what’s your miserable ass doing on here if you don’t like it and it never works at Illinois?
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:32:45 AM
You can always coach a scheme

Pretty bold statement
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:33:00 AM
And I love hearing the revisionist history on Zook. The recruiting was complete shit at the end because everyone knew he could not coach and he could no longer get marginal students into school. There is a reason the guy went to work at a bank after getting fired from Illinois and then came back as a ST coach for Green Bay and fucked up a playoff game.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:34:16 AM
Zook built a decent program, he got fired for a year that was pretty much the same as the pinnacle of Becktard or Sleepy.

This roster was trash to start with and banged up to boot. Pretty tough to turn chicken shit into chicken salad. And we’ll be worse next year unless we hit a bonanza in the transfer market.
We need speed.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:34:29 AM
This offensive line is so bad.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:35:10 AM
We need speed.

Need linemen, both sides of the ball.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:36:59 AM
So what’s your miserable ass doing on here if you don’t like it and it never works at Illinois?

Countering the idiocy of you Central  Illinois fucking  inbred hillbillies who find this trash acceptable.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:37:31 AM
And I love hearing the revisionist history on Zook. The recruiting was complete shit at the end because everyone knew he could not coach and he could no longer get marginal students into school. There is a reason the guy went to work at a bank after getting fired from Illinois and then came back as a ST coach for Green Bay and fucked up a playoff game.
It was obvious that Zook needed coordinators to run things, and he would have been better served as a front man. 
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 11, 2021, 10:38:06 AM
It was obvious that Zook needed coordinators to run things, and he would have been better served as a front man.

Exactly
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:38:16 AM
Need linemen, both sides of the ball.
Those are our 2 strengths. Lol.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:38:31 AM
Countering the idiocy of you Central  Illinois fucking  inbred hillbillies who find this trash acceptable.

Who said they find it acceptable?
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:45:01 AM
10am starts are unacceptable,
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:49:06 AM
No problem.
The score showed up in stats before the snap.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:49:39 AM
Let’s fucking go!

Deuce Spann has been a pleasant surprise since switching to WR
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 10:54:53 AM
TV delay is about 2-3 plays behind stats.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 10:59:34 AM
Missed FG. Good stop. Now let’s get a good drive going here and get right back into it.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 11:02:31 AM
Need to get more yards on 1st down run plays.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 11:03:46 AM
Yeah not getting much running the ball.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Custard on September 11, 2021, 11:15:40 AM
Team is a weird mix of slow yet not particularly big or physical
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 11:16:11 AM
On the plus side, it could be worse. Lol.
2 missed fgs.
And neither Beth Mowin or Lisa Byington is doing the game.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 11:22:10 AM
Don't look at this.

(https://i.ibb.co/grRG5Zk/Screenshot-20210911-112048.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3TCwDmg)
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 11:31:04 AM
You'd think we would feel at home playing in front of this orange and blue crowd.
Oh, wait ...

(https://i.ibb.co/80MqH9t/IMG-0639.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hysbSVw)
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 11:46:31 AM
If we close out that last 2 minutes of the 1st half a little better we’d be all tied up.

Regardless, nice drive and we gotta continue that drive and get some stops. This game is still winnable.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 11:48:33 AM
46 yards rushing this drive is more than the entire 1st half.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 11:53:48 AM
Our defense just sucks and too many breakdowns. Especially in the secondary.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 11:56:58 AM
Offsides on Gay hurt
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: illinicalvin on September 11, 2021, 12:10:38 PM
We desperately need turnovers because our pass rush and secondary are muy mal.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: illinicalvin on September 11, 2021, 12:12:39 PM
And a tackle at the scrimmage line turns into a 10 yd TD run.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 12:17:16 PM
Not so much in football, but in hoops, too often we would look like we thought we could score at will even when we couldnt. And we'd let the other team back in the game.
Va is scoring at will.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 12:17:39 PM
our pass rush and secondary are muy mal.

Yeah that’s a recipe for disaster.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 12:25:10 PM
504 yds offense with 386 passing.
After 3 qtrs.
Lol
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 12:34:39 PM
Where is Luke Ford?!
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 12:35:23 PM
Casey Washington can go back to Wake Forest and stay.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 12:39:14 PM
Need 25 and throw a 3 yard pass lol
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Chickengeorge on September 11, 2021, 12:47:30 PM
And I love hearing the revisionist history on Zook. The recruiting was complete shit at the end because everyone knew he could not coach and he could no longer get marginal students into school. There is a reason the guy went to work at a bank after getting fired from Illinois and then came back as a ST coach for Green Bay and fucked up a playoff game.

Zook was fun.  For awhile.  A short while. 

Any coach after him has not been fun.  At all.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 11, 2021, 01:33:46 PM
We'll that sucked vs a team picked mid-pack ACC in the preseason.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: illinicalvin on September 11, 2021, 02:01:10 PM
And I love hearing the revisionist history on Zook. The recruiting was complete shit at the end because everyone knew he could not coach and he could no longer get marginal students into school. There is a reason the guy went to work at a bank after getting fired from Illinois and then came back as a ST coach for Green Bay and fucked up a playoff game.
I'll never understand why Ron Zook ever tried to do anything other than be a recruiting coordinator/assistant coach role. The guy was A+ at identifying/recruiting talent and sucked at everything else. It's telling that he now works FOR Mike Locksley.

Arguably the most talented Illinois team in history went 3-9 because Zook and his team of fools were coaching. Multiple NFL receivers and a NFL RB and...shotgun draw, the quarterback runs for 2 yards.

Fuck that and fuck this. Hopefully Bielema's building an actual system that can win long-term in the B1G, but I'm not holding my breath since he didn't have to do at Wisconsin and couldn't do it at Arkansas.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Reacher on September 11, 2021, 03:45:54 PM
I guess our turnaround isn’t quite complete.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 04:02:28 PM
I guess our turnaround isn’t quite complete.

Did u think it was suppose to this soon?
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: fucking on September 11, 2021, 05:59:25 PM
Did u think it was suppose to this soon?
The thing I like about you is that you're such a great writer.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: illiniray on September 11, 2021, 06:22:11 PM
We need speed.

Or coke.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 11, 2021, 07:11:23 PM
The thing I like about you is that you're such a great writer.

I knew you’d appreciate it.

Troll
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: wonky73 on September 11, 2021, 08:35:35 PM
I'm just glad I couldn't find this disaster anywhere on tv.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Reacher on September 11, 2021, 09:44:50 PM
Did u think it was suppose to this soon?

Of course not
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: ThePAMan on September 12, 2021, 09:41:19 AM
I knew you’d appreciate it.

Troll

No, you didn't. And you didn't because you have shit for brains.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 12, 2021, 11:10:12 AM
I believe poop is now the term to use.
Title: Re: Illinois at Mr. Jefferson's University (Virginia)
Post by: Judge Judy on September 12, 2021, 11:32:26 AM
No, you didn't. And you didn't because you have shit for brains.

If only I was as cool as you.