17, Gabe Jacas, and then their nickel corner, No. 8, Tarique Barnes, defensive end/rush, No. 4, Jer'Zhan Newton, defensive tackle, No. Been a lot of talk about their personnel all offseason. Defensive end, No. We've been impressed with their personnel. But they're an odd front or okie front defense. As we know, Bielema is also involved on the defense. I think he had a 72-yard touchdown.Īnd then defensively, Aaron Henry. I thought last week, was able to make plays with not just his arm, but with his legs as well. Came in, in the Toledo game, and drove them right down the field. 1's hands, Isaiah Williams, who it feels like he's been playing at Illinois forever. And then I think Luke Altmyer, the young man from Ole Miss, has really helped them. They're a spread team, 11 personnel is what they're going to base out of. They're trying to find ways to get the ball in the No. To have that perspective in our conference meetings, I think is helpful. ![]() I think it's also helpful you've got two head coaches in the Big Ten that have been head coaches in the SEC. So we've got to know him personally and professionally and have a ton of respect for him and what he's been able to do. He goes on the Nike trip that me and my wife go on as well, him and his wife. Obviously, he has a ton of history as a head coach and specifically as a head coach in the Big Ten Conference. We were excellent the week before in penalties and not as good this past week when it came to penalties. We were getting the ball back and gave it back to them. And then too many free yards. The whole reason for going punt safe on fourth-and-one is to anticipate and expect a hard count and not jump offsides and give them a first down. Situational football, situational football, situational football. So, 14 points there in the middle-eight.Īreas for growth. We were able to score a really nice two-minute drive with no timeouts at the end of the half and then start the second half with a touchdown as well. A real positive for us is starting fast and the last two games the offense has started the opening drive of the game with a touchdown.Īnd then middle-eight. I thought special teams, we were more consistent, specifically with how we kicked the ball. In today's college football to say that our offense had 91 plays in the game is really unusual. You combine that with the offense being really efficient. Defensively, we were able to get off the field. As you guys know, some of our veteran starters really only played a handful of plays in the game, which was great. We were able to play 80 players in the game. We went down in both of those categories. For example, early in the season, missed tackles, missed assignments. We talked about getting better specifically in the metrics that we measure and talk about each week. We talked about getting better, the importance of getting better each week, and if we do that we'll like where we are at come the end of the season. Some more notes, just some positives on that game. Young man out of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Then our D-squad players of the week were Jack Lambert and Liam Powers with the offense, Jace Tutty and Kaveion Keys with the defense, and then Jace Tutty also on special teams. Defensive Player of the Game was Dominic DeLuca. When you talk about just kind of the summary of the last game, Offensive Player of the Game was Drew Allar. So, it'll be a great environment for college football, and we're look forward to it. I think they were talking about coming out with a new schedule, so we're going to try and reverse psychology and ask to be on road this year and see what happens - this year coming up here. ![]() We go to Illinois, which is a tradition around here, opening on the road in the Big Ten. Right now, I think after two games we're averaging 109,661 fans, which is great. In terms of our last game, again, phenomenal crowd, especially when you consider the fact it was a noon game. ![]() ![]() So we're very, very appreciative of that and don't take it for granted. We had a number of former players and players' parents that were at the Pentagon, so that memory is burned into my mind, so just wanted to take a minute and recognize that and how fortunate we are for the men and the women and the first responders and people that serve our communities and country. I think a lot of people forget that the Pentagon had got hit as well we don't really talk about that as much. Story Links Opening Statement: First of all, with September 11th and everything that's gone on in our country and the fact that it was 22 years ago, it is kind of mind blowing to me.
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