Jeff George Jr. Likely Starting at QB Today for Illinois

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on

This has been rumored all week, but the Big Ten Network just reported that Jeff George Jr. (their third-stringer) is likely starting today at QB for Illinois. Lunt and Crouch didn't practice on Thursday, they reported.

Might be a long afternoon on offense for the Illini.

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WolverineHistorian

October 22nd, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^

If RichRod or Hoke was still coaching here, I would be a little nervous about this game because QB's who never threw a pass in college would throw for about 300 yards on us.

The PTSD isn't completely gone but it feels nice to go into a game with no stress.



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Swazi

October 22nd, 2016 at 12:21 PM ^

A walk on RS Freshman QB starting his first ever game, and it's in the Big House against the number 1 defense in the country?

Good luck, kid. 

 

Let's hope Michigan doesn't get McGloined.

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Perkis-Size Me

October 22nd, 2016 at 2:44 PM ^

McGloined? Come on, man.

Let's disregard the fact that that game was in the road at Penn State and that this game is at home. We had a coach who didn't give two shits about fielding even a mediocre defense, and then he hired a mediocre defensive coordinator and asked him to run a scheme he had absolutely no idea how to run. Now we have a defense run by arguably the best coordinator in the country, and it's run with far better talent than anything we had six years ago.

The mental and physical fortitude of the 2010 team doesn't hold a single ember of a single candle to what this year's team can do.



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Perkis-Size Me

October 22nd, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^

A third string QB with absolutely no collegiate experience whatsoever, going up against arguably the best defense in America? On the road?

Don Brown smells blood in the water. The DL is likely going to have a big day today.



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Fishbulb

October 22nd, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^

Somewhere in Illinois, there is a die-hard Illini and George fan who has been nursing a porn stache all these years, straining relationships with family and friends, all in preparation for this moment.



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