October 22nd, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^
October 22nd, 2016 at 6:52 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 6:52 PM ^
Turrible. Unacceptable. #FireBrown #FireEverybody #sarcasm
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:33 PM ^
I'm gonna agree here. 1 sack and we barely beat them in turnover margin while they crushed us in TFL totals. I also thought they beat us in the who-hit-harder battle.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^
Sir I think you are missing the joke here.
October 22nd, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^
Actually, sir, I think it is you who missed it.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^
Indeed! Why, they got more points than we did TFLs, today! That didn't happen against Rutgers!
October 22nd, 2016 at 6:52 PM ^
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:05 PM ^
October 22nd, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
Illinois was better than Rutgers and only managed one score. Can't really complain. We will but we shouldn't lol
October 22nd, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 6:55 PM ^
because I felt mild outrage every time they got a first down
October 22nd, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^
October 22nd, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 6:58 PM ^
The loss of the shutout aside, numerically that was another nice performance by the defense, I though. 172 yards allowed on 38 plays, which is 4.5 yards per play on average, but that number is padded some by a couple notable moments for Illinois in the passing game, of course.
77 yards of rushing allowed on 23 carries, or 3.35 yards per carry was a nice performance against the run.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^
Illinois had a 45-yard run and two 43-yard passes. Their other 35 plays gained 41 yards.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 7:21 PM ^
Yeah but this time we didn't get outhit obviously.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:14 PM ^
I mean, if you take out all the big plays, the 2010 defense was awesome.
Hard to blame the team, though. They haven't played a competitive game in three weeks and pitched 7 shutout quarters in that stretch. Even Harbaugh would have trouble keeping a roster of blue-chippers focused in such a sensory deprivation tank.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^
October 22nd, 2016 at 8:03 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 11:03 PM ^
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:00 PM ^
Held Illinois to 172 yds. total offense, and less than 100 when it mattered. Came out of the game healthy. Dymonte Thomas pic was an outstanding play, but there were many others by our ferocious defense.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:02 PM ^
This defense is really good, but I was kind of mad when IL got that TD and two-point conversion.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:07 PM ^
I thought they'd get more sacks.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:21 PM ^
It doesn't qualify as a "concern," but with the quality of our d-line to get one sack seems disappointing somehow. I suppose it's a testament to how high our expectations are because of how good they are, but you would expect agsint a mediocre team we would get a few more shacks. Whatever though.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:27 PM ^
I expected more wrecking of Illinois' offense. Vaughan and Foster gave UM some problems on the edge as well.
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October 22nd, 2016 at 9:13 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 11:18 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 7:28 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 7:32 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
Lots of 3-man fronts, often without blitzing anyone (especially in the second half). Any ideas on why?
October 22nd, 2016 at 9:20 PM ^
to 4 and 5 wide sets, Brown went Nickel with the extra DB. Wasn't bad to use since they'll probably have to use it in Columbus a bit.
October 22nd, 2016 at 7:54 PM ^
It won't be good enough next week against Sparty. They're bringing the whole kitchen sink next week. This defense had be ready for fucking anything next week. Because Dantonio will pull out all the stops next week.
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October 22nd, 2016 at 9:13 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 10:03 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 7:57 PM ^
I've been thinking this for a couple weeks but it seems Peppers has not been as involved in defensive plays since Colorado, which I thought was his best defensive games in his career.
With that said I went and took a look and he tackles have actually decreased each game... 9 vs Colorado, 6 v Penn State, 3 Wisconsin, 2 v Rutgers, 2 v Illinois. And from what I can see only 0.5 TFL in the last 4 games and no sacks.
Peppers is always out there but he doesn't seem to be moving around as much as he was ealier in the season and seems be getting less chances to blitz or get in the backfield against the run.
Has anyone else noticed this?
October 22nd, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2016 at 8:31 PM ^
I thought Peppers was very involved on defense in the Rutgers game--contained a jet sweep, forced an early throw by blitzing, etc.
I havn't rewatched today's game, but it seemed as if Illinois was often running to the other side of the field, away from Peppers. And he still tracked down the runner, from across the field, to push him out of bounds on one of Illinois' biggest gains.
October 22nd, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^
it sucked
October 22nd, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2016 at 1:04 AM ^
From the comments you'd think we won a squeaker against Akron or something.
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