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@lou v talked to Dan Verdun from Prairie State Pigskin about what to expect from Eastern Illinois this weekend.

Per Pete Thamel on X

Lausch to get a chance. Start warming up Hilinski just in case.

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Sounds about right. Illinois beat them 45 - 0.

@lou v's column from another disappointing loss to Duke.

Sour grapes award......

Guess we could have foreseen this.

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If you are gonna suck at least play penalty free and take care of the ball. No way Wright can start after this. I really don’t care who wins at this point. Just want the game to be over. No winners here.

I am still irate at the fumble overturn, the lack of running by Mike Wright when he had big run lanes, the insanely bad play calling by Lujan, Jack Olson being so god damn inconsistent despite acting like he’s elite… this feels like a loss that will certainly keep us out of a bowl. Likely 5-7. Absolutely brutal. I might need to go to one of those “wreck rooms” to break some stuff.

I’m kidding.

But that wasn’t great, and the O still blows. Duke owns us.

Better days are coming though.

David Braun's weekly press conference was all about his decision to start redshirt sophomore Jack Lausch at quarterback, just 2.5 days after giving Wright a vote of confidence. We broke down Braun's quotes and analyzed what he thinks Lausch can bring to the table to turn the offense around.

We need to start 3-1 because the back half of the schedule is brutal.

Why did out pass defense get so much worse late in the game and OT? It looked to me that the safeties were playing deeper and much softer with the LBs dropping into a soft zone. That WR shredded us.

Can someone more knowledgeable about football explain what happened?

Looks to be a lot of open seats left for tmrw night. Do we think it will be another sellout?

David Braun's weekly press conference was all about his decision to start redshirt sophomore Jack Lausch at quarterback, just 2.5 days after giving Wright a vote of confidence. We broke down Braun's quotes and analyzed what he thinks Lausch can bring to the table to turn the offense around.

They had a rough day. East St. Louis wiped the field with Loyola (34-7). It was a stunner. Loyola's only TD came on a fumble return.

I'm speaking as an LA alum.

rest of the league. (Corrected)

All times Eastern

Friday, Sept 20
Illinois @ Nebraska -8:00pm FOX

Saturday Sept 21
Marshall @ Ohio State - Noon FOX
Charlotte @ Indiana - Noon BTN
Villanova @ Maryland - Noon BTN

USC @ Michigan - 3:30 CBS
Kent State @ Penn State - 3:30 BTN
Rutgers @ Virginia Tech - 3:30 ACCnetwork
UCLA @ LSU - 3:30-4:15. ESPN Network TBD

Northwestern @ Washington - 7:00 FS1
Iowa @ Minnesota - NBC
Michigan State & Boston College - 8:00 ACCnetwork
Purdue @ Oregon State - 8:30 CW

Bye: Wisconsin

Unforgivable call on 3rd down in OT. I cannot fathom what he was thinking.

Against Miami of Ohio and again last night, there were several instances where the opponents' defensive lineman jumped into the neutral zone, but the OL didn't move to draw the offsides. At first, I thought this was just a miss on the closest OL not taking advantage for the free 5 yards. But then, after not being able to recall where our OL did move to draw the penalty after several DL jumps, and then seeing Wright upset that the DL actually encroached and touched the OL and so the play was whistled dead and, as the announcer put it, we "didn't get the free play", I'm curious if this new approach is actually being coached.

Was there a change in the rules that make the OL jumping if the lineman jumps into the neutral zone no longer a defensive penalty? I didn't think so. But it does appear our OL-men are consciously holding their positions even if the DL jumps into the neutral zone. Is the reason that our offensive coaches think a 'free play' is more valuable than a free 5 yards? If so, I am not agreeing on the strategy, but curious if others are seeing/thinking the same, that this is a conscious strategy on the part of our OL.