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Illinois destroyed Cincy last week and did it with a balanced offensive attack that didn't make many mistakes. Their Sr QB was fairly unheralded coming into the season because the knock him was he is a hell of a dual threat runner, but his down field passing was a problem. Well he appears to have learned how to pass over the off season. They used 3 different rushers regularly. None ended up over 70 yards. Their QB completed passes to 11 different targets throughout the game. Cincy ended up with over 450 yards of total offense, but failed to get it done in the red zone and ended up only 3-13 on 3rd downs for the game.
We know what we have in UW, or at least we have some idea. We know from listening to Sark that we will not see the exact same schemes on offense in this game, but we will see the same pace if not faster as they clean up some little things. Versus Boise UW ran mostly 11 and 10 personnel groups. I believe I saw 12 on a few plays, but not many. I don't recall seeing them use 10 very often last year as I don't think we have 4 serviceable WR's to put out there anyway, besides going with no TE isn't something you will do often when you have someone like ASJ on your team. Obviously with his return you can expect them to mostly run 11 and 12. I would expect to see 12 often with ASJ releasing into routes if no blitz is coming off his side. Look for a lot of rotation on the offense again with that depth helping to keep that offense moving at full speed. They now have 5 viable WR's with 4 of them likely to see at least 6 looks each. In the first game KW wasn't even second in receptions for the game, although he did have maybe some of the most important and pressure filled catches.
Sankey. What more can you say? Everyone worried about the running game when Polk left and ended up not skipping a single beat. This kid is a serious beast. I thought Washington played well behind him in game one and had some quality carries.
The story of this game will come down to KP and how much he has grown. For all of the talk about his Sophomore year he still didn't play well in tough road games that year. Just look at the Nebraska game for an example. I believe this new style of offense will go a long way to resolving his road issues. The pace is too fast for him to be able to think too much. He has seconds to get over a play and reset. The pace helps reduce the impact of the fans as well. They are using signs and non verbal communications anyway.
I know we are all sort of asking the same questions, but to me I see this as a coming out party for Price on the national stage and I really like their chances to come away with a win. Their defense has more depth than it has had in a decade and I think they will handle the pressure of the road very well.
Speaking of defense, I watched the Boise game again and while I still think the LB's need to play tighter coverage on crossing routes, I don't think they were as bad as I first thought they were. I think a lot of it was scheme designed to prevent big plays from getting by them. They were playing soft on the shorter routes to contain them and it worked. The secondary was off the chain, but while they only gave up one long pass all game it is worth noting that Boise dropped several long passes to open receivers.
Chime in and give your assessments, concerns, and questions.
Illinois destroyed Cincy last week and did it with a balanced offensive attack that didn't make many mistakes. Their Sr QB was fairly unheralded coming into the season because the knock him was he is a hell of a dual threat runner, but his down field passing was a problem. Well he appears to have learned how to pass over the off season. They used 3 different rushers regularly. None ended up over 70 yards. Their QB completed passes to 11 different targets throughout the game. Cincy ended up with over 450 yards of total offense, but failed to get it done in the red zone and ended up only 3-13 on 3rd downs for the game.
We know what we have in UW, or at least we have some idea. We know from listening to Sark that we will not see the exact same schemes on offense in this game, but we will see the same pace if not faster as they clean up some little things. Versus Boise UW ran mostly 11 and 10 personnel groups. I believe I saw 12 on a few plays, but not many. I don't recall seeing them use 10 very often last year as I don't think we have 4 serviceable WR's to put out there anyway, besides going with no TE isn't something you will do often when you have someone like ASJ on your team. Obviously with his return you can expect them to mostly run 11 and 12. I would expect to see 12 often with ASJ releasing into routes if no blitz is coming off his side. Look for a lot of rotation on the offense again with that depth helping to keep that offense moving at full speed. They now have 5 viable WR's with 4 of them likely to see at least 6 looks each. In the first game KW wasn't even second in receptions for the game, although he did have maybe some of the most important and pressure filled catches.
Sankey. What more can you say? Everyone worried about the running game when Polk left and ended up not skipping a single beat. This kid is a serious beast. I thought Washington played well behind him in game one and had some quality carries.
The story of this game will come down to KP and how much he has grown. For all of the talk about his Sophomore year he still didn't play well in tough road games that year. Just look at the Nebraska game for an example. I believe this new style of offense will go a long way to resolving his road issues. The pace is too fast for him to be able to think too much. He has seconds to get over a play and reset. The pace helps reduce the impact of the fans as well. They are using signs and non verbal communications anyway.
I know we are all sort of asking the same questions, but to me I see this as a coming out party for Price on the national stage and I really like their chances to come away with a win. Their defense has more depth than it has had in a decade and I think they will handle the pressure of the road very well.
Speaking of defense, I watched the Boise game again and while I still think the LB's need to play tighter coverage on crossing routes, I don't think they were as bad as I first thought they were. I think a lot of it was scheme designed to prevent big plays from getting by them. They were playing soft on the shorter routes to contain them and it worked. The secondary was off the chain, but while they only gave up one long pass all game it is worth noting that Boise dropped several long passes to open receivers.
Chime in and give your assessments, concerns, and questions.
