Illini at Purdue
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Illini at Purdue
Illini offense looking good, defense not so good but they lead 40 - 27 with 5 min. left in the game......and they win 43-27
Re: Illini at Purdue
the offensive line is still not very good, but hopefully we don't under-appreciate what kind of QB play we're seeing.
I don't know anything about the heisman, but can someone explain why he is not one of the 4 or 5 "ones to watch"? I glanced at a list on fox sports and see Jeremiah Smith - OK, I get that. He's pretty much unstoppable at this point and clearly the best WR in the country. But then I see 4 other guys, all QBs, none of which is putting together a season as good as Altmeyer.
Our guy is avg 10.6 yards per ATTEMPT. not completion, per pass ATTEMPT. That is crazy good. 0 INT in 148 attempts. Crazy good. 12 passing, 2 rushing and 1 receiving TD...for 15 total. Not as good some others, but still very good. I see the QB from Baylor has 19 TD passes, but he also has 100 more pass attempts.
will be interesting to see if Coach Henry sticks with his "bend but don't break" defensive strategy against OSU. To play that way, your tackling needs to be a whole lot better. A couple blown coverages, but mostly Purdue's big plays were from bad tackling. What's the over/under on receiving yards Smith will have?
I think this offense can put up 30 on anyone (even OSU) as long as the game is within reach. Not sure this defense can keep OSU under 40 though. Opening line is 15.5 ....and that feels right. 40-25-ish OSU winning.
I don't know anything about the heisman, but can someone explain why he is not one of the 4 or 5 "ones to watch"? I glanced at a list on fox sports and see Jeremiah Smith - OK, I get that. He's pretty much unstoppable at this point and clearly the best WR in the country. But then I see 4 other guys, all QBs, none of which is putting together a season as good as Altmeyer.
Our guy is avg 10.6 yards per ATTEMPT. not completion, per pass ATTEMPT. That is crazy good. 0 INT in 148 attempts. Crazy good. 12 passing, 2 rushing and 1 receiving TD...for 15 total. Not as good some others, but still very good. I see the QB from Baylor has 19 TD passes, but he also has 100 more pass attempts.
will be interesting to see if Coach Henry sticks with his "bend but don't break" defensive strategy against OSU. To play that way, your tackling needs to be a whole lot better. A couple blown coverages, but mostly Purdue's big plays were from bad tackling. What's the over/under on receiving yards Smith will have?
I think this offense can put up 30 on anyone (even OSU) as long as the game is within reach. Not sure this defense can keep OSU under 40 though. Opening line is 15.5 ....and that feels right. 40-25-ish OSU winning.