Illinois roster talent

[dinglefritz]

Been watching the defensive snaps on youtube. Tannor is lining up in a variety of spots. He was recruited as an OLB in a 3-4. Given the program never recruited competently enough to run a 3-4, Tannor became kind of a tweener.

Stick him in the middle and rush the passer from there. We’re just too damned small IMO.

 

[phoenix4nu]

No. Illinois is going to bend nebraska over even worse than northwestern & ga southern did

I've got a feeling you know what it's like to be bent over.

 

[Matrix Husker]

I don't feel good about this game. Brown may run like Melvin Gordon. Need to limit his runs and catches.

 

[leodisflowers]

 

[Meanfarmer3160]

While not any comprehensive assessment,
I wondered how it could be that Illinois is performing so well.

The article linked below makes it seem they lost as much or more talent than they brought in this past year via transfers.
2021 transfer rankings per 247 had Nebraska at #7 and Illinois at #96.

Additionally- their recruiting class rankings per Rivals were
2022: 41 (0 four stars)
2021: 71 (0 four stars)
2020: 90 (1 four star)
2019: 73 (2 four stars)
*meanwhile, Nebraska classes ranked in the Top 20 most those years.

Other teams fit a similar profile, but my assessment of what leads to success is 1. proper scouting of talent, 2. roster development, and 3. coaching schematics/discipline.
All 3 elements point right back to who your coaches are.

https://pantagraph.com/sports/colle...cle_f02f7e8e-0557-11ed-baa4-23ebdc6eed60.html

Revisit Nebraskas classes now the suckage is real.