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Game Thread tOSU at Illinois, Sat Oct 2, Noon ET, BTN

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Illinois now has 3 QBs, and one of them actually has 1 year of experience as a redshirt.

SI.com

Backup quarterback Charest leaves Illinois


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois spokesman Kent Brown says backup quarterback Jacob Charest has left the school.

Details about the sophomore's decision and his plans weren't immediately
available.

Ron Zook last week named redshirt freshman Nathan Scheelhaase (SHEEL'-hows) his starter over Charest and freshman Chadler Whitmer.

Charest is from Mathews, N.C. He played in four games last year as a redshirt freshman. He completed 50 percent of his passes for 382 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He started two of those games.

The move leaves Illinois with Scheelhaase, Whitmer and freshman Miles Osei (OH'-say) at quarterback.

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woofermazing;1713661; said:
Yea, but I've heard the QB position behind Pryor is a mess.
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No. Unless you're being sarcastic, Guiton has showed a lot of promise and has surfaced as a perceived quality backup to Terrelle.

Back to Illinois. Without Benn (their one weapon last year) and no Juice Williams to run around like a madman...let's be honest. They stand no chance against us this year unless we implode (ala Purdue last year).
 
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Tony Gerdeman's look at the Illini.

Ozone

9. Illinois Fighting Illini
Predicted Finish
5-7 (3-5)

Two-Cent Overview
A more passing-oriented offense has been installed thanks to new offensive coordinator Paul Petrino. New quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase is just a redshirt freshman, and has been lauded for his maturity?though some wide receivers still need to emerge in order to help him out. Fortunately, there are two good running backs returning running behind a mostly veteran offensive line. The defense returns a lot of starters, but even beyond that, they are finally returning some experience at every position and reliance upon freshmen will be minimal.

Schedule
Sept. 4 Missouri (in St. Louis) (L)
Sept. 11 Southern Illinois (W)
Sept. 18 Northern Illinois (W)
Oct. 2 Ohio State (L)
Oct. 9 at Penn State (L)
Oct. 16 at Michigan State (L)
Oct. 23 Indiana (W)
Oct. 30 Purdue (W)
Nov. 6 at Michigan (L)
Nov. 13 Minnesota (W)
Nov. 20 vs Northwestern (at Wrigley Field) (L)
Dec. 3 at Fresno State (L)

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This game has been announced as a noon ET kickoff. That's 11 am in Champaign.

It's on the BTN, so check on the day before the game to see if it's on the normal BTN channel in your area, or if it's on one of the overflow channels.
 
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Illinois seems to be having a good year so far.

But

They haven't won a game after a bye week since 2002, and that was against a 3-9 Indiana team.

Ohio State will very likely be looking for the first 5 game streak of scoring 36 or more points in the Jim Tressel era. The Buckeyes have scored 30 in each of the last two meetings with the Illini, so I guess we'll see how much they've improved on defense.
 
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You all know that I have serious OCD issues with stats.

But I can't take it anymore.

I'm calling it.

I know I've "called it" before... but this game is BEGGING for it.

The Buckeyes have NEVER had a play of 90 or more yards in their history.


NEVER


That shit changes against the Illini next week. Mark it down.

Pryor will get this done.

Never in 100+ years of football.

Next Saturday... It Happens
 
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DaddyBigBucks;1780052; said:
You all know that I have serious OCD issues with stats.

But I can't take it anymore.

I'm calling it.

I know I've "called it" before... but this game is BEGGING for it.

The Buckeyes have NEVER had a play of 90 or more yards in their history.


NEVER


Do I smell a vBet ? Because I am in!:biggrin: I think some odds should be put up...besides...my prediction is Berry


That [censored] changes against the Illini next week. Mark it down.

Pryor will get this done.

Never in 100+ years of football.

Next Saturday... It Happens
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Do I smell a vBet ? Because I am in!:biggrin: I think some odds should be put up...besides...my prediction is Berry
 
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Well just a quick glance at the stat sheet for the first 3 games shows the Illinois passing oriented offense is a little slow coming out of the gate. Some ranks that jumped out at me;


  • 112th in passing O
  • 108 pass efficiency
  • 111th in punt returns and 93rd in KO returns....which is nice
  • 74th is pass efficiency defense
  • good numbers in both running and stopping the run

So at first blush they are a team custom made for OSU at this point. They don't appear to have strengths that match up to our weaknesses (pass D and kick coverage) and their strength plays to ours (run defense).

All that said its buyer beware drawing sweeping conclusions from 3 or 4 OOC games.
 
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