College Football - Week 4 (Sept. 20)

[gflore34]

3 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Honestly Illinois arguably shouldn't even be in the top 25 after this. That was just a huge embarrassment.

They should not be, they're decent, 7-8 win bowl team, not top 25.  Indiana will get rolled at Oregon in few weeks, wouldn't be surprised if they lose at Iowa next week.

[Derwood]

Mendoza 21/23 with 5 TD. Way to stop the pass, Illinois

[Bobson Dugnutt]

39 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Honestly Illinois arguably shouldn't even be in the top 25 after this. That was just a huge embarrassment.

100% agree. There’s no way they can be ranked after this.
 

I can’t believe how bad this OL is. 

[Soul]

30 minutes ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

100% agree. There’s no way they can be ranked after this.
 

I can’t believe how bad this OL is. 

Wasn’t it supposed to be a strong point?

[Soul]

Between the Bears and the Badgers, football is just really depressing.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

23 minutes ago, Soul said:

Wasn’t it supposed to be a strong point?

It was. The coaching staff, returning all five OLinemen, and Altmyer were the three supposed strengths for Illinois heading into the season. But the OLine has been an absolute wreck all year.

[Andy]

7 hours ago, Soul said:

Between the Bears and the Badgers, football is just really depressing.

Luke Fickell being at least quite solid at Wisconsin felt like a really easy bet a few years ago and it just has never gone well at all. Very hard to believe.

[Soul]

54 minutes ago, Andy said:

Luke Fickell being at least quite solid at Wisconsin felt like a really easy bet a few years ago and it just has never gone well at all. Very hard to believe.

All other significant Wisconsin teams - Brewers, Bucks, Packers - are good/great.  Of course the one I’m a fan of is a dumpster fire.  Fick’s buyout is $25 million-ish.  Indiana bought their coach out for $16 million and it worked.  I think we should do the same but it’s not my money.

[Soul]

8 hours ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

It was. The coaching staff, returning all five OLinemen, and Altmyer were the three supposed strengths for Illinois heading into the season. But the OLine has been an absolute wreck all year.

I have to believe it will get better.  It does look like Indiana wasn’t a one-off.  They’re a good team.  Maybe better than they were given credit for.

[CubinNY]

10 hours ago, gflore34 said:

Western Michigan

You watch your tongue 

[gflore34]

4 hours ago, CubinNY said:

You watch your tongue 

Should have checked, Central Michigan, although, I'm certain they'd have problems blocking your Broncos as well.  Confused again, wasn't hit on your Broncos.  Was more about the overrated garbage that is Illinois football.

Edited September 21, 2025 by gflore34

[gflore34]

2 hours ago, Soul said:

I have to believe it will get better.  It does look like Indiana wasn’t a one-off.  They’re a good team.  Maybe better than they were given credit for.

I don't know, maybe, with a change in personal?  They could not PP when it was 5 on 3 last night.

[I owned a Suzuki]

13 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

Honestly Illinois arguably shouldn't even be in the top 25 after this. That was just a huge embarrassment.

They won't be

[gflore34]

Everybody is going to jump on Indiana bandwagon after they blasted an overrated Illinois team.  Ironic point will be the same thing is going to happen to Indiana when they go to Oregon.  Hype will be all about Indiana being a CFP team, Mendoza being the best QB in college, blah, blah.  They'll get blasted, not as badly, nevertheless, they get rolled by Oregon. 

Before anyone comes back about Indiana' greatness. Think about this - most of their roster is from JMU, there's a reason why they all started at JMU.  On the whole, they were not good enough to be recruited by OSU, Alabama, PSU, Oregon, etc.  Sure, Indiana can excel against the likes of Illinois who has some comparable and lesser players than them.  To go up against Oregon, who has across the board NFL type talent, that's a different story.

Edited September 21, 2025 by gflore34

[I owned a Suzuki]

I think a team like Illinois needs to at least control the pace of play. Even when they struggled running the ball in the 1st 3 games, they stuck with it and it played dividends in the 2nd half. The poor performance from their defense got the offense out of their strength. Then it snowballed on them. 

I know the defense had some injuries and lost a key player to a borderline targeting call, but Indiana so quickly getting the ball to a wide open receivers was should scare Illinois fans

[gflore34]

4 minutes ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

I think a team like Illinois needs to at least control the pace of play. Even when they struggled running the ball in the 1st 3 games, they stuck with it and it played dividends in the 2nd half. The poor performance from their defense got the offense out of their strength. Then it snowballed on them. 

I know the defense had some injuries and lost a key player to a borderline targeting call, but Indiana so quickly getting the ball to a wide open receivers was should scare Illinois fans

No doubt, they can't PP and USC has more NFL type talent than Indiana on defense.  Just try to keep pounding the run with Feagin.

[mul21]

On 9/20/2025 at 12:05 PM, Ding Dong Johnson said:

From coach of the year to tanking the Wisconsin program has been a fun ride for Badgers fans I’m sure. Todd Lickliter is still too fresh in my mind.

A buddy of mine who lives in Madison was telling me over the weekend that apparently there's not much interest in investing in NIL up there and it's going to just kill them.  Kind of a weird line to draw in the sand for donors, but if that's the case they're not getting better until that changes.