Preview #18 Illinois

**OSU8085** · 07-16-2008, 04:22 PM

Rivals.com College Football - Preseason coutndown: No. 18 Illinois

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THE SCHEME: Coordinator Mike Locksley is continuing to tweak his spread-zone offense as his talent matures. The Illini also use many traditional sets to maximize a roster that's starting to teem with ability at many positions. This has been the Big Ten's premier running attack in each of the past two seasons. The passing attack? Woof. It ranked last in the conference and 110th in the nation. Third-and-long is an adventure. Locksley plans on balancing the offense this fall.

**Hawkeye** · 07-21-2008, 12:14 AM

I think rating them as #18 is a little high and I don't think they finish with 9 wins again. They have a lot of tough games this year (Missouri, at Penn St, at Michigan, at Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio St) and they very well could lose them all. I mean they aren't going to have an easy time of it traveling to Ann Arbor, Camp Randall or Happy Valley and Iowa will be tougher than last year. Expecting them to beat OSU two years in a row is a tough task too.

07-21-2008, 12:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hawkeye Supervisor College Supervisor Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,930 vCash: 600	I think rating them as #18 is a little high and I don't think they finish with 9 wins again. They have a lot of tough games this year (Missouri, at Penn St, at Michigan, at Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio St) and they very well could lose them all. I mean they aren't going to have an easy time of it traveling to Ann Arbor, Camp Randall or Happy Valley and Iowa will be tougher than last year. Expecting them to beat OSU two years in a row is a tough task too. __________________ You had a chance........until we stepped on the field.

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