Hail to the Chief | Illinois Fighting Illini Dynasty (NCAA 14)

[slicknick3822]

Quote: Originally Posted by thesportsguru11

I'm a sucker for a dynasty with a section devoted to school records. I like the way you've set this up so far. Nevertheless, Illinois always seems like a fun team to build up. Looking forward to seeing how successful you can be with Lovie!

Gotta be honest your dynasty was the inspiration these last couple weeks to get back into trying a dynasty. I have extra time on my hand before school starts back up and I'm a big Illinois fan. I'm not the best at flashy pictures or anything. Originally this was gonna be a video dynasty, but my capture card kept skipping I took that as a sign to work on my writing skills lol. I'll still be able to have in game pictures and such. Hope you all enjoy!

[slicknick3822]

Illinois Shocks USF in Lovie's Return to Raymond James

This catch by Dudek was just one of many incredible plays that led Illinois to victory

The Illini pulled off not only an upset, but an incredible game altogether. Things just seemed to be going their way in this one as their defense caused turnovers and their offense turned them into points.
The game didn't start that way though as both teams took it rather slow in executing their offenses early. Chayce Crouch led the Illini down the field on the opening drive to put them up 7-0 and USF responded 3 minutes later with a field goal to keep it close. But it was then, late in the 1st quarter, when all momentum shifted towards the Illini. On the second play of their next drive Crouch threw across the middle to an open Griffin Palmer. A defender dove short of Palmer's legs and he was off to the races, another defender took a good angle but he juked back inside right past the defender and into the endzone. That 75 yard TD play took the life right out of Raymond James Stadium. And the onslaught continued.

This catch by Palmer sparked a big run by the Illini

After a Patrick Nelson interception late in the first put the ball back into the hands of the Illini, Dudek came up with an incredible catch in traffic (pictured above) then was able to stay on his feet and bring down to the 9 yard line. That play led to another Crouch to Palmer TD putting the Illini up 21-3.

This catch by Palmer was his second TD of the day

The Illini would continue to stop the USF offense forcing three and outs and causing a fumble that would put them right back in scoring position. Kendrick Foster would then run for two touchdowns. The Illini would have a 35-3 lead with less than 2 minutes left in the half. It didn't stop there as Quentin Flowers would throw a bomb down the sideline, just to have it picked off by Cameron Watkins who would then take it 66 yards back to the house and the Illini were up 42-3. Flowers would run one in late in the 2nd to make it closer. But at half, it was all Illini 42-10.

The first of Flowers' rushing TDs late in the first half.

The third quarter would make things interesting. Flowers would lead the USF offense down the field on the opening drive of the half that he would cap off with another TD run, his second of the day. After the USF defense would manage a stop, Flowers made a beautiful 30 yard pass to a wide open McCants for a TD making the game 42-24. Then the USF defense forced Crouch to fumble on a sack by Senat that Megginson seemingly just let waltz right into the backfield. Megginson was benched in favor of backup lineman Adam Solomon after the play. That put USF in the redzone and Flowers would once again trot into the endzone. The game was now 42-31. An 11 point game! After all of what was done to them in the first half USF had gotten themselves back in it. They were poised to make an incredible comeback.

Flowers had great blocking and a wide open lane to the endzone on his 3rd rushing TD of the night.

Unfortunately their story ends there. Chayce Crouch would run in another score late in the 3rd, the Illinois defense adjusted in the 4th quarter to stop Flowers from running all over them, and they even tacked on a late field goal to give them a final score of 52-31. Lovie Smith's return to Raymond James was a triumphant one indeed. The Illini look poised and ready for the season, especially offensively, which is uncommon for a Lovie team, and they're ready to go back to Champaign to take on Ball State next week. Ball State scored a victory over FCS team Missouri State 28-12.

Crouch would score POTG honors with his amazing performance.

Illinois Fighting Illini at South Florida Bulls
Aug 31, 2017	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Illinois Fighting Illini (0-0)	14	28	7	3	52
#18 South Florida Bulls (0-0)	3	7	21	0	31

Team Stats Comparison
	ILL	USF
Total Offense	505	320
Rushing Yards	163	71
Passing Yards	342	249
First Downs	21	16
Punt Return Yards	60	14
Kick Return Yards	85	242
Total Yards	650	576
Turnovers	1	4
3rd Down Conversion	9-13(69%)	4-11(36%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-5-1(100%)	3-2-0(66%)
Penalties	0	0
Possession Time	22:37	13:23

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ILL	USF
4:46	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 1 yard run	7	0
1:41	(USF) Nadelman, 47 yard FG	7	3
1:03	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 75 yard pass to Griffin Palmer	14	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ILL	USF
7:51	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 9 yard pass to Griffin Palmer	21	3
5:31	(ILL) Kendrick Foster, 3 yard run	28	3
1:59	(ILL) Kendrick Foster, 6 yard run	35	3
1:35	(ILL) Cameron Watkins, 66 yard INT return	42	3
0:35	(USF) Flowers, 22 yard run	42	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ILL	USF
6:44	(USF) Flowers, 9 yard run	42	17
4:25	(USF) Flowers 30 yard pass to McCants	42	24
4:08	(USF) Flowers, 7 yard run	42	31
1:34	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 2 yard run	49	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ILL	USF
3:39	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin, 35 yard FG	52	31

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chayce Crouch 17/25 342 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Kendrick Foster 32 111 3.4 2 Chayce Crouch 9 2 0.2 2 Reggie Corbin 8 49 6.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Mike Dudek 6 144 24.0 0 Griffin Palmer 5 125 25.0 2 Carmoni Green 3 44 14.6 0 Kendrick Foster 1 4 4.0 0 Ricky Smalling 1 10 10.0 0 Malik Turner 1 15 15.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Larry Boyd 1 0 Christian DiLauro 0 1 Nick Allegretti 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tre Watson 7 0 0 0 Frank Sumpter 6 0 0 0 DelShawn Phillips 6 0 0 0 Chris James Jr. 6 1 1 0 Jamal Milan (1 FF) 5 2 0 0 Stanley Green 4 0 0 0 Kenyon Jackson 3 1 0 0 Patrick Nelson 2 0 1 0 James Crawford Jr. 2 1 0 0 Cameron Watkins 2 0 1 1 Sean Adesanya (1 FR) 0 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase McLaughlin 1/1 7/7 10 35 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Tucker 3 103 34.3 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 4 85 21.2 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 3 60 20.0 0

South Florida Bulls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Flowers 25/33 249 1 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Flowers 17 67 3.9 3 Cronkrite 5 0 0.0 0 Johnson 1 4 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Sanders 7 59 8.4 0 Bronson 5 42 8.4 0 Cronkrite 5 32 6.4 0 McCants 3 60 20.0 1 Dillon 3 35 11.6 0 Dingle 1 17 17.0 0 Johnson 1 4 4.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Ruff 1 0 Polk 0 1 St. Felix 0 1 Galati 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Senat (1 FF) 7 2 0 0 Sanchez 7 0 0 0 Woods (1 FR) 7 0 0 0 Thomas 7 0 0 0 Bronson 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Nadelman 1/1 4/4 7 48 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Hernandez 4 173 43.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Johnson 6 143 23.8 0 Cronkrite 3 99 33.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Johnson 1 14 14.0 0

Big Ten and Top 25 Scoreboard

Results

Minnesota 25, UNLV 14

Indiana 24, Illinois St 10

Michigan St 44, Western Michigan 14

#10 Wisconsin 52, UMass 10

#6 Penn St 43, Syracuse 29

#2 Ohio St 33, Buffalo 6

California 37, Northwestern 10

Wyoming 28, Nebraska 17

Iowa 23, Northern Illinois 17

Cincinnati 7, Purdue 6

Florida Atlantic, 28, #11 Miami (FL) 26

#13 Oklahoma St 34, Miss St 20

#16 Notre Dame 31, Temple 7

#19 Washington St 34, #18 Auburn 28

#1 Alabama 35, Virginia Tech 24

#7 Washington 14, Boise St 10

#8 Clemson 24, #25 Georgia 14

#11 LSU 24, #23 TCU 10

#3 Florida St 38, Pittsburgh 34

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 7, 2017
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (35)	1	0	1499
2	2	Ohio St (23)	1	0	1433
3	3	Florida St (2)	1	0	1371
4	4	USC (1)	1	0	1328
5	5	Oklahoma	1	0	1250
6	6	Penn St	1	0	1209
7	7	Washington	1	0	1134
8	8	Clemson	1	0	1087
9	9	Florida	1	0	1022
10	10	Wisconsin	1	0	968
11	13	LSU	1	0	840
12	14	Stanford	0	0	761
13	15	Oklahoma St	1	0	713
14	16	Michigan	0	0	665
15	17	Louisville	1	0	618
16	19	Notre Dame	1	0	528
17	21	Texas	0	0	442
18	12	Auburn	0	1	441
19	--	Washington St	1	0	361
20	23	Oregon	1	0	361
21	24	Kansas St	1	0	322
22	--	NC St	1	0	247
23	20	TCU	0	1	231
24	11	Miami (FL)	0	1	200
25	22	Georgia	0	1	196

Others Recieving Votes: UCLA (143), Virginia Tech (131), Tennessee(110), Texas A&M(79), USF(50), Memphis(37), Baylor(19), Western Kentucky(12)
Dropped Out: #18 USF, #25 Virginia Tech


(So the Heisman screwed up in game, after week 1 it's all people who haven't played, idk if it's common or if it's cuz of the rosters or what, but I went through the stats and picked 5 players who we should be on the lookout for. It might be 5 completely different people if it changes after week 2)

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 7, 2017
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Mason Rudolph	QB	Oklahoma St		18/27, 273 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
J.T. Barrett	QB	Ohio St.		15/25, 296 yards 1 TD, 0 INTs
Deondre Francois	QB	Florida St.		20/34, 350 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs
Derrius Guice	HB	LSU		22 att, 194 yards, 3 TDs
Parris Campbell	WR	Ohio St.		8 recs, 185 yards, 1 TD

[slicknick3822]

Matchup Preview | September 7, 2017
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Ball State Cardinals (1-0, 0-0 Away)		Illinois Fighting Illini (1-0, 0-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 28 Points Per Game 52 369 Total Offensive Yards 505 141 Rushing Yards 163 228 Passing Yards 342 Defensive Stats Comparison 12 Points Allowed 31 263 Total Yards Allowed 320 83 Rushing Yards Allowed 71 180 Passing Yards Allowed 249 Game Notes Ball State heads into Champaign to take on the Fighting Illini after both teams won games in Week 1. Ball State took on Missouri State from the FCS and was able to take control early for a 28-12 win. Neal threw for 228 yards and 3 TDs, 2 of them to Lacancaria. While Green ran for 101 yards and a touchdown of his own. Singleton led their defense with 3 tackles, 2 sacks, and an interception. The Illini were able to take care of business behind Crouch throwing for 342 yards and 2 TDs and running for 2 as well. Foster added 2 on the ground while Dudek and Palmer were catching everything. The Illini defense forced 5 sacks, a fumble, and 3 INTs including a pick six. The defense looks to keep it going against this Ball State team in the home opener. Can the Illini continue their winning ways? Or fall back to .500 with an early loss to the Cardinals? Herbstreit Advantage: Illinois

[young22]

I'll definitely be following this. I was actually considering Illinois for my dynasty. Came down to them, Rutgers, and my teambuilder. Ultimately went with the teambuilder tho.

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[LopaKa]

Nice job opening up the dynasty with an upset! Going to be a tough road in the Big Ten!

[slicknick3822]

The Ball Falls in Favor of Illinois Once Again

This pic pretty much sums up how everything went Illinois' way this game and this didn't happen until the fourth. Dre Brown's flexibility rating is 99.

Home Opener in Champaign. Nothing better. This is how you know it is fall. And what better way to go into your home opener as a 1-0 team coming off a huge upset. AND theyre facing a team that has a lot less talent. And then it happens...the first play from scrimmage. A 79 yard bomb from Riley Neal to Corey Lacanaria and Ball State is up 7-0. A blown coverage by Patrick Nelson, who anticipated run on the first play and got caught, sucks all air out of Memorial Stadium. But don't fret Illini fans, this is Chayce Crouch's team now and he's showing it. A slow methodical drive much to the pleasure of Lovie ends in an 8 yard slant route TD from Crouch to Mike Dudek to tie the game up. Less than 2 minutes later, however, and Gilbert gets a wide open lane to the endzone to go back up 14-7. But the Crouch to Dudek connection wasn't through. Crouch found Dudek again on a curl route, Dudek then broke two tackles and was off to the races, 52 yards, for the score to tie it up 14-14. And that was just the first quarter.

After Dudek broke this tackle, he was gone.

Illinois' defense did what they do best and adjusted. In the second quarter they were like a brick wall. Not letting Ball State get anything going. And on the offensive side Malik Turner finally showed up catching two touchdown passes including one that should've been picked off but went right past the defender and into the hands of Turner who turned around and scampered in for the score.

How did Turner come up with this?



At halftime, the score stood 28 to 14, good guys.

In the third it went back to being an even game. McLaughlin started the scoring midway through with a field goal to put the Illini up 31-14. Ball State answered with a rushing TD from Green and Foster got one of his own right back. And Ball State finished off the quarter with a field goal of their own. The deficit remained 14. 38-24 Illinois.

Even Malik Turner got in on the run game.

The third and fourth both were filled with Illinois handling the ball running and throwing short routes on 3^rd downs. Corbin caught a screen pass from Crouch and took it 27 yards to the house for a TD. Neal responded with a rushing TD but it was too little, too late. And then..a very peculiar play happened. A play that just showed how much this game was just leaning in favor of Illinois. The third string running back for Illinois, Dre Brown, took a handoff on a 4^th and 1 play in Ball State territory to keep the ball out of their hands with a little less than two minutes left. He got the first down and went down...or so we thought. His knees and elbows actually never touched the ground. He proceeded to get up run through his many blockers who had no idea what was going on. No whistle on the play. Nothing. A Ball State defender tried to chase him down but he stiff armed his way into the endzone for the TD. With that it would end the game with the final score, 52-31. The exact same as last week but in two completely different ways. The defense wasn't nearly as turnover happy and the offense was pretty equal throughout the game not having one quarter or half better than the other.

https://youtu.be/zhMMosFsgWM
Idk how to embed but this is a video of Dre Brown's run. Not the best quality cuz my elgato has not been working correctly.

Ball State Cardinals at Illinois Fighting Illini
Sep 7, 2017	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Ball State Cardinals (1-0)	14	0	10	7	31
Illinois Fighting Illini (1-0)	14	14	10	14	52

Team Stats Comparison
	BALL	ILL
Total Offense	524	549
Rushing Yards	83	235
Passing Yards	441	314
First Downs	20	23
Punt Return Yards	22	9
Kick Return Yards	181	174
Total Yards	727	732
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Conversion	5-12(41%)	8-13(61%)
4th Down Conversion	1-3(33%)	2-2(100%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-3-0(60%)	4-3-1(100%)
Penalties	1-5	5-34
Possession Time	13:51	22:08

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BALL	ILL
8:47	(BALL) Neal 79 yard pass to Lacanaria	7	0
6:58	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 8 yard pass to Mike Dudek	7	7
5:02	(BALL) Gilbert 13 yard run	14	7
3:00	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 52 yard pass to Mike Dudek	14	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BALL	ILL
5:23	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 17 yard pass to Malik Turner	14	21
2:01	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 21 yard pass to Malik Turner	14	28
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BALL	ILL
5:42	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin, 35 yard FG	14	31
4:52	(BALL) Green 6 yard run	21	31
2:02	(ILL) Kendrick Foster 1 yard run	21	38
0:03	(BALL) Hagee 39 yard FG	24	38
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BALL	ILL
6:53	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 27 yard pass to Reggie Corbin	24	45
2:40	(BALL) Neal 4 yard run	31	45
1:57	(ILL) Dre Brown 37 yard run	31	52

Ball State Cardinals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Neal 27/38 441 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Green 13 67 5.1 1 Neal 8 -6 -0.7 1 Gilbert 5 22 4.4 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Lacanaria 7 151 21.5 1 Reece 6 120 20.0 0 Pintner 5 88 17.6 0 Green 5 36 7.2 0 Schrank 1 30 30.0 0 Hogue 1 10 10.0 0 Gilbert 1 4 4.0 0 Newton 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Hogue 1 0 Palazeti 1 1 Pintner 0 1 Green 0 1 Booker 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD White 15 0 0 0 McNulty 8 0 0 0 Martin 7 0 0 0 Swisher 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Hagee 1/1 4/4 7 40 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Snyder 3 127 42.3 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kirtz 5 109 21.8 0 Green 3 72 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kirtz 2 22 11.0 0

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chayce Crouch 22/28 314 5 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Kendrick Foster 23 104 4.5 1 Reggie Corbin 15 49 3.2 0 Dre Brown 6 53 8.8 1 Chayce Crouch 4 25 6.2 0 Malik Turner 1 4 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Carmoni Green 6 71 11.8 0 Mike Dudek 5 85 17.0 2 Malik Turner 5 68 13.6 2 Reggie Corbin 2 41 20.5 1 Ricky Smalling 2 34 17.0 0 Griffin Palmer 2 15 7.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Vederian Lowe 4 1 Nathan Echard 4 0 Gabe Megginson 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD DelShawn Phillips 10 1 0 0 Stanley Green 8 0 0 0 Tre Watson 7 0 0 0 Patrick Nelson 7 0 0 0 Jamal Milan 3 1 0 0 Owen Carney Jr. 2 1 0 0 Sean Adesanya (1 FF) 1 1 0 0 James Crawford Jr. 1 1 0 0 Kenyon Jackson (1 FR) 0 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase McLaughlin 1/1 7/7 10 35 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Tucker 2 59 29.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 5 172 34.4 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 1 9 9.0 0

Big Ten and Top 25 Scoreboard

Results

Iowa 18, Western Michigan 17

Maryland 28, UConn 14

Minnesota 42, Southern Illinois 9

Purdue 28, Northern Illinois 10

#2 Ohio St 34, San Diego St 9

#8 Wisconsin 45, BYU 20

Eastern Michigan 17, Rutgers 14

#24 UCLA 28, Nebraska 16

#13 Notre Dame 28, #20 Michigan 20

#14 Louisville 38, Virginia Tech 14

#15 Washington St 45, #12 USC 18

#7 Florida 21, Miami (FL) 19

#17 UNC 31, #16 Washington 17

#25 Georgia 41, South Carolina 17

#4 Oklahoma 41, West Virginia 7

Georgia Southern 34, Texas 24

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 14, 2017
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (32)	1	0	1496
2	2	Ohio St (25)	2	0	1429
3	3	Florida St (3)	1	0	1363
4	5	Oklahoma (1)	2	0	1236
5	6	Penn St	1	0	1175
6	8	Clemson	1	0	1056
7	9	Florida	2	0	1021
8	10	Wisconsin	2	0	943
9	11	LSU	2	0	888
10	12	Stanford	1	0	835
11	13	Oklahoma St	2	0	798
12	4	USC	1	1	775
13	16	Notre Dame	2	0	757
14	15	Louisville	2	0	683
15	19	Washington St	2	0	612
16	7	Washington	1	1	575
17	--	North Carolina	2	0	527
18	18	Auburn	1	1	500
19	20	Oregon	1	0	457
20	14	Michigan	0	1	419
21	21	Kansas St	1	0	416
22	22	NC St	2	0	376
23	23	TCU	1	1	301
24	--	UCLA	2	0	257
25	25	Georgia	1	1	230

Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee (166), Texas A&M (135), Miami (108), Memphis (79), USF (79), Michigan St (65), Western Kentucky (27), Iowa (21), Ole Miss (4)
Dropped Out: #17 Texas, #24 Miami

(Still kind of messed up, only Derrius Guice is in there with stats)

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 14, 2017
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Derrius Guice	HB	LSU		34 att, 272 yards, 5 TDs
Mason Rudolph	QB	Oklahoma St		35/48, 469 yards, 6 TDs, 0 INTs
JT Barrett	QB	Ohio St		36/55, 601 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
Deondre Francois	QB	Florida St		20/34, 350 yards, 2 TDs
Josh Adams	HB	Notre Dame		39 att, 230 yards, 3 Tds

Matchup Preview | September 14, 2017
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-1, 0-0 Away)		Illinois Fighting Illini (2-0, 1-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 14 Points Per Game 52 310 Total Yards 527 173 Rushing Yards 199 137 Passing Yards 328 Defensive Stats Comparison 17 Points Allowed 31 354 Total Yards Allowed 422 136 Rushing Yards Allowed 77 218 Passing Yards Allowed 345 Game Notes Illini are coming off of back to back non-conference wins. Both ending in a score of 52-31. Rutgers comes into Champaign after losing their season/home opener to Eastern Michigan 17-14. Rutgers could never really get their offense going as Rescigno only through for 137 yards and 1 pick. Martin ran for 111 yards on 20 carries. Davis led the defense with 5 tackles and 1 sack. This may spell doom for the Scarlet Knights as they are going up against the #2 scoring offense through the first two weeks. Led by QB Chayce Crouch who has thrown 656 yards and 7 TDs with no INTs, who has been whispered in Heisman talks, and receiver Mike Dudek who has collected 229 yards and 2 TDs through the air the Illini offense looks to keep going. Can the Scarlet Knights slow down the Illini's potent offense? Or will the Illini defense finally shut down an offense completely to complement their high scoring offense? Herbstreit Advantage: Illinois

[OBinKC]

I'm following! Love seeing an Illinois dynasty and I grew up watching the Illini. And I've played multiple Illinois dynasties so it'll be interesting to see how Lovie does with this team.

[slicknick3822]

Sorry guys i haven't gotten the Rutgers game up yet. I played it but I've been sick/working. Will get it up later tonight for sure.