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

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Illinois Blows 4th Quarter Lead Again, Can't Recover This Time

Texas Longhorns at Illinois Fighting Illini
Jan 2, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#4 Texas Longhorns (11-1)	7	7	10	15	39
#1 Illinois Fighting Illini (13-0)	10	13	10	0	33

Texas Longhorns PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Buechele 26/41 381 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Warren III 31 139 4.4 0 Buechele 10 26 2.6 0 Duvernay 4 15 3.7 0 Ehlinger 1 3 3.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Johnson 8 128 16.0 1 Heard 7 95 13.5 0 Duvernay 6 130 21.6 2 Warren III 3 15 5.0 1 Beck 2 13 6.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Davis 12 0 0 0 Hill 4 0 1 0 Omenihu 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Rowland 1/4 4/4 7 33 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Dickson 3 144 48.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Warren III 2 48 24.0 0 Porter 1 25 25.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Porter 3 20 6.6 0

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chayce Crouch 26/48 410 4 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Ravon Bonner 13 37 2.8 0 Reggie Corbin 3 14 4.6 0 Cam Thomas 2 2 1.0 0 Chayce Crouch 2 6 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Carmoni Green 10 169 16.9 0 Reggie Corbin 4 68 17.0 1 Mike Dudek 4 65 16.2 2 Dominic Thieman 3 37 12.3 0 Sam Mays 2 34 17.0 0 Griffin Palmer 1 13 13.0 0 Ricky Smalling 1 24 24.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Del'Shawn Phillips 10 0 0 0 Chris James Jr. 10 0 0 0 Jamal Milan 9 0 0 0 Tre Watson 9 0 0 0 Owen Carney Jr. 7 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase McLaughlin 2/2 3/4 9 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Tucker 6 265 44.1 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 3 60 20.0 0 Reggie Corbin 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 3 24 8.0 0

Illinois entered the Sugar Bowl to go toe to toe with the behemoth that was Texas. A team that had been there before. A team with the Heisman winner and stars all over the field. Could the young and talented Illini knock them off? Well they came out strong, scoring first and jumping to a quick lead. The teams would go back and forth after that but Illini would score before half, and despite missing the extra point, take a 23-14 lead into half. Could Illinois sustain it? The short answer, no. As per usual, the Illini would falter in the late 3rd and 4th giving up 22 unanswered points to finish the game. The Illini still had one more chance on a 4th and 1 and Crouch would overthrow a wide open Carmoni Green that was about 4 yards in front of him. So after all the comebacks and all the late game heroics, they would fall short in this one. The Texas offense was too much and the Illini offense had no ice in their veins. The season ends on a demoralizing loss. With a host of people leaving, but some key parts staying the Illini look to bounce back next season.

Miami Pulls Off The Upset!!!

Miami (FL) Hurricanes at Alabama Crimson Tide
Jan 3, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#3 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (11-2)	10	7	14	14	45
#2 Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0)	7	21	3	10	41

Miami Falls Short of Comeback Against Texas

Texas Longhorns at Miami (FL) Hurricanes
Jan 6, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#4 Texas Longhorns (12-1)	14	6	7	3	30
#3 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (12-2)	2	10	3	7	22

[thesportsguru11]

Well that sucks. More motivation for you next year, though! Pleased to see you posting here again!

[slicknick3822]

End of Year Illini Stats Stats - 2018-19
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Chayce Crouch	281/469	4083				35	9	153.8
Dwayne Lawson	20/31	288				3	1	168.0
Jeff George Jr.	4/6	51				1	0	193.1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Reggie Corbin	170	874	5.1			7
Ra'Von Bonner	152	635	4.1			7
Chayce Crouch	84	301	3.5			6
Dre Brown	67	223	3.3			2
Dwayne Lawson	20	73	3.6			1
Cam Thomas	14	34	2.4			0
Austin Roberts	13	38	2.9			5
Ricky Smalling	5	13	2.6			0
Jeff George Jr.	4	2	0.5			0
Mike Dudek	2	2	1.0			0
Carmoni Green	1	1	1.0			0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Carmoni Green	64	1009	15.7	6
Griffin Palmer	58	932	16.0	10
Mike Dudek	57	880	15.4	9
Ricky Smalling	43	740	17.2	8
Reggie Corbin	33	252	7.6	2
Sam Mays	12	211	17.5	1
Dominic Thieman	12	159	13.2	1
Louis Dorsey	9	84	9.3	1
Ra'Von Bonner	8	41	5.1	0
Kendall Smith	3	67	22.3	1
Dre Brown	3	14	4.6	0
Austin Roberts	2	20	10.0	0
Blocking					PCAKE		SACK
Nick Allegretti					15		0
Vederian Lowe					13		3
Adam Solomon					10		3
Larry Boyd					9		3
Gabe Megginson					8		5
Austin Roberts					6		0
Caleb Reams					4		0
Alex Palczewski					3		1
Kurt Gavin					2		0
Griffin Palmer					1		0
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Tre Watson			86	2	10	6	0	0
Del'Shawn Phillips			67	2	11	5	0	0
Jamal Milan			61	9	21	2	0	0
Patrick Nelson			60	2	6	5	3	1
Cameron Watkins			59	0	1	11	7	0
Chris James Jr.			55	0	0	5	4	1
Sean Adesanya			47	11	17	5	0	0
Stanley Green			45	0	3	3	0	0
Frank Sumpter			45	2	4	8	2	0
Owen Carney Jr.			42	6	16	0	1	0
Tony Adams			39	1	3	3	1	0
Tito Odenigbo			31	3	7	1	0	0
Dele Harding			25	2	5	0	0	0
Ben Smith			15	0	0	1	1	0
Julian Jones			11	0	0	0	1	1
Julian Hylton			11	0	0	0	3	1
Jake Hansen			8	0	0	0	0	0
Justice Williams			7	0	0	1	0	0
Jordan Beck			6	1	2	1	0	0
Olalere Oladipo			3	0	1	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Sam Mays	26	603	23.1	38	0	42	9.9	0
Reggie Corbin	8	186	23.2	35	0	2	21.5	0
Carmoni Green	3	60	20.0	22	0	2	14.5	0
Evan Jones	2	36	18.0	21	0	2	12.0	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Chase McLaughlin	17	24	70	49	70	71	98	121
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Ryan Tucker	63	2649	57	42.0	34.5	0	12	9

Players Leaving
Draft:
WR Mike Dudek
MLB Tre Watson
C Nick Allegretti
QB Chayce Crouch
ROLB Del'Shawn Phillips
LE Sean Adesanya


Graduation:
K Chase McLaughlin
P Ryan Tucker
FB Austin Roberts
CB Chris James Jr.
DT Tito Odenigbo
SS Julian Hylton
WR Sam Mays
MLB Julian Jones


Coach Changes
NC State signs Ivin Jasper after Cragi Bohl leaves after just one year
Wake Forest sign Lane Kiffin
Boston College sign Brian Kelly after he was fired by Notre Dame
Georgia Tech sign Tom Bradley
Nebraska signs Craig Bohl after Riley retires
Rutgers signs Matt Wells
Oklahoma signs Illinois OC Garrick McGee
UCONN sign Vic Koennig
UCF sign Tim Beck
Notre Dame sign Skip Holtz
Arizona sign Thomas Brown
LSU sign Dana Dimel
Vanderbilt sign Steve Adazzio
Eastern Michigan signed Greg Schiano
Illinois replace Garrick McGee with Lonnie Galloway



Recruiting
#59 Ranked Class
3 4*, 9 3*, 1 2*, 1 1*

Illinois Recruiting Class Recruiting - 2018
NAME	POS	CLASS	HT	WT	CALIBER
Z.Price	ATH	HS	6'4"	206
M.Marcus	ATH	HS	6'3"	210
M.Holiday	ATH	HS	6'4"	222
C.Barber	K	HS	6'0"	200
C.Washington	MLB	HS	6'1"	256
E.Fitzpatrick	DE	HS	6'3"	255
L.Knox	C	HS	6'0"	260
N.Clark	DT	HS	6'3"	285
B.Lowery	MLB	HS	6'1"	227
R.Thurman	OLB	HS	6'0"	207
N.Henry	OLB	HS	6'5"	211
B.Petty	QB	HS	6'2"	219
R.Avery	FB	HS	6'2"	232
J.Brown	P	JUCO	5'10"	163

Top 10:
Florida
Alabama
Clemson
USC
Oklahoma
Ohio State
Florida State
Boston College
Notre Dame
Penn State

FINAL ROSTER:

2019-20 Illinois Illini
#	OFFENSE	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
12	Dwayne Lawson	QB	6'6"	226	SR(RS)
3	Jeff George Jr.	QB	6'3"	207	SR(RS)
11	Mark Holiday	QB	6'4"	222	FR
19	Brendan Petty	QB	6'2"	219	FR
2	Reggie Corbin	HB	5'10"	194	SR(RS)
28	Victor George	HB	6'1"	230	FR(RS)
24	Ra'Von Bonner	HB	5'11"	229	SO(RS)
44	Titus Hall	HB	6'0"	214	FR(RS)
45	Andrew Trainer	FB	6'7"	270	JR(RS)
49	Ricky Avery	FB	6'2"	232	FR
88	Ricky Smalling	WR	6'1"	199	JR
84	Dominic Thieman	WR	6'3"	191	SR
5	Carmoni Green	WR	6'1"	192	JR
4	Kendall Smith	WR	6'2"	174	SO(RS)
86	Kevin Turner	WR	6'1"	218	FR(RS)
83	Justin Bergstrand	WR	6'0"	213	FR(RS)
81	Griffin Palmer	TE	6'5"	237	JR(RS)
13	Caleb Reams	TE	6'2"	254	SR(RS)
15	Louis Dorsey	TE	6'5"	236	SO(RS)
52	Adam Solomon	LT	6'5"	312	SR(RS)
68	Jason West	LT	6'7"	310	FR(RS)
79	Vederian Lowe	LG	6'5"	348	JR
75	Kurt Gavin	LG	6'4"	303	JR(RS)
69	Travis Brown	LG	6'2"	330	FR(RS)
65	Doug Kramer Jr.	C	6'2"	310	JR(RS)
70	Leslie Knox	C	6'0"	260	FR
72	Gabe Megginson	RG	6'5"	307	SR(RS)
73	Jake Cerny	RG	6'5"	310	JR(RS)
76	Larry Boyd	RT	6'5"	374	JR
63	Alex Palczewski	RT	6'6"	298	SO(RS)
#	DEFENSE	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
90	Olalere Oladipo	LE	6'3"	274	JR
97	Bobby Roundtree	LE	6'5"	252	JR
99	Eric Fitzpatrick	LE	6'3"	255	FR
13	Owen Carney Jr.	RE	6'3"	248	JR
93	Jarod James	RE	6'0"	243	FR(RS)
96	Jordan Beck	RE	6'3"	262	SR
98	Justin Hill	RE	6'2"	250	FR(RS)
55	Jamal Milan	DT	6'3"	304	SR(RS)
95	Kenyon Jackson	DT	6'0"	295	SR
51	Kendrick Green	DT	6'4"	305	SO(RS)
92	Lamar Ford	DT	6'3"	290	FR(RS)
91	Nick Clark	DT	6'3"	285	FR
35	Jake Hansen	LOLB	6'2"	236	SR
56	Noah Henry	LOLB	6'5"	211	FR
57	Rhett Thurman	LOLB	6'0"	207	FR
9	Dele Harding	MLB	6'1"	241	SR
34	Christon Ambercrombie	MLB	6'1"	230	JR(RS)
50	Corey Washington	MLB	6'1"	256	FR
53	Brandon Lowery	MLB	6'1"	227	FR
32	Justice Williams	ROLB	6'3"	225	SR(RS)
54	Marc Mondesir	ROLB	6'2"	225	SO(RS)
31	Cameron Watkins	CB	6'0"	191	SR(RS)
23	Frank Sumpter	CB	5'10"	186	SR(RS)
6	Tony Adams	CB	6'0"	192	JR
26	Evan Jones	CB	6'2"	191	JR(RS)
38	Ben Smith	CB/S	6'3"	205	SR
10	Alex Clark	CB	6'2"	186	FR(RS)
29	Nate Hobbs	CB	6'0"	183	SO(RS)
22	Zachary Price	CB	6'4"	206	FR
17	Stanley Green	FS	5'11"	196	SR
20	Harvey Clayton Jr.	FS	6'2"	217	JR(RS)
25	Dawson DeGroot	FS	6'2"	189	SO(RS)
21	Patrick Nelson	SS	6'2"	212	SR(RS)
8	Bennett Williams	SS	6'0"	199	SO(RS)
40	Matthew Marcus	SS	6'3"	210	FR
#	SPECIAL TEAMS	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
1	Mark Jackson	K	6'1"	191	FR(RS)
14	Clint Barber	K	6'0"	200	FR
7	John Brown	P	5'10"	163	SO

[slicknick3822]

Cuts:
HB Dre Brown: Probably the most surprising cut that will ever happen in this series. He was an 87 overall but with a logjam at running back. The former starter split carries with Corbin early in the season before fumbling at the 1 yard line in a game early in the season that had him benched for the rest of the year. Hes most notable for his very athletic run in the the first season.
QB/HB Cam Thomas: The dual threat QB who could've possibly been third string this year had they not found another recruit in Brendan Petty had some time playing running back last year as well. With a new offensive coordinator with a higher focus on passing and a logjam at running back there was just no room for him.

Redshirts:
QB Mark Holiday
QB Brendan Petty
FB Ricky Avery
C Leslie Knox
DT Nick Clark
LOLB Rhett Thurman
MLB Brandon Lowery
CB Zach Price
SS Matthew Marcus
K Clint Barber

Schedule:
1 NEW! Soldier Field Kickoff vs. Notre Dame
2 BYE
3 B1G Opener at Maryland
4 at Hawaii
5 Home Opener vs. Michigan State
6 BYE
7 vs. #10 Mississippi State
8 at Indiana
9 vs Purdue
10 at Iowa
11 at Nebraska
12 vs Minnesota
13 vs #25 Wisconsin
14 at #17 Northwestern
15 B1G Championship

[slicknick3822]

Illinois Shut Down Notre Dame in Second Half

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Illinois Fighting Illini
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-0)	7	7	0	0	14
#13 Illinois Fighting Illini (0-0)	7	17	7	10	41

Team Stats Comparison
	ND	ILL
Total Offense	423	595
Rushing Yards	114	196
Passing Yards	309	399
First Downs	20	27
Punt Return Yards	13	69
Kick Return Yards	45	57
Total Yards	481	721
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Conversion	4-13(30%)	8-18(44%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	2-2(100%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-1-0(25%)	7-4-2(85%)
Penalties	1-15	0-0
Possession Time	18:47	22:21

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ND	ILL
4:26	(ILL) Dwayne Lawson 3 yard pass to Griffin Palmer	0	7
3:22	(ND) Wimbush 31 yard pass to Boykin	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ND	ILL
4:42	(ILL) Mark Jackson, 22 yard FG	7	10
3:31	(ND) Wimbush 12 yard pass to Kmet	14	10
1:29	(ILL) Dwayne Lawson 14 yard pass to Griffin Palmer	14	17
0:13	(ILL) Dwayne Lawson, 1 yard run	14	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ND	ILL
4:23	(ILL) Ra'Von Bonner, 4 yard run	14	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ND	ILL
6:03	(ILL) Mark Jackson, 21 yard FG	14	34
4:39	(ILL) Reggie Corbin, 44 yard run	14	41

Notre Dame Fighting Irish PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Wimbush 25/37 276 2 0 Book 6/12 33 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jones Jr. 13 73 5.6 0 Wimbush 8 36 4.5 0 Hayes 1 5 5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Claypool 7 94 13.4 0 Jones Jr. 6 12 2.0 0 Boykin 5 67 13.4 1 Mack 4 42 10.5 0 Stepherson 3 51 17.0 0 Finke 3 30 10.0 0 Kmet 2 18 9.0 1 Banks 1 -5 -5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Hainsey 1 0 Beech 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jones 13 0 0 0 Bilal 12 0 0 0 Fertitta 6 0 0 0 Vaughn 5 0 0 0 Okwara 4 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Horner 0/0 2/2 2 - PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Goolsby 9 380 42.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Boykin 1 24 24.0 0 Armstrong 1 21 21.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Armstrong 1 13 13.0 0

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Dwayne Lawson 26/43 399 2 0 Jeff George Jr. 0/2 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Reggie Corbin 13 97 7.4 1 Ra'Von Bonner 12 43 3.5 1 Dwayne Lawson 9 28 3.1 1 Victor George 5 12 2.4 0 Andrew Trainer 1 4 4.0 0 Ricky Smalling 1 12 12.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Griffin Palmer 6 77 12.8 2 Ricky Smalling 6 75 12.5 0 Carmoni Green 5 55 11.0 0 Dominic Thieman 3 78 26.0 0 Justin Bergstrand 2 88 44.0 0 Andrew Trainer 2 14 7.0 0 Kendall Smith 1 16 16.0 0 Reggie Corbin 1 -4 -4.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Larry Boyd 1 1 Gabe Megginson 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tony Adams 8 0 0 0 Stanley Green (1 FF) 7 0 0 0 Frank Sumpter 6 0 0 0 Owen Carney Jr. (1 FR) 2 0 0 0 Kenyon Jackson 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Mark Jackson 2/3 5/5 11 22 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Mark Jackson 3 141 47.0 1 John Brown 2 49 24.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Carmoni Green 3 57 19.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Carmoni Green 7 69 9.8 0

[Knickerbocker91]

Strong second half, good win to open the season