[Oskee] Nice win over IU

[Paul Frantzis]

On Sep 23, 2007, at 7:26 PM, Todd Sweet wrote:

> Nice to see some chatter...3 football wins and a new asst. bball  
> coach and
> nary a word.  I was beginning the think the board was defunct.

A slew of beatdowns will do that to a fan base.  WRT football, we've  
definitely stopped the bleeding, but can we turn the corner? Gotta  
give Zook and his staff a ton of credit for bringing in kids that are  
B10 caliber or better. Considering where he started (Mendenhall not  
withstanding), Zook's recruiting has been nothing short of amazing.  
And with positive results on the field, recruiting should be even  
better. The man seems to be building a future powerhouse.

Beating IU was huge. I'm glad we don't have to face Lewis for another  
year...that dude is scary.

We have a pretty good punt team. It'll be a long time before I forget  
last year's debacle.

Our D is pretty stout across the board. It's great to have enough  
depth on the line to rotate guys.

> Anyway, I listened to most of the game, but didn't see any of it  
> (thanks
> comcast).  But it sounds like Juice is still struggling with the  
> downfield
> accuracy.  Sooner or later we're going to run into a team we can't  
> run over
> (like Penn State's left side).  If Juice can't throw downfield and  
> we get
> stuffed...could be a long day.  I know Juice is a great athlete,  
> but he
> still has yet to prove to me that he's a great quarterback.

Juice is doing pretty darn good at everything but downfield passing.  
I hope he gets it together by Saturday, otherwise PSU is going to  
stack the box on us and I think we'll lose. If Juice has a decent day  
passing, enough to keep PSU honest, I think we'll win (hardly  
impressed w/PSU's offense thus far). How great would it be to beat  
those guys and be 4-1?

One last thought, I really like Joe Morgan's ability to get open,  
but, man, he's got to catch the damn ball.

Go Illini!

Paul Frantzis