He really did not come out with a solid Illini pick.Just a guess on his part. Ok PSU by two touchdowns and nebby has not figured how to win yet.
Klatt favors Illinois.
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Like we need another Desmond Howard - always pick against PSU and wrong 90% of the time.
Did he though? He threw 4 interceptions, which is pretty much the only reason we won.
Agree. I feel like the video was cut just as he was saying "I like Illinois". He seemed to have more to say after that, like maybe "against the spread", or "but Penn State is too talented to lose the them", etc.
its a good point you make. But I would argue it is because he was getting rushed. NEB didn't get a good rush on him. Can our D make him uncomfortable? Keep him behind the sticks so he HAS to throw and is desperate to make a play? All of these QBs can make the throws when given the time to an open receiver. The difference is the guys who can make those plays while under duress in a small window.
Stop the run, be able to run the ball. Simple formula. Eat clock, take shots downfield on offense, make Illinois face third and long situations where we bring heat.
Remember Iowa last year? Same type of game, same hype… Nits big in this one just like Iowa last year! Bet the house.
I feel like Klatt and Gus are anti-PSU after the Illinois game last year. If you recall, that's the game where Gus refused to show *any* energy for good PSU plays (e.g. "The ball is interecepted" said with the same cadance as "I'm taking out the trash"). I believe they both had money on Illinois (or at least acted like it).
Illinois gets more credit for beating Kansas than we get for beating WVU for 2 reasons.
1-Kansas was ranked at the time
2-the bar is set so much lower for Illinois than us
WVU and Kansas are comparable teams as we saw when they played.
Illinois is now ranked because they beat two P5 teams and someone has to be ranked.
I don't like Gus at all but that was a really weird game call from him. He fawns over tOSU so bad it's ridiculous. But he was enamored with McSorley and was way over the top in the 2016 conference championship game for us too, so much so that it was awkward too. I don't know that he dislikes us, I just think Gus is a weird dude.
Perhaps that's fair. I could also understand if someone was having an "off day" (maybe they are tired/not feeling well/hungover) and not showing ANY energy but in that game he had energy for Illinois and zero energy for PSU.
Big noon in 5th. Why is FOX so insistent on that slot again?Looks like the game drew 3.1 million viewers. That was considered very good opposite AL GA. VT Miami game slightly outdrew us.
I really think that putting big games in that time slot is hurting CFB. The atmosphere at a variety of schools, including at Penn State, is much better at 3:30 or 7:30 pm than at noon.Big noon in 5th. Why is FOX so insistent on that slot again?
I would much rather see CFB lead into its best games of the weekend by putting its second-tier games early and having its best games at 3:30 or later. I will go back to yelling at clouds now.
Agree. Much prefer Brad Nessler or Chris Fowler. Gus makes watching Big Noon painful.
LOL as commentators those guys from that network suck. While he's better than some of his company comrades it's not by much.
It is unclear if he is "favoring the Illini" to win or beat the spread. They beat the spread so, in that context, he was right. But, of course, they lost the game. So if he was suggesting Illinois would win, he was wrong.
