Here are five things to know about Illinois football heading into camp.
“When you begin to have things go well for you people tend to pat you on the back way too much, right?” Bielema said.“Their girlfriends are telling them how good they are, their Uncle Pete from Potomac is telling them how good they are. You got an aunt from Tuscola telling him how good he is, right?”“Every time you go on social media or turn on the TV, you see people talking about you guys, talking about Illinois football, how you’re ranked No.
“I tell our players all the time, we’re opening up with the MAC champs, that we’re going to play Toledo, whose desire is to knock us off as a Power Five team,” Bielema said. “There’s a lot of people have labeled them as the next Cincinnati and have a chance to make the College Football Playoff if they do what they can do.Here are four other things to know about Illinois football heading into camp.Illinois defensive lineman Keith Randolph Jr. sacks Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras on Oct.
Last season, the Illini had 395 passing attempts and generated 211.8 yards per game, ranked ninth among Big Ten teams. The Illinois rushed 543 times and averaged 166.2 yards, good for sixth.With the arrival of quarterback Luke Altmyer, an Ole Miss transfer, could Bielema open up the passing game? “We went from one of the least efficient passing teams in college football to I think we led the nation for seven or eight weeks last year,” Bielema said.
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