Schiano outsmarts Bielema

[wheezer]

So we have to go back to 2021

RU trailed Illinois, but then got 10 points to take a late lead
20-14, at their place

With 3:53 to go, Illinois started from their 25 after our kickoff, and moved down field, mixing runs and passes, to get it to the RU 34_yard line

At the 34, they faced a 4th and short yard to go

Illinois went into formation, Greg called a time out to talk to the defense, after seeing the Illinois setup

Instead of taking the ball up the middle, the ball was pitched to their running Brown, attempting to take it outside
around the left....

One of the RU players Greg first spoke to during the preceding timeout was Abraham, who was responsible for the left side

Abraham ran with Brown and swept his feet, knocking him down, behind the line of scrimmage, and ending the Illinois possession, with about a minute left in the game

Greg looked very smart that day, Bielema had to.answer questions as to why they went outside on a, short yard to go situation

As far as I am concerned, Bielema. is more subject to late game errors, he made one running the field goal unit out in our last game also

Except this time, the timeout by RU killed us, the other, it was a key to victory

As a side note, I have kept the DVR recording of that sequence, because it is one of my favorite all-time plays

 

[Joey Bags]

Our biggest issue with IL is that Bielema can both outthink AND outeat Schiano

 

[wheezer]

Our biggest issue with IL is that Bielema can both outthink AND outeat Schiano

I contend that Bielema. made critical errors in both games

When it was obvious his kicker could not make the field goal, it was not rocket science to run a different play

 

[BossNJ]

Unfortunately, Greggie bailed him out though.

 

[megadrone]

The decision to ice the kicker seems like it was a knee jerk "I have to ice the kicker because stats/analytics/etc. tell me to". The distance and conditions iced the kicker and the timeout wasn't needed. Sometimes trusting your gut is better than the analytics (but sometimes it's not).

 

[satnom]

Our biggest issue with IL is that Bielema can both outthink AND outeat “RU Staff”

GO RU

 

[RUPete]

So we have to go back to 2021

RU trailed Illinois, but then got 10 points to take a late lead
20-14, at their place

With 3:53 to go, Illinois started from their 25 after our kickoff, and moved down field, mixing runs and passes, to get it to the RU 34_yard line

At the 34, they faced a 4th and short yard to go

Illinois went into formation, Greg called a time out to talk to the defense, after seeing the Illinois setup

Instead of taking the ball up the middle, the ball was pitched to their running Brown, attempting to take it outside
around the left....

One of the RU players Greg first spoke to during the preceding timeout was Abraham, who was responsible for the left side

Abraham ran with Brown and swept his feet, knocking him down, behind the line of scrimmage, and ending the Illinois possession, with about a minute left in the game

Greg looked very smart that day, Bielema had to.answer questions as to why they went outside on a, short yard to go situation

As far as I am concerned, Bielema. is more subject to late game errors, he made one running the field goal unit out in our last game also

Except this time, the timeout by RU killed us, the other, it was a key to victory

As a side note, I have kept the DVR recording of that sequence, because it is one of my favorite all-time plays

Good post and point - almost forgot about that one. Incredible play by Abraham.