Official Site of the Huskers · Sep 29, 2016
Know the Foe: A closer look at Illinois
Photo Courtesy Scott Bruhn/Nebraska CommunicationsBy Brian Rosenthal / Huskers.com
First-year coach Lovie Smith didn’t exactly take it easy on his Illinois football team during its bye week.
He held full-padded practices, yet mentioned he saw an eagerness from his team following a 34-10 home loss to Western Michigan that dropped the Illini to 1-2.
“You try to hit on all phases of your game,” Smith said of his team’s bye week. “We’ve given up some big plays, we haven’t made enough big plays on the other side of the ball. Just really tightening the bow on what we really want to be.
“I think it’s pretty obvious, to a man, on what we need to do better.”