Now, if anybody is going to get his old takes exposed, it’s me. A lot has happened in the last six weeks and the team is shaping up to be a lot different than what we thought it would be in late August.

Here is where the Illini stand today.

Offensive Line

The OL has struggled.

Other than Injuries, Illinois has had trouble protecting the QB and establishing the run game. A lot of that can be attributed to the shift from Rod Smith’s spread offense to Tony Petersen/Bielema spread offense. The assignments are different, the run game is on the inside and there hasn’t been a consistent group playing every game.