Brandon Peters named Illinois starter
August 20th, 2019 at 5:44 PM ^
Nice - good on him. May he have great success except against us.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:45 PM ^
Good for him. I wish him the best, except when we play him, when I wish him to have an unremarkable day because we're up by 28 before he attempts his fourth pass.
August 20th, 2019 at 8:38 PM ^
I see what you did there.
Michigan 1st drive: TD
Illinois 1st drive: run run pass punt
Michigan 2nd drive: TD
Illinois 2nd drive: Run run pass punt
Michigan 3rd drive: TD
Illinois 3rd drive: Run, run, pass, punt
Michigan 4th drive: TD
Score: 28-0. Peters with 3 passes attempted.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:46 PM ^
I hope he becomes All-B1G second-team and has only one super awful game all year.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:46 PM ^
Rooting for him!
August 20th, 2019 at 5:48 PM ^
I'll be rooting for him for 11 of 12 games.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:48 PM ^
Good luck all year except for the game on October 12th. Hope you have a career day on November 9th!!!
GO BLUE
August 20th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
Good to see. Hope he has a great career, save for the two games we will play him this season.
August 20th, 2019 at 11:13 PM ^
Illinois to the B1G Championship Game, that's a bold prediction.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
Good for BP, wish him nothing but the best.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:59 PM ^
I always liked him, was sad it didn't work out here. Happy for him to be named the starter & wish him nothing but the best, except obviously against us.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:00 PM ^
We will see if he has improved at feeling pressure in the pocket. If not .....watch out.
# BEAVER Ball
#EXPECT VICTORY.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
For a fun/sad/horrifying read, you can always revisit his recruiting post
Check out this alternate universe:
Peters will then cool his heels behind a returning starter as a redshirt freshman. If O'Korn wins the job it'll be a free-for-all between a fifth-year senior Speight, a redshirt sophomore Peters, and a redshirt freshman Dylan McCaffrey for the starting job. I have no idea who wins that job. I have a suspicion they'll be good at football.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:15 PM ^
Jesus the offensive side of that 2016 is gonna end up being horrifically bad at the skill positions. Every QB/RB/WR is off the roster going into their 4th year, and none of them were early entrants to the draft. Slight caveats to Evans, the only one who has been a major contributor and may come back, and Hawkins, who didn't make it in 2016 but did in 2017 (as a safety however so still not offense). The OL has hit thankfully and the 2/3 TEs that remain have as well.
On the flip side that defensive class was phenomenal. Pretty much everyone minus Johnson and Mbem-Bosse hit, even the lowly rated guys like Gil, Metellus and Dwumfour.
Also funny is Evans recruiting profile which has him as a WR but projects him to Safety.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
I don't think its a coincidence that the offensive coaching staff has seen the most turnover since Harbaugh took over. Jay Harbaugh is the only staff member from Harbaugh's first staff to make it to 2019.
Damn Drevno.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:21 PM ^
Wow. Yikes.
It's normal to have some guys not work out. But that is... carnage.
You can forgive planned carnage. Not every skill player will hit. Not every QB will hit (Harbaugh brings in one a year, and everyone knows that not all of them will be here after four years). But to suffer that kind of attrition at places like WR and RB is bad, bad, bad.
And it makes the windows for success pretty narrow. We've had great defensive personnel, and now that we expect our offense to finally hit stride... D-Line and Secondary are both potentially significant weak points, and LB isn't all-world. You need great players to bridge these gaps.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:37 PM ^
Speaking of Wilton....did you guys see him in a 49ers uni vs Denver this weekend? Not good... his only pass attempt that I saw, the ball slipped out of his hands for a fumble.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
Great news. If he is starter-caliber at Illinois and our guys were clearly ahead of him, that's just a little more confirmation that Shea and DMac are the real deal. I hope he does well out there.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
Best wishes to you, Brandon!
You are a true Wolverine soldier throughout the difficult times here.
Hope you show the world what you've got. I don't mind you doing well vs Michigan as we should be comfortably ahead of Illini no matter how you perform.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:15 PM ^
Not surprised, He can do it. Go BP
August 20th, 2019 at 6:23 PM ^
I always remember his response to the news that Michigan was taking Patterson, very classy, very Michigan. If my memory is correct, there was no complaining, no issue. His father just said " we aren't afraid of competition".
August 20th, 2019 at 6:26 PM ^
Excellent news! Best wishes to Brandon Peters. I think he is a very good quarterback.
I, too, will be rooting for him in every game but one. :)
August 20th, 2019 at 6:25 PM ^
Rooting for him as well. I don't expect much from Illinois, but I think they'll be a lot better than expected.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:33 PM ^
Good luck Brandon, may your O-line keep you upright and healthy.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:36 PM ^
Good for Brandon. He has the physical tools to play in the NFL. If he can be more of an assertive leader and stay focused, he will get there.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:39 PM ^
Good luck to Peters! Wish him the best at Illinois. I'm sure he'll be fired up for the matchup against Michigan.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^
If you told me we would go 11-1 but I get to pick the loss, I would pick Illinois. Here's to 12-0
or 13-0
or 14-0
or 14-1
or 15-0
August 20th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
If we lose to Ill, none of us will ever hear the end of it from the Illinois fan.
August 20th, 2019 at 8:07 PM ^
I don’t know any Illinois fans so IDC
August 20th, 2019 at 10:25 PM ^
How many fans does Illinois have? I know one.
August 20th, 2019 at 10:30 PM ^
Eleventy.
August 21st, 2019 at 11:19 PM ^
I live in the North suburbs of Chicago. Nobody wears Illini gear around here. And you only occasionally see any Northwestern gear if they're having a good year. Otherwise, not at all.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:45 PM ^
To echo everyones sentiment, I wish nothing but success for Brandon, except on October 12!
August 20th, 2019 at 6:57 PM ^
Hope he plays well. Does he got two years left? Maybe he can help Lovie Smith last a few more years.
Would like to see illinois hand Nebraska and Frost a loss this season.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:59 PM ^
Well he won't have a Drevno-coached O line pass protecting him, so there's that.
August 20th, 2019 at 7:10 PM ^
Every time our D knocks him down, I would love to see them give him a hand back up.
August 20th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
Maybe he can get Illinois to a bowl game this year.
August 20th, 2019 at 7:49 PM ^
August 20th, 2019 at 11:16 PM ^
When he was bodyslammed into the turf by a Wisconsin linebacker. I always hate those cheeseheads.
August 20th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
Hoping they go 11-1! Good for him
August 20th, 2019 at 8:14 PM ^
[Predictable post about "..except against us"]
August 20th, 2019 at 8:18 PM ^
Awesome. Happy for him. Looking forward to seeing how he looks against UM. Definitely makes that game %100 more interesting.
August 20th, 2019 at 8:19 PM ^
Everyone here is happy for Peters, which they should be. There where a number of people who posted about his likely transfer last fall on this board and got negged for it. Transferring is often best for both sides, as in this case.
saying someone should or likely will transfer from UM is stupidly taboo on this site.
August 20th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^
Just beat little brother down!!
August 20th, 2019 at 8:24 PM ^
I hope he does well. It will be interesting to see if he does better or a real blast if he gets drafted.
August 20th, 2019 at 8:30 PM ^
So at least three M QBs will be playing this season
August 20th, 2019 at 8:33 PM ^
Good for him. I will be attending the contest in Champaign, and I hope he has an adequate performance whilst being soundly defeated.
August 20th, 2019 at 11:10 PM ^
I may be there as well. Not sure I can make it to a game in A2.
August 20th, 2019 at 8:35 PM ^
happy for the kid...
really interested to see how he performs on the field
August 20th, 2019 at 11:26 PM ^
I just got tickets to the game! Go blue from champaign