Illinois Quarterback Situation

Mates,

I think most of us wish Brandon Peters the best at Illinois but he left the game on Saturday in Minneapolis and there is a pretty fair chance that the #2 QB, Matt Robinson, might start this Saturday.   I watched a lot of the Illini game against Minnesota and Illinois is not good at the football - but it wasn't on account of Robinson.  By way of some history, Matt is the nephew of Greg Robinson (YTGR), and has pretty exceptional football bloodlines - his father and 2 uncles played D-1 football and Matt's older brother, Nick, was originally at UGA but is now the starting QB at Penn.

Matt's high school was Junipero Serra in Socal, playing in one of the toughest leagues in the country.  JS  ran a very wide open offense like Illinois is trying to do. Matt can run and he can pass - as I've said before, he is a gunslinger.  He is a RS freshman and against Minnesota he was getting flushed out of the pocket pretty regularly and yet he was frequently throwing dimes. I also watched the Illinois receivers drop more balls than I have ever seen in a college game.  They have a transfer WR from USC, #5, Trevon Sidney who was showing some excellent hands but he might be sidelined, too, so the outlook isn't great for improvement on that front for Illinois.  

We are favored by 3 TD's right now and I don't expect an upset.  That said, If Robinson plays you might see some of what we wish Patterson would do, albeit with far fewer weapons.  They share similar physical builds and skills.  Matt is a great kid but he would be facing a tough test with our defense seeming to be making big strides.   Even if Peters does start, it wouldn't be a surprise to see Robinson in the game.  

XM