Chiles Questionable?

[Bwm57]

 

[Jaguar 88]

If Chiles isn't behind center this Saturday, might as well chalk it up as a L. Such a promising start to the season, it will be a shame if there is a collapse due to injuries.

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

If Chiles is injured to the extent he won’t be effective and if keeping him out will allow him to play in remaining games it would make sense to let him rest. Getting some of our defense back like Fitzgerald back will help. Just worried the way Iowa scored so many points while shutting down Wisconsin’s offense. We need to score to keep pace with Iowa and on defense we need to put pressure on their qb. It’s going to be tough to wrangle a win. We gave up too many chunk plays to Oregon at key points in the game.

 

[jensberg]

So many Big Ten teams have lost their starting quarterback one way or another for a few games or more

 

[prez77]

If Chiles isn't playing, the only appropriate word is catastrophe.

 

[Sheffielder]

This is obviously terrible news but Chip is still Chip and we recruited a backup QB who I don't think wandered into Evanston randomly like a lost puppy. I certainly don't love the prospect of marching into NRF on Saturday without Aidan but I have a little more confidence our offense than I have in at least a decade and it's not just because of him alone.

EDIT: Just to be clear, not trying to be a polyanna here...as a college football fan in general, I'm not betting on ANY team riding into a game vs. top 25 conference opponent without their starting QB and predicting a win. But I'm also going to bring up that we have irrefutably one of the best offensive coordinators in the entire sport on our sidelines with a backup QB he picked. All is not lost if those are our circumstances for Saturday.

 

[rmndcat]

This is obviously terrible news but Chip is still Chip and we recruited a backup QB who I don't think wandered into Evanston randomly like a lost puppy. I certainly don't love the prospect of marching into NRF on Saturday without Aidan but I have a little more confidence our offense than I have in at least a decade and it's not just because of him alone.

Nicco has experience. He had a higher INT rate at WVU than I'd like, but so did Aidan before he came here. He'll have good targets at least. Less certain about his scrambling. Nervous, but not giving up hope if Aidan is out.

 

[eddie_gocats]

Nicco has experience. He had a higher INT rate at WVU than I'd like, but so did Aidan before he came here. He'll have good targets at least. Less certain about his scrambling. Nervous, but not giving up hope if Aidan is out.

Has some P4 wins against Pitt, Texas Tech and Arizona... seems more capable then other backups we had in the past.

Trust in Chipco.

 

[Anon1756236851]

If Chiles isn't behind center this Saturday, might as well chalk it up as a L. Such a promising start to the season, it will be a shame if there is a collapse due to injuries.

We cannot have nice things!

 

[Zazzy]

We cannot have nice things!

Agree
Nico M is a very capable backup. We should be ok if he’s our quarterback

 

[Catmandoo78]

Illinois beat Oregon by two scores with their unheralded true freshman backup QB. I think we will be just fine without our starter.

 

[rmndcat]

Has some P4 wins against Pitt, Texas Tech and Arizona... seems more capable then other backups we had in the past.

Trust in Chipco.

More to the point, trust in Jerry N.

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

If Chiles isn't behind center this Saturday, might as well chalk it up as a L. Such a promising start to the season, it will be a shame if there is a collapse due to injuries.

We've been thin from the outset. Getting Carsello was a huge relief, then EO went down. Lots of starts lost on a thin DL.

DBs are like a MASH unit.

 

[freewillie07]

Chiles is literally the frontrunner to be First Team All Big Ten this year. To think we can simply function as usual with QB2 is delusional.

 

[rmndcat]

Chiles is literally the frontrunner to be First Team All Big Ten this year. To think we can simply function as usual with QB2 is delusional.

Not as usual...but well enough to beat Iowa at home.

 

[Bwm57]

I’m more concerned about losing the running aspect of his game.

 

[prez77]

Not as usual...but well enough to beat Iowa at home.

Iowa thinks they are playing for a spot in the CFP. It was going to be a close one for us even with Chiles. Again, without our top player? Just no.

 

[rmndcat]

Iowa thinks they are playing for a spot in the CFP. It was going to be a close one for us even with Chiles. Again, without our top player? Just no.

We're both playing for a spot in the CFP.

 

[olsh]

Loss of Chiles on the ground and throwing on the run will impact the game more than anything.
Marchiol is better than a lot of what we've put out there at QB sine Thorson.

I'm also more concerned with our defense getting manhandled.

 

[Catmandoo78]

We're both playing for a spot in the CFP.

We hadn’t (and still haven’t…) won a game against a P5 team with a winning record. Even before this Iowa drubbing, we didn’t have a CFP resume

 

[Jaguar 88]

We're both playing for a spot in the CFP.

Neither team had a realistic shot. Iowa has an outside shot still. We were going to lose 2 more games going into this game. Without Chiles this team has no real offensive threat.

 

[rmndcat]

We hadn’t (and still haven’t…) won a game against a P5 team with a winning record. Even before this Iowa drubbing, we didn’t have a CFP resume

If this had been a win, we would be building one. Now even running the table gets us a December bowl game. And running the table seems implausible given the injuries and weakness in fundamentals.

 

[rmndcat]

Neither team had a realistic shot. Iowa has an outside shot still. We were going to lose 2 more games going into this game. Without Chiles this team has no real offensive threat.

Winning keeps a shot alive. We would have needed to run the table to do it. After what we saw last night, we'll be doing well to get the Hat. Iowa at two losses with a manageable schedule might have a case.