Wrap-Up: And Then There Were Three
Black Shoe Diaries —
... I'm now kicking myself every week for thinking Illinois would be competent this season. Williams went 9 for 18 with a pick, rushed for just 38 yards on 14 carries, and ended up getting benched for someone named Jacob Charest. ...
Wha Happened? Week Eight
Black Heart Gold Pants —
... their eighth consecutive loss to BCS competition by ten or more points. Illinois jumped out to a 7-0 lead, gave up the tying score not even two minutes later and then proceeded to give up another pair of touchdowns to really dig a deep hole for themselves. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the game from an Illinois standpoint was that they tried their third different quarterback of the season; this week's lucky contestant sacrificial lamb was Jacob Charest, a redshirt freshman who had never previously seen game ...
Illinois stiff-arms the Gophers behind freshman back up QB, Jacob Charest
The Daily Gopher —
... Illini QB, Juice Williams went down with an ankle injury in the first quarter. At the time Illinois held a 7-0 lead, which soon grew to 14-0 before redshirt freshman Jacob Charest took over and led the Illini offense to a 35-25 win over the Gophers. Charest was poised and elusive making a handful of clutch plays when Illinois most needed them. ...
Wha Happened? Week Ten
Black Heart Gold Pants —
... Now that's more like the Weber we've come to know and love this season. All told, the Golden Gopher offense managed only 288 yards (just 66 on the ground) against an Illinois defense not previously known for its stopping power. Meanwhile, the Save the Zooker's Job Tour continued with... yet another win? Huh. That still doesn't sound right. Juice Williams' ankle got tweaked, but Jacob Charest proved to be an able fill-in (10/19, 195 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT) and ...
The Lazy Blogger's Illini basketball and football preview
Hail to the Orange —
... On the other hand I really like the way Jacob Charest is throwing the ball lately he is hitting his receivers right in the numbers, and provided those receivers don't drop the passes again this week, the offense will move the ball. The real kudos must go to the offensive line who are opening holes for the backs and giving both Juice and Charest a lot more time to work with. You don't have a successful offense without a successful offensive line. ...
The Illini lose to Northwestern, reality comes back with a vengeance
Hail to the Orange —
... Overall, in the game itself, we saw again the manner in which the team can fall apart or storm to victory based on just a few key situations. Unfortunately the team tended towards the former. For 99% of the first half the two teams were trading blows of missed field goals and stalled drives. Jacob Charest had not played his best, but Mikel Leshoure seemed to be maintaining the offense well enough. The key play, at the very end of the first half was a Charest interception, followed almost immediately by a Northwestern touchdown. The Illini went into ...
