ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Also on the timeout, basically never take one of those sort of three-dimensional thinking TO's without taking a breath first if you've got more than like 30 seconds. Just take a beat. That was a mistake in a moment of panic.
Art is slightly worse, I'm afraid.I did and I'm tired of what I saw from Peters the last few years. He is what he is
go back and re-read the pregame thread; most were thinking blow out double digit loss. i get it, we could and should of won this but if you can't see improvement compared with the last 2 weeks look again- defense played much better, even with the late melt down. we all need to temper our expectations and realize how big a hole this program was in when the new staff took over
To say the least.Disappointing.
He should have came out this one after that targetingAgreed on the oc but qb's lack of awareness is alarming. Didn't he get knocked out of three games for the same reason.
"to be fired after 4 games" or "to be fired, after 4 games"?I need to just give an awe-inspired shoutout to the terminally online Illinois football fans calling for Tony Petersen to be fired after 4 games.
True, but a one legged drunken grandpa has a great spin move.Oh, and a one legged drunken grandpa could have run through our secondary tackles.
Buh-byeSorry all. My Illinois fandom is officially finished. I’ve been a fan for over 30 years. This program has no hope and what I witnessed tonight and especially last week is an embarrassment. I’m going to see if I can sell my apparel on eBay if I’m lucky enough to find someone to buy it. Best wishes to you all.
Individual Passing StatisticsArt is slightly worse, I'm afraid.
# | Player | GP | Rating | COMP | ATT | INT | % | YDS | TD | Long | AVG/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Sitkowski, Artur | 3 | 124.63 | 58 | 102 | 1 | 56.86 % | 611 | 6 | 45 | 203.67 |
18 | Peters, Brandon | 2 | 98.27 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 43.33 % | 220 | 0 | 40 | 110.00 |
One of the best drives of the night, unfortunately in the wrong direction...Last four Illinois offensive plays:
1st & 10 at ILL 36
Brandon Peters sacked by Greg Rose for a loss of 11 yards to the Illin 25
(Timeout ILLINOIS (?!), clock 01:14)
2nd & 21 at ILL 25
Brandon Peters sacked by Greg Rose for a loss of 7 yards to the Illin 18
(Timeout MARYLAND, clock 01:07)
3rd & 28 at ILL 18
Brandon Peters flushed, tosses ball to his center
ILLINOIS Penalty, Intentional Grounding to the Illini 7
4th & 39 at ILL 7
Blake Hayes punt for 39 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the Illin 46
(clock 0:47)
This is called: Illinois doing Illinois things.I am struggling to conceive how this loss could be on anyone other than Bielema. Our players are who they are at this point. Yet STILL, we had them right where we wanted them.
-We didn't go for it on 4th and 1 in Maryland territory with an eternity left on the clock.
-We ran a prevent defense with an eternity on the clock.
-We called timeout on 2nd and 21 deep in our own territory with 1 minute left in the game.
-We threw on 3rd and forever, saving Maryland a timeout and burying us deeper in our own end.
-We threw out whatever defense that was that resulted in a receiver WIDE OPEN in the middle of the field, setting up a chip shot field goal.
The last 5 minutes of the game, every bad decision that could be made, was.