TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
Beat Purdue and Bret will have beaten everyone in our division in just 2 years
Illinois 9, Iowa 6 Postgame
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Thanks, Buddy.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Post game is interviewing T. Barnes and he is such a classy dude.......talked about the calls for him to blitz and thanked coach Walters for calling his number........Classy dude........He really really is...........................
Now interviewing the kicker Pinton and he said "" I just did my job "".............................cool ...................solid...................heavy.....................
Now interviewing the kicker Pinton and he said "" I just did my job "".............................cool ...................solid...................heavy.....................
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
- Tough to think beyond this game too much without knowing more about DeVito. 0-6 is comfortably in play if he's done, but let's just hold off on that.
- The dark cloud over the game does become a much brighter spot after the win: that was an easy, comfortable victory if TDV had played the whole way. We had way too much for Iowa
- It's hard to recall a game more negatively impacted by the playcalling on both sides. And I'm a Bears fan!
- This is actually the offense Brian Ferentz recruited and built, and....yikes. They just don't really do anything well. We're a very tough pass pro challenge and all things considered they did better than some of our other opponents have, but most of our sacks were more on their OL than our rushers, woof. And we'll get to Art Sitkowski but how is a program like Iowa making a multi-year starter of someone like Spencer Petras?
- Leave it to me to be negative about our defense: there are a LOT of major pieces of what we've built there that won't be here next year and I don't just mean Walters. If Seth Coleman isn't playing on Sundays next year I don't know what GM's are watching. And we know about Witherspoon already.
- I sympathized with Lunney for a lot of this game, I really did. Going one-dimensional against the Iowa D is death. That is a correct thought to have. But the two plays that both should have been game-enders are just unforgiveable playcalls. No one on earth was fooled on the almost-fumble, and the pick before it was just a total failure to correctly calculate the situational value of 3 points.
- Is it possible Pinton just beat out Griffin in practice?
- The thing with Lunney is that he just seemed to resist the reality of the game that he got forced into, losing TDV and also Isaiah which slashes the playbook even further. He kept trying to outsmart a game that had ceased to become a football game, he reacted in the totally wrong way.
- Art seems like a nice kid. And when he's stepping into a deeper throw rather than trying to throw a touch pass you can see where the recruiting ranking came from, he has plenty of arm and is actually throwing those balls, it's not a chuck-and-hope the way it is for more pipsqueak-y QB's. But he's nowhere even close to a B1G QB and hasn't been from the second he stepped on campus. There's nothing there. If anyone saw Bielema's presser this week he made some pretty pointed comments about his willingness to usher people out of the program who don't have what it takes to help the team win, all the way down to the equipment staff. An exception has been made for Art Sitkowski in a way that's strange and now has systemic risk for what should be a special season.
- Not to defend either of them, but Sitkowski is a more usable player in Tony Petersen's system. Lunney exposes everything he can't do. A totally different player than TDV. A guy like that should not be your backup in year 2.
- Is that enough doom and gloom after beating Iowa for everybody!? My god what a game. An offering to the shrine of the B1G West, the division America needs.
- For real though, get well soon Tommy.
- The dark cloud over the game does become a much brighter spot after the win: that was an easy, comfortable victory if TDV had played the whole way. We had way too much for Iowa
- It's hard to recall a game more negatively impacted by the playcalling on both sides. And I'm a Bears fan!
- This is actually the offense Brian Ferentz recruited and built, and....yikes. They just don't really do anything well. We're a very tough pass pro challenge and all things considered they did better than some of our other opponents have, but most of our sacks were more on their OL than our rushers, woof. And we'll get to Art Sitkowski but how is a program like Iowa making a multi-year starter of someone like Spencer Petras?
- Leave it to me to be negative about our defense: there are a LOT of major pieces of what we've built there that won't be here next year and I don't just mean Walters. If Seth Coleman isn't playing on Sundays next year I don't know what GM's are watching. And we know about Witherspoon already.
- I sympathized with Lunney for a lot of this game, I really did. Going one-dimensional against the Iowa D is death. That is a correct thought to have. But the two plays that both should have been game-enders are just unforgiveable playcalls. No one on earth was fooled on the almost-fumble, and the pick before it was just a total failure to correctly calculate the situational value of 3 points.
- Is it possible Pinton just beat out Griffin in practice?
- The thing with Lunney is that he just seemed to resist the reality of the game that he got forced into, losing TDV and also Isaiah which slashes the playbook even further. He kept trying to outsmart a game that had ceased to become a football game, he reacted in the totally wrong way.
- Art seems like a nice kid. And when he's stepping into a deeper throw rather than trying to throw a touch pass you can see where the recruiting ranking came from, he has plenty of arm and is actually throwing those balls, it's not a chuck-and-hope the way it is for more pipsqueak-y QB's. But he's nowhere even close to a B1G QB and hasn't been from the second he stepped on campus. There's nothing there. If anyone saw Bielema's presser this week he made some pretty pointed comments about his willingness to usher people out of the program who don't have what it takes to help the team win, all the way down to the equipment staff. An exception has been made for Art Sitkowski in a way that's strange and now has systemic risk for what should be a special season.
- Not to defend either of them, but Sitkowski is a more usable player in Tony Petersen's system. Lunney exposes everything he can't do. A totally different player than TDV. A guy like that should not be your backup in year 2.
- Is that enough doom and gloom after beating Iowa for everybody!? My god what a game. An offering to the shrine of the B1G West, the division America needs.
- For real though, get well soon Tommy.
Yeah, it was fantastic! They announced 44,000. Looked, sounded, and felt like much more!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
How was he timing up their snap count so easily!? That shouldn't happen in high school! Brian Ferentz!
RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
Have to assume that after tonight, Brian Ferentz is the heir apparent. (a guy can dream, right?)
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
On the one hand, great that it's our highest attendance in six years. On the other, I would have hoped for more. At least it looked good on tv.
“Five of six Iowa drives went for negative yardage during the second and third quarters.”
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Backup kicker's field goal lifts Illini to 9-6 win over Iowa
Backup, walk-on kicker Fabrizio Pinton hit a 36-yard field goal with 2:46 to go and Matthew Bailey made a late interception to lift Illinois to a 9-6 win over Iowa on Saturday night, its first over the Hawkeyes since 2008. Illinois (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) is off to its best start since a 6-0 mark in...
I can't read this........I'm drunk
With some of the play calls late in this game I feel like we need a "reality coach" to tell our OC what is the real game situation on the field. I hope we don't get done in by a coach feelin too much "guru" when the obvious game situation calls for basic football in the redzone. Like giving the ball to our Heisman candidate perhaps.
We got lucky, a great win, maybe I'm just a bit, nevermind.
We got lucky, a great win, maybe I'm just a bit, nevermind.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
To lose the turnover battle -3 and still pull out a win.
Is our defense amazing or what?!?
Is our defense amazing or what?!?
I'm having trouble understanding this game. This was like a brain-teaser, an i'm still trying to figure out if we won. Who called that pass play on 2nd and goal on the 4 yd line? Would that have been Lunney or Bielema? Chase Brown was on a roll at that point so i'm still in disbelief on that play call.
Hoping Devito returns next week. If Art is the QB next week, the game plan has to be built around what he is good at. Dont have him throw 4-5 passes to start the game like he did today. Felt like Lunny put him in bad situations when a simpler play would of been more successful. Need full squad back including the back up RB.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
Could you just enjoy the win?? What’s with all the negativity
RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
Looks at schedule and sees Michigan State, Nebraska and Northwestern still upcoming. 0-6? Really? Comfortably? Come on, CG. Seriously.
blackdog
- Champaign
-2 with the Bailey interception.
I will say that overturned fumble returned for a TD was one of the worst moments I've seen live. Just absolutely soul crushing at the time after we had been on the brink of victory twice.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
Ah yes good call forgot that one.
We were very very lucky to have that elbow down. Would have been deflating
One thought and one question about special teams. Hugh was very Blake-like tonight … I hope that continues. Does anyone live in Champaign who could go measure Fabrizio’s balls? My gut tells me he might be #1 in NCAA football for biggest balls. A redshirt freshman goes 3 for 3 on FGs in a 9-6 game to beat Iowa in front of the biggest MS crowd in years? I know they weren’t long FGs, but I don’t care, he nailed all 3. Are you kidding me?