I disagree with this take wholeheartedly.
Michigan State 23, Illinois 15 Postgame
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Coleman, Randolph, Adams and Crisler were all yiiiiiiiiiiiiikes today, and while Newton was our only effective pass rusher they moved him wherever they wanted in the run game.
It's one game, you don't overreact because NFL scouts certainly won't, but it's not the kind of performance we'd gotten used to seeing from those guys.
That’s more what I was thinking. They certainly had bad games, but one isn’t going to cool off the nfl scouts. I think we’re more likely to see some of the “award talk” take a little bit of a backseat after this week.
Barry Lunney on the sixth green, absolutely furious that he hit his approach within three feet because a longer putt feels easier to make somehow
I didn’t have a good feeling about this game coming into it. The weather, MSU coming off a brutal game against Michigan and the line that Vegas gave us made us an overwhelmingly big favorite so it’s like we already had a bullseye on our backs before coming into it. Games like this happen. I know I wasn’t very positive during the game and there may have been a reason for it. Let’s just come back next week and win! We can still win the West.
The wind was that brutal.
I watched a kid who is approximately 1000x better than our kicker(s) miss from the PAT hash and 31 with the wind, so maybe. Couldn’t believe how bad our special teams were today, we couldn’t catch the ball, and we didn’t even reach the end zone in KOs with the wind.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Today showed some of the lack of current quality depth in the Illini squad (recruiting will help here). MSU did a good job exposing the replacements. Thorne got the ball out of his hands quick, which is what other opponents struggled at. Many times this year open receivers were missed because of dline pressure. Thorne beat it for the eventual game winning td in 2nd half.
MSU does have some quality depth, and it showed. Disappointing to lose a very winnable game, but the 50/50 plays went the Spartan's way. Countless times Illini were pinned deep by bounces or missed calls (most glaringly the missed PI call right before the shanked punt).
Unlike others on this board, i do not think Illini looked a week ahead. The execution on offense hurt at key points, and special teams execution were really pourous. This team still grinded late, and that is what you want to see.
Illini still control the destiny in the West. Clean up the execution issues, and Illini should get to 9-3 and a trip to Indy. The direction is still pointed up, despite this setback.
I trust Coach B will have this team super motivated all week. I just hope the fans don't bail ship after this loss. Pack the stadium next week!
MSU does have some quality depth, and it showed. Disappointing to lose a very winnable game, but the 50/50 plays went the Spartan's way. Countless times Illini were pinned deep by bounces or missed calls (most glaringly the missed PI call right before the shanked punt).
Unlike others on this board, i do not think Illini looked a week ahead. The execution on offense hurt at key points, and special teams execution were really pourous. This team still grinded late, and that is what you want to see.
Illini still control the destiny in the West. Clean up the execution issues, and Illini should get to 9-3 and a trip to Indy. The direction is still pointed up, despite this setback.
I trust Coach B will have this team super motivated all week. I just hope the fans don't bail ship after this loss. Pack the stadium next week!
Interesting stat, but every team that has beaten Nebraska this year has lost their next game. This is clearly all Nebraska’s fault
the national
- the Front Range
Chase did cause 2 fumbles. He’s awesome but this was not his best day. Someone needed to step up in a big way. Reggie almost did but fell short of the first down marker.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
7-2 in year two of the Bielema regime is way ahead of schedule. does anyone think Illinois played well last week? At some point the D was going to give up more than single digits and some of the lackadaisical offensive play and bad special teams was going to catch up. If I’m remembering correctly they haven‘t played let alone beaten a ranked team yet so we were probably getting over our skis a bit as fans. There is still a lot that can be accomplished this season.
Yes this on point. I think the media is overplaying this as well. Hyped them up too soon. It’s only Bielema’s 2nd year. Even though continuing the conversation about them being a possible CFP team would’ve been nice, it’s just not that realistic right now for this team. Getting to a bowl game is more of what I was expecting out of them this year.
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I stupidly allowed myself to get caught up in the media hype. Sadly, I think some of our players got caught up in it also. This loss hurts so bad, but I will always bleed orange and blue.
That being said, Mel Tucker is disgusting, and I'm sad that he's the face of a Big Ten program. His immediate comments following the game last week showed a complete lack of intelligence. And the gamesmanship on defense today with players taking a knee and coming right back in the game......there's no place in our game for this. #lackofinstitutionalcontrol
That being said, Mel Tucker is disgusting, and I'm sad that he's the face of a Big Ten program. His immediate comments following the game last week showed a complete lack of intelligence. And the gamesmanship on defense today with players taking a knee and coming right back in the game......there's no place in our game for this. #lackofinstitutionalcontrol
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The media overhyped them. They just aren’t ready for it yet. Still a good team though. We just saw a different team today than we saw the last 6 weeks. I have confidence in Bielema.
Very disappointingly loss, but it’s a wake up call in my mind- we just aren’t as good as all of us we’re making us out to be. Our defense is not lights out. We really haven’t played a good team all year
That said - we can execute a lot better than we did today. Win next week and the west is ours and we get to the Big Ten championship game- that would be a tremendous season
That said - we can execute a lot better than we did today. Win next week and the west is ours and we get to the Big Ten championship game- that would be a tremendous season
Can’t believe them gave him a “do over“on that penalty declination. Refs admitted they blew that.
And when we finally ran McCray it was mid fieldish...
Should have been in on the 1st series at the goal line....
Bret or Barry, if either of you are ever on this board, try McCray on the goal line. I was yelling at my TV, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one. It's easy to overthink things sometimes, but just give it a try. We had a drive this game, and a drive at Indiana, that I feel cost us both games. I know McCray wasn't available at Indiana, but he was available today. Just like at Indiana, 10 things had to go wrong today for us to lose, and I feel like all 10 happened.
Was worried before the game that we (all of us including the team) truly believed the Vegas point spread was legit. Then with the MSU/MU drama and subsequent suspensions, all I heard from every source (media and fellow fans) was "can't wait for Purdue." I kept saying that I sure hope we don't overlook this game and think we can just go through the motions. I feel like the team came out confident they would play well and not truly respecting that MSU has some talent. I'm not saying our guys didn't play hard, but that they (and we) just didn't go through this week with the right amount of healthy fear of our opponent. That being said, take away a few terrible mistakes (1st drive, fumble, 6 yard punt) and we win this game. We are so close to being 9-0!!!! Ugh.
Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
Easy boys and girls....BB post-game sounded like a man on a mission to me
My thoughts exactly.