Lunnys play calling was terrible. If I see another delay handoff up the gut with this terrible interior OL I'm going to throw my shoe at him
Yes winning recordI HAD A DREAM.......
I had a good dream going 2 weeks and 1day ago....
The last 15 days it has turned into a nightmare.
No B1G West crown
No trip to Indy
No national ranking
No New Year's day bowl
I HAD A DREAM........
No, I got it. Being satisfied with exceeding preseason expectations is a pretty simple concept.You seem to miss my point entirely. Don’t let’s this game ruin your whole day
Yes to both of your statements....I agreeYes winning record
Yes bowl game
Look, I don't want a fellow Illini fan to be denied the joy of seeing the O&B take the field in November or especially December. But, I also don't want another IL poster to be down a shoe in winter.Lunnys play calling was terrible. If I see another delay handoff up the gut with this terrible interior OL I'm going to throw my shoe at him
Not questioning the effort. Questioning the results. We are not playing the same way we did against Wisconsin or Minnesota the last two weeks.While the last two weeks have been incredibly disappointing, there needs to be some realization with the fanbase that there would be some sort of regression to the mean. Team is still exceeding all predictions any of us had before the season started. The Illini have been exposed the last two weeks, but I think it’s disingenuous for us to question the effort of the team or even compare it to that the 2018 season. Gimme a break, everyone relax, drink a smoothie.
Apparently not.Can someone tell our punt returners its OK to call a fair catch and run up 5 or 10 yards to catch the ball on the fly rather than watch it bounce 30 yards?
I’d seriously like to know the background of these guys.Bielma said the officiating crew was same as the Indiana game. Must be IU/PU grads. Those guys were terrible. Other than the Unsportsmanlike calls, I'm not sure Purdue received a penalty. And even as bad as we played, If that Witherspoon pick doesn't get that ridiculous flag, its a much different game. Ugh.
It’s still too early. Any year the football team is going bowling is always too early to ask if it’s basketball season until the end of December.took a little longer than normal to ask this year, but it's finally time to ask "is it basketball season yet?"
at least that answer is yes!!
Think about this. The league assigns this crew to this game. The most important game in the West to date. If anyone thinks that is a coincidence then I have a very high bridge down here in FL to sell you.There’s nothing sadder in the world of fandom than bitterly ranting on a message board that a bad call cost your team the game. And in fact I’m not saying a bad call cost us the game.
BUT ….
The PI on Witherspoon that negated an interception and gifted 7 points to Purdue to end the half was absolutely abysmal in terms both of its validity and the impact it had on the game.
Just the position Witherspoon was in when he made the pick should have indicated to any competent ref that coujd not have been DPI. One, Witherspoon was squared up at the QB staring down the ball during its entire flight. Two, he completely owned the inside of the route. The Purdue receiver was climbing over witherspoon’s back to try to bat down the pass. How do you interfere with a receiver you’ve already turned your back to before the ball is released? Even if the flag got thrown based on some phantom hand checks that you thought you saw but didn’t really, again just based on where the players were positioned that flag should have been picked up and the penalty waived off. ESPECIALLY when the officials KNOW what a huge momentum swing that is. Just terrible, terrible, terrible officiating.
Oh and if you didn’t see it on social media already, that’s the same crew that negated the obvious TD in the Indiana game.
At the end of the game when we were waiting for the elevator, the band started playing the Alma Mater one last time. That bush league band heard what the aMarching Illini were doing and started playing (presumably) their fight song over it. I’ve been around marching bands for a long time and I’ve never experienced even on a high school level their kind of rude.I just have to say that it sucked sitting in the horseshoe and having to endure the Purdue band the entire game... that was all we could hear
Thought that was going to be THIS weekLets face it. The entire west division is sub par. Every team in it has had a couple of suck games. The last two weeks it was us. Whoever ends up winning by default will be annihilated by Mich or OSU nationwide prime time. We were never a legit 10-2 team. All that said its been a turnaround year and the program is going in the right direction for the first time in a long time. Still should end up 8-4 with a nice bowl game thats winnable. Most of us would have taken that at the beginning of the year. Officiating was horrible today. Couple of bad PI calls but we gave them over 50 yards on penalties on their go ahead drive so its as much on us as it is the officials. Next week will say a lot about the character of this team. Hoping we give a good showing and are competitive.
Just curious. With all the penalties called on Illinois, how many yards did Purdue get on plays, and how many penalties?Lets face it. The entire west division is sub par. Every team in it has had a couple of suck games. The last two weeks it was us. Whoever ends up winning by default will be annihilated by Mich or OSU nationwide prime time. We were never a legit 10-2 team. All that said its been a turnaround year and the program is going in the right direction for the first time in a long time. Still should end up 8-4 with a nice bowl game thats winnable. Most of us would have taken that at the beginning of the year. Officiating was horrible today. Couple of bad PI calls but we gave them over 50 yards on penalties on their go ahead drive so its as much on us as it is the officials. Next week will say a lot about the character of this team. Hoping we give a good showing and are competitive.
Purduw's defense was called for a bizarre "Disconcerting Signals" penalty, so there's at least one other flag.Bielma said the officiating crew was same as the Indiana game. Must be IU/PU grads. Those guys were terrible. Other than the Unsportsmanlike calls, I'm not sure Purdue received a penalty. And even as bad as we played, If that Witherspoon pick doesn't get that ridiculous flag, its a much different game. Ugh.
Post of day. Week. Month. Year? mandatory readingWe are just not good enough as a program to overcome the adversity multiple blown calls (both officials and coaching), baiting/bs d line calling out snaps/making illegal movements/faking injuries, etc. by opponents, and off games by key players have presented to us this year. Just have to become tougher mentally, and that goes for myself as a fan as well. It is a very big ask after the last 20+ seasons of incompetence. We flashed serious signs of competence in the first two months and a favorable schedule, but have slipped back to the old IL Football the past 2 games. Really frustrating as a fan begging for some sustained success. I guess at least making a bowl is something to build on hopefully; but quite a letdown probably letting a new year's day bowl appearance - in a location I could actually attend - slip away. Sucks.
The last two games have really highlighted our lack of talented depth on both lines. I worried those would be weaknesses for us this year, and was fooled by lack of competition in those areas during our early B10 schedule. Losing a couple studs has not helped either. But the last two weeks both units have been badly overmatched. When you give a sixth year QB a day and a half to throw it he's gonna find somebody open, and even if they aren't today's crew was gonna call a PI. Gotta hope the young guys can get up to speed quickly and provide some depth because that is where the last two game have been lost IMO.
I am going to refrain from any more comments about officiating other than to say that the collapse started from the moment the BS PI call happened. Granted, we let opportunities slip early again (thus my coaching calls comment). Touchdown next play and game over playing catch up the rest of the way. Those calls do not happen in a vacuum and teams like us can't just say "oh well on to the next play" after something that egregious. But it will never change and it has basically ruined both sports for me personally. Wish it were not so.