MustangWally
- Mayfield
Not the Illini team we've seen the last two weeks.
Purdue 31, Illinois 24 Postgame
Or, remember your expectations for this season back in July.
Then fast forward to the worst outcome which will be 7-5 and a bowl game
Are you happy?
It sounds more odd than it is.
The ref should have called the penalty as it was "Delay of game" and then explain why.
Can be called either because of movement (like today) or mimicking the snap count verbally.
At the game, I saw two plays I have never seen before. Kickoff on your opponents 35 and a penalty on Purdue defense for faking the snap count of Devito punishable for 5 yards and called 5 mins after the play ended. PI penalties were obvious and poorly called live.
blackdog
- Champaign
Both of of the ones on Purdue and the 3 on Illinois on the back breaking drive all happened directly in front of me. The ones on Purdue were absolutely no brainer calls. The ones on Illinois were questionable to say the least.
I wouldn't be so confident in a W in this one.
Us, Purdue, Iowa and Minny all tied at 4-3. Minny still plays Wisc and Iowa; need them to beat Iowa and lose to Wisc. Purdue needs to lose to NW or IU. That (as unlikely as it is) gets us to Indy
Yeah and everyone said illinois would beat michigan state and purdue
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Is that with Illini expected loss next week and win vs NW?
A couple of the calls against us were obvious too. The Spoon call was awful. The one at the end of the other drive (I think against Brown) was 50/50.
Was the officiating bad? Absolutely. Is there a league wide conspiracy to destroy Illinois football?
All of this is correct. The one that bothers me the most is the lack of discipline today. The push out of bounds on the Purdue QB was a back breaker for us. I don't think we ever recovered from that extra 15 yards. The little things matter in a one score game.
This is a work in progress. We just aren't there yet. We all had hopes of being 9-1 going into a 10-0 Michigan game, with wild dreams of upsetting them. Does anyone have any faith at all that we will even keep that game close?
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
6 penalties 80 yards for Purdue, including a couple of critical PI flags that extended what became touchdown drives for us.
It's crystal clear they came into the game emphasizing calling interference tightly, which is something we have been getting away with murder on all season, you can't ignore that even if "points of emphasis" are annoying and unnecessary.
Bielema and Walters don't hide it, they coach to what refs call, and have trained up our guys in the kind of contact, and especially the kind of low, inside-the-frame jersey and pants grabbing you can get away with because that's not where the refs eyes are.
Throw in our less experienced DB's due to injury, an opponent that likes to pass more, the wind moving the ball around in unpredictable ways, and a flag-happy crew and it was always likely to go this way. We got a couple of friendly ones too, the one that canceled out their INT was an Oscar-worthy flop by Casey Washington.
All of that said, even in a game being called tightly the one that negated Witherspoon's INT was a garbage call, the only genuinely egregious refereeing decision I saw today. Though on the scale of refereeing failures that's not even close to the replay getting the TD at Indiana wrong, which was one of the worst blown replay decisions I've ever seen and where the time to think about it makes the standards higher.
I'm not trying to saying that there is a league wide conspiracy. But the fact is we've had one game ripped away as a win and another (today, with the same crew) that you could argue was taken as well (as either FloridaMan or AutoPoster has laid this out quite well already).A couple of the calls against us were obvious too. The Spoon call was awful. The one at the end of the other drive (I think against Brown) was 50/50.
Was the officiating bad? Absolutely. Is there a league wide conspiracy to destroy Illinois football?
On top of that, just off the top of my head, there have been several other instances through Illinois sports history that have had lasting impact into the Illinois fans' psyche:
-Playing at Kentucky in the NCAA tourney back in the 80s leading to the rule that teams can't play in their own cities.
-End of game reviews in basketball after the Miami debacle several years back.
-I don't think this one led to any changes (could be wrong) but the Michigan/Illinois football game back in 2000 (2001?) was affected with I believe two blatantly wrong fumble/nonfumble calls.
I can see why people would throw it out there as a possibility, as ridiculous as it might be.
I don’t think this is completely true.
Assuming Illinois goes 1-1 next two weeks (and they could surprise us and beat Michigan!), Purdue has to lose to both NW and IU. Truthfully, I see us beating Michigan as more likely than than Purdue losing to both of them.
Along with Purdue needing to lose both, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota can’t win both of their remaining games.
We’re in a bad spot for winning the west, but I’m okay with it that. Beat Northwestern; win a bowl game.
Still a great season!
Let's face it. There will be no repercussions against this officiating crew for bad calls. The only thing the Big 10 might do is give them a slap on the wrist for letting the game get out of hand for the half time or post play altercations. I really think that if the Michigan St. stuff didn't happen 2 weeks ago what we saw could have easily escalated.
One and only one amendment to my prior evaluation of team personnel: My BlueHands Player of the Game goes to the fine folks behind the Illinois Soy Bean Association for giving away those stylish and very comfortable beanie/winter hats before the game. Thank you and F Purdue forever.
Very respectfully but firmly disagree. This is like saying a publicly traded company had 7 straight quarters of growth followed by 3 or 4 straight quarters of losses. The street evaluates winners based on consistent growth. Just because you grew one q by 5%, the next q by 6% and the q after by 7% doesn’t mean you can then have consecutive quarters of non growth. This season is a huge disappointment and no, not close to a great season.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
You're such a rebel.........a contrarian...........Bravo , you desperado.............................../s
I have quite a bit of confidence in Josh Whitman putting the Big Ten on blast (at least hopefully he'll bring it up to that Kevin Warren clown ) Whitman brought up how unfair it was regarding scUM getting sole possesion of the Big Ten title years ago in bball. This specific crew of refs need to be held accountable.
All that being said, this was such a crappy loss that left such an awful taste in my mouth and I have shut off all college football tonight. Catching up on the Yellowstone marathon right now on Paramount Network (season 5 premieres tomorrow night!)
JJE
- Bethalto, IL
A couple thoughts
I don't think this was our team today just like I don't think we were CFP material either. It's a shame they've played so horrible over the past two weeks and go Michigan where they'll likely get spanked. That said even though I don't like how they've lost when they've lost I'll take 8-4 all day long.
As low of a bar as it is, I told my buddies that everything we won past 6 wins was gravy for me. Of course I want them to win more, but let's not forget how awful we've been. I have full confidence that BB isn't satisfied with the past two weeks and is smart enough to know how to fix it even if it isn't until next year.
I don't think this was our team today just like I don't think we were CFP material either. It's a shame they've played so horrible over the past two weeks and go Michigan where they'll likely get spanked. That said even though I don't like how they've lost when they've lost I'll take 8-4 all day long.
As low of a bar as it is, I told my buddies that everything we won past 6 wins was gravy for me. Of course I want them to win more, but let's not forget how awful we've been. I have full confidence that BB isn't satisfied with the past two weeks and is smart enough to know how to fix it even if it isn't until next year.
also 2001 Arizona tourney game and Augie in the title game
Imma pin this post. Let’s check back in two weeks king