the national
- the Front Range
Well said Pru. I’m right there with you.
Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21 Postgame
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
I need to be held.
Haven't read all the comments but why did the deep safety wait for the ball when he had the angle and positon to step in and intercept. The Wisky WR did the right thing in running in fron to him for the catch. But our safety who was deep was in better position to intercept it. That to me would of given us the game.
We will never know the answer to this question. We all saw that throw go up, and think it’s a sure int, at worst, it’s going to be broken up. Anything but a touchdown.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Illinois defense today:
Before Newton’s ejection: 233 yards and 10 points allowed (9 drives)
After Newton's ejection: 140 yards and 15 points allowed (2 drives)
Absolutely maddening.
Before Newton’s ejection: 233 yards and 10 points allowed (9 drives)
After Newton's ejection: 140 yards and 15 points allowed (2 drives)
Absolutely maddening.
I think maybe at the end he took his eyes off the ball and was watching the receiver. Never should have taken his eyes off the ball and just went up and got it.
Absolute loser stuff today. Maybe the warning sign isn’t what they’re doing this year with a diminished roster but instead it was how they choked away the season last year with a ton of NFL talent and a baby-soft schedule? Find someone who loves you as much as Bert loves to play not to lose, I guess.
That was a gut punch, but it was fun for a while. Crowd was big and loud, and was trying to will the team to hang on in the end. Disappointed to see so many "I can't believe I wasted my time watching this" and time for basketball posts here from our "fans".Those people will be posting in the pregame thread for our next home game about how our crowds are small and quiet or whatever. We've fielded way worse teams than this over the years..
Not an opinion my friend ... That is a fact ...
Yep and not really a hard call. I don't want to go back to calls for banning football entirely.
Officials weren't great but Illinois was worse. Wisconsin just ever so slightly better. B1G football isn't great football beyond a few teams.
When Illinois refuses to throw passes beyond 10-yards, they rarely win and will never beat a better than average team.
aiwpfan
- Springfield, Il
He was on the refs the whole game. It was like it was a whole crew of Bill Lemonniers. I've seen a lot of egregiously bad refs at Illinois games, but this crew took the crown. They looked lost out there.
Very. Mediocre. Recruiting…..=
They've got him playing scared $hitless. He wasn't like this at the start of the season.
The more coaching he gets the longer he holds onto the ball. Send him back to Kiffin for a few weeks to get him straightened out.
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Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
On the radio they said qb was not under any duress thus not grounding. New one on me but must be part of the rule.
BZuppke
- Plainfield
Was at the game of course and certainly agree with the comments regarding the refs. Simply needed to score more than 7 points in the second half but I disagree with the anti Bert comments. Wisconsin has been recruiting at a different level than us for a long time. The fact that we are on par with them this early in Bielema’s tenure is remarkable.
I think Altmyer and Feagan are going to provide a lot of exciting offense over the years. This loss sucks but we’re on the right track.
I think Altmyer and Feagan are going to provide a lot of exciting offense over the years. This loss sucks but we’re on the right track.
If recruiting rankings are what wins ball games, Illinois will never move up from the bottom rung of the Big Ten.
Blaming losses on officials is a tiresome exercise. This was on the coaches and players, plain and simple.
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I was there too. It was a fine afternoon and we were in it all along. There were frustrations but it was watchable to the end. I really didn’t see why the intentional grounding call was rescinded. That’s life I guess. Just no more blowouts or repeated self-inflicted wounds please and I’m patient. We’re making progress.
Was that one of those quarter mile passes from Uncle Rico?
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
True, but it comes with a massive, massive caveat, no team in this modern Transfer Portal Era has a bigger change in offense than Wisconsin. Wisconsin gone from the most Big Ten offense ever last year to an Air Raid this year. At least, TCU and USC from last year ran similar systems in this past and Colorado just brought in an entire new roster.
I was at the game. Have been to many but will no longer be going until our coaches decide to stop laying not to lose and are ,ore agressive to try to win the game. Even when we win we are holding on for dear life. We are so conservative it is physically painful to watch and the ending is inevitable. We are hoping at the end of the game for dear life for the other team to screw up instead of taking the game. When we were winning 21-7 I knew this would come down to then end because our staff will alway turtle it and play scared. I would rather go down trying to be aggressive than Alway being back on our heels. This is it for me…I’m done wasting time and money on this until something on the offensive side of the ball changes.