Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

These injuries to the secondary could doom us.

 

[krushalot2005]

Great D - got some good and now some bad

 

[illinidarrin]

At the very least it looks like we will give up a FG before half. Just make sure it isnt a TD.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

I'd love to see a Newton FG block returned for a TD in a couple plays

 

[sacraig]

Ha. Fans in the stadium didn't get the message that his knee was down.

 

[Marshall_Lucky]

That ref looked like he forgot where he was right as he started talking

 

[TheChief4Life]

Are we the worst two-minute defense in the ncaa?

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Ooof... Man...

 

[skyIdub]

And we're back to the sad part........

 

[New Creation]

Good to see the D coming through for some points

I take it all back…

 

[Ryllini]

This defensive series is junk

 

[JJHUI79]

So deflating..

 

[Da88]

Nothing like giving away the momentum.

 

[TentakilRex]

Are we the worst two-minute defense in the ncaa?

Nah USC exists, though this drive is very USC-like

 

[illinoistradition]

If you’ve got an inexperienced secondary, make sure to give the QB all day to throw. That usually works out well.

 

[Retro62]

It’s absolutely amazing how porous we become in the final couple of minutes in halves

 

[thehass]

Is there a team worse than us in allowing a team to score in the last minute of a half?

 

[TheChief4Life]

Replay in the stadium looks like our guy landed right on top of the ball. Tv have better views?

 

[LoveLovie]

Dang we blew it again

 

[eas23]

Why is the crowd booing if Northwestern recovered?

 

[TentakilRex]

Doesn't the original ball carrier has to recover the ball for it to be a TD?!?

 

[sacraig]

I don't know how Northwestern recovered that but there's really no way to prove they didn't, either.

 

[BDMAN]

This defensive series is junk

We are down to 3rd sting DBs up to the D-line to get pressure on the QB

 

[dsg]

 

[Kendall Gill’s Uncle]

Shocking that we played it too soft on defense at the end of a half or game.

Bielema and Henry need to figure something out with this trend