Game Thread: Illinois vs Minnesota

[dsg]

Good job!

 

[Illini-Rule]

Ok, come on offense let's drive down and score....

 

[pvaughn8]

Need a nice long TD drive

 

[LFOD]

Targeting is an utterly meaningless concept in practice. Just an endless series of capricious calls.

 

[Illiniaaron]

Hope only having one time out left doesn’t hurt down the stretch.

 

[Illiniguy13]

Go win us this game Luke

 

[SuperMetroid]

Ok Luke you’re the man here

 

[TheodoreRex]

The supposed strength of our team has the opportunity to march down the field, run the clock out, and score a TD to win it (please do so because our defense can't hold them anymore). Balls in your court offense!

 

[purcy51]

Woah, that was a sick play

I'll begrudgingly give Minn credit for that one. It was well designed

 

[RockfordIllini]

Plenty of time but with one TO this is it.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

When’s the last time we returned a kick for a TD? I know it isn’t Benn in 2007, but … sure feels like it.

 

[thefalcon5]

Problem is you kinda have to play 4 downs no matter what here…. Wasting those two TOs is just terrible game management.

Glad they at least used it with a positive outcome but still. Absolutely massive drive for Altmyers legacy here.

 

[UCantHideYer]

We might be better here with 1:00 on the clock. Not great when trying to grind out a long drive.

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

The lack of time outs makes every series a 4 down series….

BLJ needs to call 3rd down plays as such….

 

[aaeismacgychel]

So in the pregame I said we'd win 24-23. I'll take 24-22

 

[Coop70]

I've seen this movie before. Wonder if they can change the ending.

 

[zentrails]

God I hate how we use our timeouts.

We need to run out the clock while scoring the winning TD.
We don't have enough players left to stop them on D

 

[Illiniwacker]

Defense with terrible response after our TD.

 

[CDRUSN]

Is it too much to ask for us to have one more backbreaking TD drive against Minny for the second year in a row?

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Problem is you kinda have to play 4 downs no matter what here…. Wasting those two TOs is just terrible game management.

Glad they at least used it with a positive outcome but still. Absolutely massive drive for Altmyers legacy here.

That TO might have saved them that 2 point conversation. We didn't have the right personnel out there.

 

[jerojohe]

This feels like a replay of the 22 season & the PU & MSU games

Same crew from the MSU game in 22 so...

 

[thefalcon5]

When’s the last time we returned a kick for a TD? I know it isn’t Benn in 2007, but … sure feels like it.

Vangelo Bentley circa 2014ish? Might have been a punt.

 

[BWBW]

Glad they didn't try an onside kick

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

So in the pregame I said we'd win 24-23. I'll take 24-22

Well it absolutely won’t be 24-22 lolz

It would either be 23-22 or 25-22….

 

[Illiniaaron]

Good god.