Illinois 34, USC 32 Postgame
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BZuppke
- Plainfield
Great win (also homecoming - I was there). Great season. But I guess we’re building something and after last week a second loss might really make recruits etc question us. Today solidified us as a solid program.
That play was eerily similar to McCray’s “fumble”in the Citrus Bowl. Thankfully, Bret has a team that seems play harder in the face of such bias.Indeed. People can say, boy that surely was close. But shoulder hits ground then ball pops out. Ref should've blown the play dead and didn't. Replay official should've overturned it and didn't. There is little question in my mind if our jersey said Michigan or USC, or hell, even Indiana apparently that call gets overturned.
And little talked about but the refs were somehow 3yds off on the spot of the final run by Feagin that would've given us a first down and allowed us to spot the ball in the middle of the field for Olano instead of making it 4th and 1 from the hash.
Plain and simple if you want to beat a brand name you have to be at least 10pts better than them because like it or not, that's about what they get spotted. And thankfully we were 12pts better than them today
I have to agree. I was at all the games from 1971-1985 and saw the big 83 wins against Michigan and OSU. This one was so important because we could’ve tanked after last weekend. Totally lost our will. We “might” capitalize on this and finish strong with 8+ wins. Something not achieved after 1983. Heck of a job by Bielima this week getting the players heads out of a severe funk.
A few more thoughts from the game:
1) Lunney was in his bag all game. I really felt like he called a balanced game, with excellent pace and flow.
2) Establishing the run like that- Big Ten flipping football.
3) How about showing up finally for a big time game and atmosphere with a lot of people watching and have that kind of crowd, Fox Big Noon Kickoff and Barstool.
4) David Olano- he's going to be an NFL kicker.
5) USC's defense is pretty bad. I know we had a really good game offensively, but man, USC sure helped the cause.
6) Hard not to think about what our secondary could've been with Clarke and a healthy Scott. He clearly brings some tenacity that our secondary needs. Hopefully a healthy Patterson, Bailey, and Scott will make us better back there.
Ps: Can we please hold onto the dang ball?
PPS: Giving up 8/14 on 3rd down and 4/5 on 4th, and two or three of those 3rd downs were 3rd and 16, it just can't happen. We have to be better.
1) Lunney was in his bag all game. I really felt like he called a balanced game, with excellent pace and flow.
2) Establishing the run like that- Big Ten flipping football.
3) How about showing up finally for a big time game and atmosphere with a lot of people watching and have that kind of crowd, Fox Big Noon Kickoff and Barstool.
4) David Olano- he's going to be an NFL kicker.
5) USC's defense is pretty bad. I know we had a really good game offensively, but man, USC sure helped the cause.
6) Hard not to think about what our secondary could've been with Clarke and a healthy Scott. He clearly brings some tenacity that our secondary needs. Hopefully a healthy Patterson, Bailey, and Scott will make us better back there.
Ps: Can we please hold onto the dang ball?
PPS: Giving up 8/14 on 3rd down and 4/5 on 4th, and two or three of those 3rd downs were 3rd and 16, it just can't happen. We have to be better.
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Illinois 34, USC 32 Postgame
2nd best thing after the W, them putting the USC band where all visitors sections should be. As someone sitting in 202, it was awful. All you could hear was the pounding of the bass drum.
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RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
We’ve faced the two best offenses we’ll see all year. The next best offense on our schedule is Rutgers.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Let's not forget to thank the ineligible USC lineman who wandered down field on the trick play TD that was called back in the 2nd quarter.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Coming into today’s game, USC was ranked:
8 in FPI
10 in KFord
11 in SP+
Best team Bret’s beat in his tenure.
8 in FPI
10 in KFord
11 in SP+
Best team Bret’s beat in his tenure.
One big sack! Surprised he held on to that
Even more incredible: the sack had nothing to do with the Oline (or even really Luke). It was just a good play design at the right time.
I, too, am surprised he held on to that!
I’ll take last week’s debacle if it meant beating SC.
Born and raised in Southern California as an illini fan with my second favorite team being whoever usc was playing that day… never liked sc. my dad played for the illini against them in the 70s, my parents went to the ‘89 game and almost got in a fight with some SC fans… “sore losers” I guess (i wasn’t there), and I got trash talked at school after the ‘96 game lol. This was one of the most satisfying Illini wins ever, at least for me.
We’re in the middle of a pretty good stretch of illini football, let’s enjoy it (I still have no idea what to make of that Indiana game, so I’ll just try to ignore that one)
Born and raised in Southern California as an illini fan with my second favorite team being whoever usc was playing that day… never liked sc. my dad played for the illini against them in the 70s, my parents went to the ‘89 game and almost got in a fight with some SC fans… “sore losers” I guess (i wasn’t there), and I got trash talked at school after the ‘96 game lol. This was one of the most satisfying Illini wins ever, at least for me.
We’re in the middle of a pretty good stretch of illini football, let’s enjoy it (I still have no idea what to make of that Indiana game, so I’ll just try to ignore that one)
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the national
- the Front Range
Ya I think Luke got the football smashed into his chest.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
The record of our P4 opponents excluding our games against them:
11-1
(Only loss so far was Duke @ Tulane by 7. Other two opponents are undefeated.)
Our record in those games:
2-1
11-1
(Only loss so far was Duke @ Tulane by 7. Other two opponents are undefeated.)
Our record in those games:
2-1
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I understand what you’re saying about the shoulder, but regardless of that it is 100% clear his right elbow bounces off the ground. You can see it in the video.
Duke drummed Syr… Syr beat Clem soundly.. . I think Duke is pretty good…. our win over Duke looks better after this week!
When people say they're not bigoted towards any cohort of people and treat all humans equally, etc., I ask, "Even replay officials?"
Because let's be honest, these people are freakin' low lifes.
Because let's be honest, these people are freakin' low lifes.
I wondered why the student section looked about 60% full when the winning kick was made. I hope that this was the reason and not the students bailing and heading for the bars. I believe the students should be more prominently located in the main stands but not if they are going to lose interest and bail if things turn against us.
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
I never expected the trojans to go for that f'ing 2 point conversion.........goes to show to never trust a trojan.......
It was oppressively hot. Luckily sitting on the west side we were in the shadow by the second half
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