Game Thread: Illinois at Purdue

[Battle89]

terrible clock management, really makes no sense

I don’t think we planned on going for it at the start of the drive

 

[LFOD]

Olano!!!

 

[TentakilRex]

FG

 

[SuperMetroid]

Elite clock management there

 

[illinipioneer]

Game manager….gotta love the competency

 

[Epsilon]

I’ll take a 27-7 quarter any day

 

[illinidarrin]

We could have scored a TD if we were faster on offense.

 

[BashCtIllini]

not a lot of defense in this game, so far

 

[FloridaMan]

Sure would like to be up more given our offensive dominance. Olano arguably our top three MVP.

 

[InDaAZ]

A 27-point quarter…

 

[blife]

Excellent 2nd quarter sans 1 major brain fart

 

[TheChief4Life]

Could've been worse...

Could've been better.... but definitely could have been worse after that blown D coverage.

This is not the Illini Team of the 2010's...

 

[skyIdub]

terrible clock management, really makes no sense

How 'bout now?

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Bret T-posing all over the refs

 

[punchabove33]

We could have scored a TD if we were faster on offense.

We were planning to just run out the clock but we sprang that run..

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Why in the world did we take time off the clock to start?

With 1:13 and one TO... you should at least be going for the score. With how we're moving the ball that could've been 7.

 

[illinidarrin]

Come out and score TD to start the 2nd half and take complete control.

 

[ChiTown]

$ Olano $

I see him playing on Sundays.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Our D gave up 238 yards in the half. To Purdue.

 

[SkyysNotFalling]

Cherish Luke Altmyer for the time we have left.

 

[RML]

That was horrible, we can score on them easily and we take time off the clock instead.

Not horrible, but I agree that we should have pushed.

 

[illinidarrin]

Why did we take time off the clock to start?

We wasted almost 30 seconds. It doesn't make any sense.

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

An Illini special teamer playing in the NFL?? Surely you jest sir.

 

[illini0440]

Why in the world did we take time off the clock to start?

With 1:13 and one TO... you should at least be going for the score. With how we're moving the ball that could've been 7.

Playing for 3 there the whole time(getting ball back to start half) unless you break off a decent run to start the drive. 2 timeouts probably a little more aggressive. Thinking is they are going to play coverage so try and catch em and break off a decent clip on the ground then turn up the tempo…if not play for the 3.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Our D gave up 238 yards in the half. To Purdue.

If it only results in 14 points, so what? Which stat matters? Plus, the safety having his head up his rear on that blitz was more than 50 of them.