Ohio State 42, Illinois 19 Postgame

[Dan]

Welcome to the Postgame thread

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

What’s the problem with taking the free 3pts with 56 seconds left?

 

[blackdog]

Honestly they fought hard, some near misses that could have made this respectable. Beat the spread.

Defense looked a lot better but playing solo man on Smith is pretty head scratching.

 

[pweo]

Lot of points left on the field. Good effort

 

[TheChief4Life]

Illinois had their chances.
Offense will still continue to score many. many points against weaker teams than OSU.
Defense continue to be very, very worrisome.

 

[IlliniShelt]

Thats the best team we'll play all year. A loss is a loss but there are positives to take from this. If we finish some drives, the result probably doesn't change but the score sure changes.

 

[AutoPoster 3000]

If that’s our team, we have six or seven more wins ahead of us on the schedule. None of those teams have Jeremiah Smith on their roster. Nor will any of those teams have the officials that deep in their pockets.

 

[BWBW]

Grit. Our guys showed grit.

 

[SummerofGeorge]

I thought we would give up 55+ but we didn’t. We moved the ball effectively on one of the best teams in America on the road. Should have been a closer game than it ended up being. Leaving this game feeling more hope than I had prior to the game.

 

[PizzaHutParkingLot]

Maybe I’m crazy, but I think we can give Oregon a game

 

[Epsilon]

If our defense can just get to mid we’d have a pretty good year.

 

[Hereforit]

Left a lot on the field today. Closer than the scoreboard when you look at the box score. Clean that stuff up and let’s go compete in the BIG.

 

[MidwesternCowboy]

Yeah, I mean...it was about the result we all expected, I'm afraid. Not sure when we'll beat OSU again.

But it wasn't for lack of effort. They did about all they could. Just a shame that the defense was decent enough to keep us in it in the 1st half, only to completely revert back to the Duke game in the 2nd half.

 

[MaineIllini]

Proud of the team’s effort today.

 

[Mistakenj]

Brayden Trimble, man you show promise, but your drops have got to be fixed.

 

[MechSE10]

Does Trimble have weak hands or were those harder hits than I thought?

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Outstanding effort. There's a lot to build on. I feel better about the season now than I did five hours ago.

 

[zentrails]

Defense looked a lot better but playing solo man on Smith is pretty head scratching.

They were killing us on the ground, couldn't double Smith too much without making that even worse

 

[IlliniWu]

They have to beat Ohio State soon. Tough game with some good moments. Let's get a win vs Purdue and go from there.

 

[IlliniWatcher]

Ugh. The defense needs LOTS of work. I like what I saw from Houser today, he's a smart QB. But until the defense can become more aggressive and force big plays, we're always gonna be behind the 8-ball for quality programs like OSU. Still...a 2-2 start isn't the worst situation we could be in right now, and there's lots of season to go.

 

[Juju]

Honestly better than I thought it would be. Last tOSU TD was basically a garbage time TD and the game definitely FELT closer than the final score would indicate, especially in the 2nd half. Pretty proud of our guys, really.

On to the next. Go Illini!!

 

[illinidarrin]

Well, i guess we played a little better than i thought we would. 462 total yards and 199 yards rushing.

 

[illinois_hustle]

Start of season - bowl game YES

After Duke - bowl game NO

After today - bowl game YES

 

[IlliniWatcher]

They have to beat Ohio State soon. Tough game with some good moments. Let's get a win vs Purdue and go from there.

Sadly, this was Illnois' 11th straight loss to the Buckeyes (post-game screen graphic). Hope the spell can be broken one of these years!

 

[illinidarrin]

Does Trimble have weak hands or were those harder hits than I thought?

I'm getting concerned with his lack of strength in his hands.