Recent content by LouDou

Don't ever put another picture of IOWA on here again.

This was one of the worst officiated games I've ever seen. A major contributing factor as to why we lost.

Thank you for the additional information. It looked to me like he was pointing at the ball with his right hand and signaling to his teammates with his left hand "stay away from the ball". But with the information you provide, that movement with his left hand could be interpreted as an invalid...

To request a fair catch, the receiver must raise one arm fully above their head and wave it from side to side while the ball is in flight. Once the signal is given, the kicking team may not interfere with the receiver's attempt to catch the ball. This is not what happened.

We absolutely beat Indiana except for this call. WE ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY BEAT MICHIGAN EXCEPT FOR THE (NON) CALL. It was 4th down. We most likely beat Purdue. My real point is two fold... 1) Big Ten officiating is just absolutely terrible. Completely unacceptable. 2) And, Illinois has...

Sorry, actually, I am wrong. It was three calls. I forgot the call in the Indiana game where our receiver caught the ball, not once, but twice, on the same play, for a touchdown.

This comment is ridiculous...although you are entitled to your opinion. Last year we were two horrible calls away from being in the BIG10 championship game...DPI against Witherspoon against Purdue and offensive pass interference against Michigan that wasn't called. Illinois is a much better...

What part of what I said is wrong? Locke got monster trucked...but not targeted.

NO

Yeah is was egregiously bad. Newton's facemask is in Locke's chest. No hit to the head. No use of the crown of the helmet. Not targeting.

And Newton's helmet was in Locke's chest. He didn't hit him in the head. Watch the replay. Freeze it.

The NCAA's targeting rule prohibits players from initiating forcible contact against an opponent that “goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball,” according to the rulebook. That could mean leading with the crown of the helmet while making forcible contact. This was...

I will agree with you that things are trending in the a good direction from a few years ago. Hype videos have been good. Orange smoke and pyro is awesome. The music in between every down is rather obnoxious and i love hype music…it just doesnt fit and takes away from the game experience. How...

I posted some thoughts the other day that addressed the very issues you outline here; but as it pertains to Illinois football. Apparently it hit too close to home as the post was deleted. Censorship at its finest. God forbid someone might actually be confronted with something that might be...

I went to the game Saturday at Purdue. What I saw there, as compared to what I now see at Illinois, was really enlightening, and quite frankly, sad. Three things: 1) The history and tradition of Illinois football has been destroyed by the cowardice of the University. 2) The current...