Game Thread: Illinois at Ohio State

[Illini in Italy]

No hold there with umpire looking right at it

 

[DeonThomas]

3 plays away from having the lead. 2 wide open touchdowns and the missed sack on Sayin

T. Beckman?

 

[bleedorange and blue]

Ohio state does not hold, ever. Well almost never

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Time to go fishing.

 

[illinifan4249]

Seemed like a clear hold there

 

[Marshall_Lucky]

Rats

Sayin literally has all day. Where is the pressure of the 3-3-5? We are making him look super fast too. Ridiculous.

He can just stand there

 

[Hereforit]

Hauck D is making Sayin look like an elite runner

 

[New Creation]

Are the line holding or is the d line just the worst in the country ?

 

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

We should have done a surprise onside kick

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Our defense is the definition of flaccid.

More like the definition of eunuch…

 

[Ryllini]

Worst case scenario. We were in such a great spot to keep them in a game with real game pressure. We have to get 7 coming out of half or that 26 is an easy cover

 

[FightinILL]

It's fine. On pace to lose by 40

 

[Retro62]

Just absolute crap defense. Why is Bert sticking with this junk?

 

[Lefty_55]

I’d be curious to know what Illinois spent to retain Juice Clarke and Xavier Scott. Feels like Bailey is the only guy in the secondary who’s been earning his paycheck

 

[illinipioneer]

I’m in a box with Ohio State trustees and I can barely hold my tongue on this officiating, that last hold was blatant

 

[Illini in Italy]

Ahhh, the infamous false start on the kicker on an extra point . . . that’s how the umpire makes it right for us . . .

 

[TheChief4Life]

I like Beilema. But if he comes out after this game and defends ANYTHING regarding this defense, or especially Hauck, I will lose a little respect.

 

[Ryllini]

Ohio state does not hold, ever. Well almost never

They hold more in the defensive backfield. They can't and won't call them all.

 

[CheifKeith91]

Why's press coverage such a crazy concept for us?

 

[IlliniWu]

We should have done a surprise onside kick

I was thinking that myself. Just have to come out 2nd half and go to work.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

The only good news here is Sayin is gets much confidence running at some point he may run into Bailey

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Seemed like a clear hold there

The Most Favored Nation status of the upper tier teams trumps all menial penalties that meer mortals commit. We must have the maximum number of teams in the "playoff".

I am so sick of the big ten.

 

[Leelnd]

We played that as bad as you possibly could. I wish we had let them score earlier. Then we'd at least have a possession.

 

[dsg]

Can we score a touchdown in 15 seconds?

 

[WWWWRocU]

Second half is simple. Just hold them scoreless. No problem!