Game Thread: Illinois at Penn State

[superfan]

You’re not going to win a game like this if they can run the ball at will like that.

 

[Marshall_Lucky]

We won't be ranked, but that's good.

Reset the heads.

You sure? Losing a competitive game on the road against a top ten team?

 

[FloridaMan]

Definitely down. You gotta calm it down.

Ya, I deleted the post when I saw the replay. Relax, dad

 

[RML]

Ok, barring a turnover, we should still beat the spread. But let's go get 7

 

[Mr. Roberts]

We have been dominated by both of their lines. Makes it hard to call or execute plays. Their play calling has actually been worse than ours, they just stopped doing what worked so many times.

 

[abchew2]

I’m mostly bummed how much a win here was on our fingertips and I no longer have two weeks planned to fantasize playoff scenarios lol

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Man, I think PSU fired their kicker mid game

 

[LarryGotFouled]

Hard to believe how overmatched our lines have been this game

 

[IlliniKat91]

That's the game.

I'm damn proud of how we played though. White Out Energy didn't break us, and this is the kind of game you grow and learn from.

 

[Illiniaaron]

Give Illinois credit for hanging in there but both lines got shoved around all night

 

[ChiefGritty]

Illinois +17.5 bettors bracing for an all-time brutal beat here.

Protect your bettors Luke!

 

[BWBW]

Let's at least try to score at the end.

 

[Witherspoon_illini]

Loss in a very tough and hostile road environment. I still think we’re a top 25 caliber team. Have the right mindset going forward into next week and take it 1 game at a time.

 

[DrMac210]

This has not been close the 2nd half. The score does not reflect the dominance of Penn St.

Yep. They ran it down our throats on offense and their D-line dominated our offense.

 

[LarryGotFouled]

Way worse to be a Georgia fan tonight. So there’s that.

 

[Epsilon]

Illinois +17.5 bettors bracing for an all-time brutal beat here.

Protect your bettors Luke!

Funny enough if their FG kicker made those two attempts they’d have made the spread.

 

[Homecoming 2019]

Illinois +17.5 bettors bracing for an all-time brutal beat here.

Protect your bettors Luke!

I've never wanted a pick 6 against my own team more now.

 

[Jimbo]

It’s all about the pride cover now.

 

[abchew2]

Is Bowling Green and Kent line better than ours? Ouch

 

[superfan]

Give me a window dressing score, please.

 

[Flyin' Illini]

Just run the ball and get out of here with Luke still alive.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Hard to believe how overmatched our lines have been this game

Eh, it's really not. That was our weakness coming in and we knew PSU's lines were really really outstanding. The Nebraska game changed our opinion but it could be we had a really good game

 

[Chillinini]

Run the clock down and take a “losing formation”.
O-Line is going to kill Altmeyer.

 

[That's Just Groce]

We’re just not quite at this level yet. Not a knock, just a ways to go.

 

[TheChief4Life]

Officiating was fine. Damn near great, truthfully. Let’s not pin any of this game, and I mean any, on officiating.