Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

[Illiini]

Oh, neat. We're winning.

We’re ahead. Don’t get carried away.

 

[Spoon House]

We’re ahead.

Well, this is more than I expected, at any rate.

 

[Illiini]

Missed holding. But we’re still hanging in.

 

[IlliniJim20]

Freshman mistake by Thomas n the second down run. Ran out of bounds when he neede one more yard.

 

[Illiniaaron]

I don't mind going for it there but I don't like the call. NW has figured out what Illinois is doing with the read option. If they don't get any passing game going downfield NW is going to pull away and win easily. Two easy back to back scores by NW now. Game probably over.

 

[JDHalfrack]

What the hell was that. From my angle in the stadium he had position on that. How did we let them catch that?!

 

[Illiini]

What the hell was that. From my angle in the stadium he had position on that. How did we let them catch that?!

Not tall enough.

 

[IlliniJim20]

What the hell was that. From my angle in the stadium he had position on that. How did we let them catch that?!

Just over the fingertips of Hobbs. Good concentration by the receiver to make the catch

Tough break, if that pass is not perfect, Hobbs has an int.

 

[WhiteRhino]

Well, that didn't last long

 

[TeamWilliams]

Ugh, our offense

 

[Illiniaaron]

Hayes does a nice job of directional punting.

 

[Illiniaaron]

That's just stupid by Fitzgerald. Why go empty backfield on third and one?

 

[IlliniJim20]

Can Dre Brown return punts?

 

[WhiteRhino]

Hopefully, Northwestern lets up now that they have the lead

 

[Illiniaaron]

Ugh, our offense

Just gives you no chance.

 

[WhiteRhino]

Our offense is putrid

 

[Illiniaaron]

The unsportsmanlike crap has been a problem the last two years. Knock it off!

 

[dsg]

Man, that would have been a beautiful pick!

 

[IlliniJim20]

Let's get a drive here

 

[Illiniaaron]

At least they are trying to throw downfield now. Maybe it will loosen their D up a bit.

 

[dsg]

Time for the defense to score!

 

[IlliniJim20]

The unsportsmanlike crap has been a problem the last two years. Knock it off!

True. Second or third time an Illini has shoved an nu guy. However, each time the ol was hitting our guy after the whistle. NU is known for that, wish refs would call it both ways

 

[Illiniaaron]

Hayes might be an all-conference punter by the time he is done here.

 

[SuperMetroid]

2 drives starting at midfield = 0 points. Offense is just not functional

 

[Illiini]

Offensive has improved. Would have been nice to pick up that 3.