Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

[TheChief4Life]

The D giveth the D taketh. Sigh…

Henry as DC is becoming a concern. Absolutely mind boggling defensive schemes all season with the same results each time

 

[pruman91]

playing a prevent defense prevents you from winning.........................

 

[SuperMetroid]

No idea how we didn’t recover that

 

[sacraig]

Why is the crowd booing if Northwestern recovered?

Because the game is being played in Champaign.

 

[Miles Leonard]

Giving the momentum right back heading into half

 

[WeWillWhen]

These injuries to the secondary could doom us.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

The secondary giveth and the secondary taketh away. All season. Oooof.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Man... Crazy 1st half. Down by 1 again. Go figure

 

[skyIdub]

Why is the crowd booing if Northwestern recovered?

 

[Illini John]

We cause a fumble going into the end zone and can't even come up with the recovery.

We are truly jinxed by these cats.

 

[Leelnd]

Had to have been stolen in the pile and since they ended up with it, TD NW.

 

[illiram]

So we had 2 guys on top of the ball? How did NW recover? Painful....

 

[dbeverly26]

woof

 

[CDRUSN]

Could be another shootout like the Indiana game, where neither team can rely on consistent play by their defense. If so, I think Paddock gives us a slight edge to win.

 

[LJ22]

We cause a fumble going into the end zone and can't even come up with the recovery.

We are truly jinxed by these cats.

I think just jinxed generally.

 

[Scoregasm]

Man, Rosiek landed right on that ball, how did he not recover it?

 

[Bassinillini]

How do you scheme successfully with your 4th stringers? Really.

 

[LFOD]

We’re gonna need to score a lot of points in the second half.

 

[ILLFAN67]

What an absolute miserable excuse for a defense

 

[eas23]

Because the game is being played in Champaign.

They reacted to the announcement by the official, not the fact that the opponent scored.

 

[Jimbo]

A trip to Detroit hangs in the balance. We need our best half of the year.

 

[sacraig]

We’re gonna need to score a lot of points in the second half.

At least 2 more than Northwestern, to be precise.

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

 

[kyillinifan]

Who came out with ball

 

[FleetFeetIllini]

Man, Rosiek landed right on that ball, how did he not recover it?

Looked like he didn't realize he was on it and jumped off it