And these wins make watching the other Big 10 games, in fact all college games so much more enjoyable
. I guess I feel I'm not a pretender, I have a legitimate team to get behind and of which to be very proud!
Illinois 14, Minnesota 6 Postgame
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. I guess I feel I'm not a pretender, I have a legitimate team to get behind and of which to be very proud!Great win! OC still needs work although I think BB may be too involved there. In the end, great win and the D continues to improve.
Outside of incompetence, we have lacked an identity for a long, long time. There is no question that BB is changing that
I think a very small group "expected" him to turn it around quickly. Of course people are hopeful.
Agreed, we will be fine once the younger guys drop the affinity for losing. Where it seems like we find a way to lose (Maryland comes to mind).
I think our issues come more from the QB position than the OC, actually. He is incredibly limited with zero faith in the pass game. Hit the transfer portalā¦
Ski-U-Nah lol
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Robert really putting it into perspective, jeezus.
People on here said many of the same things about Underwood his first year. Winning often leads to short memories of past frustrations.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Beating Iowa and losing to NU would be Maximum Illinois.
JJE
- North Port, Florida
I think part of the thinking that they might turn it around quickly had a lot to do with the roster. Lots of holes but a lot of experience. Either way, glad to see them get a couple quality wins. Hopefully that translates to some recruiting wins.
I remember a LOT of pissing and moaning when Undie lost a school record number of games early on.
orange100
time to hop on the wife
These guys knew how to win two years ago and quite a few of them are still around.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
The redshirt super seniors coming into this year would be 17-40 in their career. Not sure Iād call that āknowing how to winā.
I was on an airplane and unable to watch the game. It seemed like our first drive of the second half was called pretty well. Iām not sure how the Griffith pass play looked live, but I thought, āok, weāre not just trying to hide.ā Then, the rest of the half, we were clearly trying to hide. Again, not complaining with a road win against #20, but thatās how the written play-by-play seemed to me.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Underwood's first year was a catastrophe. In retrospect there were some green shoots to build on later on in year 2, but that first year was just a disaster and a total write-off.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
To call BU's first year "a catastrophe" is to imply that he did damage to the program....which is the exact opposite of what BU has done to this program.
Underwood's first year was just a bad first year of rebuilding the program.
That's not a catastrophe. Not even close.
If BB manages to have similar success over the next 3 years.....this is going to be one of the happiest places in the world.
Keep the running and great defense, add a passing game and we are cooking....why are we wasting our great te's...short slants by each should be dump offs all day long. Along with the game plan, lol.
My biggest issue so far is that whenever we get a lead, our playbook gets to be about as diverse as Tecmo Super Bowl, and we wear our defense out by riding them like Seabiscuit in the second half with short drives that have zero ambition.
If our leads were children, Peterson and/or Bielema are terrible helicopter parents who don't let them do anything at the park but yell at them to stop climbing on stuff.
If our leads were children, Peterson and/or Bielema are terrible helicopter parents who don't let them do anything at the park but yell at them to stop climbing on stuff.
If I remember most of my scores were kickoff returns....lol.
the national
- the Front Range
My butt checks were definitely not clinched. I enjoyed the defense shredding Minn. We had enough points. The defense doubled down, and locked jaw on the prey. BB does enjoy himself some old school football. Pretty much the opposite of mike white.
I was more in the clenching crowd. I'm an Illini fan... I've SEEN THINGS man. I was super happy to see all those different looks offensively in the earlier parts of the first half. Mid second quarter and I have a friend GUARANTEEING we win. JINX!!! Gotta throw crackers and cheese and celery at him to get him to shut up (didn't throw any of the wings). Defense had Minnie on lockdown for most part (how did we DO that?); Minnie had one drive where they had us off balance and drove the field. Pretty good day, but I'd be just a tad more comfortable coming away with a couple field goals in the second half. Is the under going to be 19 next week?!?!? There have been disappointments this season, yes, but if you told me we'd be in games against ranked teams on the road this year? Coach B is giving us an identity we've lacked for a LONG time. Lots of work to do in the next two years, but it's fun watching games again. Let's repeat that, "It's fun watching games again." Guesses for the Iowa score? 9-6?
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