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time to hop on the wife
hmmm I had 99 doing that, which is Carney but maybe it was a Miller Lite memoryI believe that was Randolph--at least that's what the announcers said.
hmmm I had 99 doing that, which is Carney but maybe it was a Miller Lite memoryI believe that was Randolph--at least that's what the announcers said.
The much maligned Offensive line deserves some credit too.The defense sure deserved that win! Awesome effort!
the O-LINE did the Nittany lions DIRTY today. just dominated them for 347 yards. Unreal.The much maligned Offensive line deserves some credit too.
I was thinking that before the game while also thinking "too bad there's no way we can beat PSU today" LOLIs it too soon to observe Rutgers, Minnesota and Northwestern are all winnable games leading to six wins?
This has been true with virtually all of BB’s press appearances, but holy !!!! is it a pleasure to watch a guy who is so clearly interested in being here, putting the work in, and leading this team to improvement (as opposed to the last staff’s painful, sleepwalking apathy).Begins 3m25s-
Good DefenseIf you were an Illinois or PSU fan (especially Illini fan) it was thrilling, but I can certainly see why the average fan or media person thought that two teams with 14 attempts to gain 3 yards only being successful three times was a bit underwhelming. I was texting with several friends during the OTs and the comments were more about can either of these teams score rather than how thrilling it was. I loved seeing the Illini win and am proud of the team and how they fought, but it wasn’t exactly stirring football excellence for the average fan.
The Walters thing is super baffling considering how awful their defense has been without him. I mean they are horrific.I'll wait to do an overview of good & bad from the game until at least tomorrow but a couple quick bullet points (that I might reiterate later):
(1) Ryan Walters is doing great things with this defensive unit. What a hire (and amazing that Mizzou was grateful to see him leave.
(2) Was really impressed with the run defense. 62 yards on 29 carries. Wisconsin thrashed them but the run defense performance against UTSA, Purdue, Charlotte, and now PSU is showing some promise.
(3) Just so many injuries. So worried we are going to have a three-peat of going into the NW game and having so many injuries that it severely hampers the team. I am sure I'll miss plenty of names but major pieces missing (either now or earlier) include Epstein, Stikowski, Brown, Hansen, Lowe, Hart, Peters, Witherspoon, Randolph, Woods,
Mccray got over 100 too.That was a total TEAM win! That offensive line cleared the way to 357 rushing yards -- with Chase Brown well over 200 and McCormack over 100.
Repeatedly in the Overtime. Several points where I thought they’d waltz right in but we held.Hands-down the best defensive performance I’ve seen from an Illinois team in at least a decade. This is what I want Illinois football to be forever!
Well this is NOT the same offensive line that played against Wisci a couple weeks ago. Moved some starters around, went to seven linemen, and committed to the run. Kudos to the entire staff for putting together a winning game plan during the bye. I was impressed after the first quarter. I was impressed at the half. I was impressed at fourth quarter, and the OT's were pure entertainment. The staff, the kids... and how fun was it to see the football walk into the basketball game for some applause tonight?!?! Loved it. It was a good day for the Illini.The much maligned Offensive line deserves some credit too.
What Happened To Chase Brown? Did he get injured?
Both Howard and Mendenhall did it; chase would be the third. Still, that is quite impressive!Looked like a possible concussion late in the overtimes after the back of his slammed into the ground on a tackle. He appeared unconscious for a second too which was scary. Really unfortunate how banged up he has been especially considering how amazing he has been when healthy. Serious question but has there ever been an Illinois RB with multiple 200 yard games in a season?