Illinois 31, Nebraska 24 OT Postgame

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#377      
ohioillini77
Genesis said:
This went as I had hoped. Both Lunney and Henry held certain plays until just the right time. It's what I hoped for but figured I'd never get to see it executed so perfectly.
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Last week at the Homecoming game I told my fraternity brothers the offense and defense seemed very vanilla against CMU. I hoped that they were saving something for Nebraska. We all agreed to go with that theory.
 
#378      
Chukwuwumba
IlliniCaboose said:
As unlucky as the Nebraska fans think they were, there were 4 total fumbles in this game and they recovered all of them. We get even 1 of those and this game probably doesn't even make it to OT. They didn't blow it, we went and took it.
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Checked the drive charts. Offensive plays for each possession:
6-td; 2-fumble; 8-fg; 9-downs; 9-punt; 11-td; 9-td; 2-fumble; 8-td. Just incredible play calling and execution to sustain drives.
 
#379      
NashvILLe05
Analysts were saying we were going to be outperformed in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Pleasantly surprised that turned out to be…
The Office Lie GIF


We have some serious dudes on this team.
 
#381      
EyeoftheIllini
Saturdaze said:
But they didn’t run early like usual which is why imo it was a better game call.
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I agree that Lunney had nice game plan, but they still ran plenty and early. They had 23 rushes for 66 yards in first half. Finished game with 38 for 168.

It’s not about pure numbers though. As I said in a previous postgame thread, too many on here look at each individual play call at the time and complain when that play goes up the middle and gains little. Just have to read game threads for first half of games to see that. But just have to look at a gassed Nebby team last night late to realize it is a 4 quarter game and those interior runs that net little early on turn into 4, 8, 12 yards gains late.

As much as we all might love a higher octane offense, in general and with a Bielema team specifically, the first half is almost as much about setting up and wearing down opponents for later as it is about scoring points or racking up yards on each particular play.
 
#387      
ILLFAN67
Great Game! Both OL and DL look much improved from week to week! Several incredible plays to help us win this game. Nebraska being undisciplined helped also. Gave us some key penalties. We absolutely looked like the stronger team in the 4th and OT. Lunney and Henry with great calls. I still don’t think we have the depth on the lines that we need. Hopefully everyone stays healthy and we develop some of the youngsters along the way. Keep Rolling Illini!
 
#388      
Calvin
aaeismacgychel said:
Start to finish, our gameplan on both sides of the ball was absolutely superb.
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Couldn't agree more. I went into the game thinking Nebby was going to win, but it seemed like every play there was no quit, and no panic when guys made mistakes or caught a bad break. They fought like champions all the way. Guys going down, Nebraska making plays, whatever. I do think they caught a break or two on the officiating, but I'm sure that goes both ways.

Maybe the best game I've watched in a long time. Entertaining as heck, and fun to see them prevail. :illinois:
 
#389      
DeonThomas
Hoping our start to the 2024 season resembles this exceptional and successful run (against a gauntlet of ranked teams) from our not-too-distant past, and which ended with a shot at the national title on New Year's Day, 1984.:

W 17-7 vs Stanford
W 20-10 @ #19 Michigan State
W 33-0 vs #4 Iowa
W 27-15 @ Wisconsin
W 17-13 vs #6 Ohio State
W 35-21 @ Purdue
W 16-6 vs #8 Michigan

Sure could be lots of fun (all over again)!!!
 
#391      
derrick6
NashvILLe05 said:
Analysts were saying we were going to be outperformed in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Pleasantly surprised that turned out to be…
The Office Lie GIF


We have some serious dudes on this team.
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Yes. I feel like this was a culture win.

It’s fun to watch players that take pride in their role, get knocked down but bounce back to make the next play, and have a little nastiness to their attitude.

I felt the spirit of Spoon and others on the field.
 
#395      
Dbell1981
Everyone that wanted Nebby to win crying about the no call on the shove after the play in OT. What about the no call facemask that would have given us a 1st down in FG range to seal the game. It shouldn't even have went to OT. Cry some more of those husker tears.... We won this game flat out! Super excited to see where this goes! I-L-L
 
#397      
Illinivek23
ILLFAN67 said:
Great Game! Both OL and DL look much improved from week to week! Several incredible plays to help us win this game. Nebraska being undisciplined helped also. Gave us some key penalties. We absolutely looked like the stronger team in the 4th and OT. Lunney and Henry with great calls. I still don’t think we have the depth on the lines that we need. Hopefully everyone stays healthy and we develop some of the youngsters along the way. Keep Rolling Illini!
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I saw Pat Farrell getting a bunch of snaps as well as Alex Bray. Will have to re-watch on some of the others on the DL like J.Warren, Sledge, etc. Really happy for how Gabe has started off the year doing whatever from wherever.
 
#399      
Dbell1981
The announcers were atrocious as well. Altmeyer with better completion percentage all game but all they could talk about was Mahomes little clone. Also Learfield needs to get the streaming of the audio fixed. I can't pause the audio anymore to sync it up with the game. All Illini fans know how terrible the booth can be against us. This needs fixed ASAP!
 
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