Illinois 48, Indiana 45 OT Postgame

altgeld88 · Nov 12, 2023

I'm still wrapping my head around the fact that our second-string QB, who'd seen extremely limited action, drove us downfield in three plays at MN to win the game, completely cold off the bench, and then, in his first start, hung 507 yards on the opposition. And that he'll be forever spoken of among Illini fans in the same breath as the guy below.

Granted, DW hung 621 on a #7 OSU team on the road but still... what we witnessed yesterday was epic. Am so pleased for the guys that that they pulled out a W.

Wilson: 43-69 for 621 yds / 6 TDs, 3 INT
Paddock: 24-36 for 507 yds / 4 TDs, 1 INT
[BTW, @mattcoldagelli, there are your O/W/B road togs below, 43 yrs ago

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For anyone interested Eleven Warriors has a 20-min film summary of that 1980 game. Horrible video quality. (There's a longer 50 min version on YT.) There's no reason why we shouldn't have won 56-49. Painful to see a sure breakaway TD fumbled inside the 10 and an INT in the end zone late.

Drive-Thru: Illinois at Ohio State (1980)

Drive-Thru highlights a classic against the Illini. Dave Wilson had an NCAA then-record 621 yards passing for Illinois, but Ohio State won 49-42.

www.elevenwarriors.com

RML · Nov 12, 2023

Mr. Tibbs said:
but still miss Dick Martin

Friends find it hard to believe me when I tell them that back in the day we had Ro(w)an and Martin on our radio calls.

Pikeillinifan · Nov 12, 2023

altgeld88 said:
I'm still wrapping my head around the fact that our second-string QB, who'd seen extremely limited action, drove us downfield in three plays at MN to win the game, completely cold off the bench, and then, in his first start, hung 507 yards on the opposition. And that he'll be forever spoken of among Illini fans in the same breath as the guy below.

Granted, DW hung 621 on a #7 OSU team on the road but still... what we witnessed yesterday was epic. Am so pleased for the guys that that they pulled out a W.

Wilson: 43-69 for 621 yds / 6 TDs, 3 INT
Paddock: 24-36 for 507 yds / 4 TDs, 1 INT
[BTW, @mattcoldagelli, there are your O/W/B road togs below, 43 yrs ago ]

For anyone interested Eleven Warriors has a 20-min film summary of that 1980 game. Horrible video quality. (There's a longer 50 min version on YT.) There's no reason why we shouldn't have won 56-49. Painful to see a sure breakaway TD fumbled inside the 10 and an INT in the end zone late.

Drive-Thru: Illinois at Ohio State (1980)

Drive-Thru highlights a classic against the Illini. Dave Wilson had an NCAA then-record 621 yards passing for Illinois, but Ohio State won 49-42.

www.elevenwarriors.com

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I remember listening to that OSU game with my dad on the radio, it was nuts.

kyillinifan · Nov 12, 2023

I hope Matt Millen calls the Ia game Saturday.

Quixotic Illini · Nov 12, 2023

Pikeillinifan said:
I remember listening to that OSU game with my dad on the radio, it was nuts.

I also remember listening as a freshman in Lundgren Hall. Mike White is still my hero!

Illini in Italy · Nov 12, 2023

altgeld88 said:
The Beef House is 43 miles from Neil Street downtown so I’ll allow this.

I'd crawl across a mile of broken glass on my belly just to get a plate of the rolls from the Beef House . One of the few things I loved about living in Rantoul, and subsequently Indianapolis.

tcb13 · Nov 12, 2023

Dan said:

Thanks for sharing this.

What is amazing to me watching this is nearly everything was downfield. While there were other plays where there was YAC, there were only 2 plays (1 to Williams for 15 yards and 1 to Hollins for 5) that were basically laterals where the receiver gained the yards.

Macho Man · Nov 12, 2023

Mr. Tibbs said:
he’s was real good - I’m going back to 70’s-80’s

Go back even farther to Larry Stewart, he was the best

Bbuck21 · Nov 12, 2023

altgeld88 said:
I'm still wrapping my head around the fact that our second-string QB, who'd seen extremely limited action, drove us downfield in three plays at MN to win the game, completely cold off the bench, and then, in his first start, hung 507 yards on the opposition. And that he'll be forever spoken of among Illini fans in the same breath as the guy below.

Granted, DW hung 621 on a #7 OSU team on the road but still... what we witnessed yesterday was epic. Am so pleased for the guys that that they pulled out a W.

Wilson: 43-69 for 621 yds / 6 TDs, 3 INT
Paddock: 24-36 for 507 yds / 4 TDs, 1 INT
[BTW, @mattcoldagelli, there are your O/W/B road togs below, 43 yrs ago ]

For anyone interested Eleven Warriors has a 20-min film summary of that 1980 game. Horrible video quality. (There's a longer 50 min version on YT.) There's no reason why we shouldn't have won 56-49. Painful to see a sure breakaway TD fumbled inside the 10 and an INT in the end zone late.

Drive-Thru: Illinois at Ohio State (1980)

Drive-Thru highlights a classic against the Illini. Dave Wilson had an NCAA then-record 621 yards passing for Illinois, but Ohio State won 49-42.

www.elevenwarriors.com

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I have been spending the last 24 hours slowly explaining what happened and that I experienced to my wife and family. I haven't gotten the significance through to the, but see some glimmer.

TheChief4Life · Nov 12, 2023

BalloonsTheElephant said:
Maybe that's why you're the top 10 passing defense in the nation?

bluemountain · Nov 12, 2023

Mr. Tibbs said:
love me Brian Barnhart
but still miss Dick Martin

OMG Dick Martin was horrible

bluemountain · Nov 12, 2023

UofToledoFans said:
It took until today that my bragging about Illinois being an actual competent team has caught on. Toledo would have a similar record to the Illini if they were in the B1G West. That's usually the case for a fringe top 25 G5 squad.

You could make a good argument that Toledo would be the best team in the big 10 West

GrayGhost77 · Nov 12, 2023

Dan said:

Watched that whole thing. Beautiful.

BRucks · Nov 12, 2023

Bbuck21 said:
They're already sold out!!!

I got the last one.

pruman91 · Nov 12, 2023

Dan said:

Truly a great video production with " A New Hope " as the battle cry....................No words were needed to accomplish the de facto intent and provide " Hope " of still gaining a bowl game invitation and a B$G West Crown...............Would you really sit JP as the starting QB1 after the last 2 weeks ???,,,,,,,,,seriously ?????

The last two games as far as JP has brought more energy and production to the Illini squad than I can remember.......Numerous times in that video you could see JP go through 3 reads in the space of 2-3 seconds and still find the open receiver.....That is a veteran QB1 doing what he needs to do to be successful...................

Once again , great video production interspersed with band playing segments that tied the video to the theme of it's intent......

To provide video proof that the " Hope " is still alive.......Pulling JP for LA is like pulling life support from a chronically ill patient......it's not yet time to end the " Hope " for the B$G Western division title and a bowl bid.......it really really isn't.............

I have JP starting next week in squawkeye land and will be " Hoping " to see more completions and TD's to close this
" Hopeful " stretch of games out for the betterment of the Illini FB program.......I want to win !!...How about you Illini Nation ??....

JMHO..........

altgeld88 · Nov 12, 2023

Illini in Italy said:
I'd crawl across a mile of broken glass on my belly just to get a plate of the rolls from the Beef House . One of the few things I loved about living in Rantoul, and subsequently Indianapolis.

We drove 670 miles in our car from DC the day before the Purdue game. Only slightly less painful than your journey. And, frankly, much less painful than what we witnessed in the second half at Ross-Ade the following afternoon.

FloridaMan · Nov 12, 2023

pruman91 said:
Truly a great video production with " A New Hope " as the battle cry....................No words were needed to accomplish the de facto intent and provide " Hope " of still gaining a bowl game invitation and a B$G West Crown...............Would you really sit JP as the starting QB1 after the last 2 weeks ???,,,,,,,,,seriously ?????

The last two games as far as JP has brought more energy and production to the Illini squad than I can remember.......Numerous times in that video you could see JP go through 3 reads in the space of 2-3 seconds and still find the open receiver.....That is a veteran QB1 doing what he needs to do to be successful...................

Once again , great video production interspersed with band playing segments that tied the video to the theme of it's intent......

To provide video proof that the " Hope " is still alive.......Pulling JP for LA is like pulling life support from a chronically ill patient......it's not yet time to end the " Hope " for the B$G Western division title and a bowl bid.......it really really isn't.............

I have JP starting next week in squawkeye land and will be " Hoping " to see more completions and TD's to close this
" Hopeful " stretch of games out for the betterment of the Illini FB program.......I want to win !!...How about you Illini Nation ??....

JMHO..........

I really, really do, too!

zentrails · Nov 12, 2023

Game replay (in 60) on BTN right now

superfan · Nov 12, 2023

bluemountain said:
You could make a good argument that Toledo would be the best team in the big 10 West

Narrator: It wasn’t a compliment.

pruman91 · Nov 12, 2023

zentrails said:
Game replay (in 60) on BTN right now

I am watching this also and the apparent Wilcher kickoff return for a TD that was called back by a penalty still was a great play by him........

BillyBob1 · Nov 12, 2023

bluemountain said:
OMG Dick Martin was horrible

A Dick Martin call. Here’s a pass way downfield caught for a gain of 10.

BillyBob1 · Nov 12, 2023

pruman91 said:
I am watching this also and the apparent Wilcher kickoff return for a TD that was called back by a penalty still was a great play by him........

He really put it in another gear about midfield.

Captain 14 · Nov 13, 2023

bluemountain said:
OMG Dick Martin was horrible

Yeah maybe but I think he owned the network

UofToledoFans · Nov 13, 2023

bluemountain said:
You could make a good argument that Toledo would be the best team in the big 10 West

It just depends on the schedule and who the Rockets would get at home. I'd guess 3-6 to 6-3 if OSU, Mich and Penn State were avoided. Toledo is 1-0 vs. both Michigan and PSU... they werent nearly the teams they have now when beaten though.

Iowa would be the most frustrating to watch.

ohioillini77 · Nov 13, 2023

Macho Man said:
Go back even farther to Larry Stewart, he was the best

Larry Stewart was during my time at Illinois. He got fired up. An Illinois player Mike Gow , who was a good player, fumbled I think 2 punts in a row. Stewart is yelling on the radio" Gow is trying to give away the game".