Illinois 50, Purdue 49 OT Postgame

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#227      
Ramrod2010
ChiefGritty said:
Robertson had 1 punt on the game and I don't recall when it was.

My other question was whether Purdue had 400 yards of total offense in the second half.

Something has gone screwy with the ESPN page for the game, some of the gamecast numbers aren't right and they don't have the drive-by-drive up.
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368 including OT

Assuming FOX Sports drive by drive, and my buzzed math is right.

Big ifs, if true

ETA: No punts. One down, and one fumble for Illinois otherwise all points all the time.
 
#228      
foby
TheChief4Life said:
Wow… a lot of really bad takes here. REEEEEALY bad takes…

5-1; will still be top 25 heading into yet another week; and we have a real chance to make a real statement next week.

Everyone would have KILLED to guarantee 5-1 heading into the Michigan game. You don’t get to take that back now that you’ve watched it play out.

GO ILLINI! BEAT MICHIGAN!
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#230      
skyIdub
ugottabjoshinme said:
5-1 all that matters. Some if the hot takes in this thread are ridiculous.
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Normally I sit squarely in this camp with you. I've yet to see a real "hot" take about this game. A few overreactions (mine included!), but this game deserves every take...hot or cold....that we can throw at it.

Or run at it, since we can't stop that. Apparently.
 
#232      
SKane
The second half defensive collapse was as epic of a collapse as I have seen in more years of following than the Illini than I would like to count.

Certainly no lead will ever be safe with this defense.

Purdue scored a total of 48 points in the previous four games. Purdue scored 40 against Illinois in the second half.
 
#233      
Juju
Been thinking about this game the past hour and a half or so since it ended and idk if I can remember an Illinois football win in the past 10-15 years that felt so much like a loss. We absolutely, 100% did not deserve to win the game the way we played on defense in the 2nd half.

HOWEVER, with that being said, a silver lining that I guess you could pluck from this debacle/near-catastrophe is that we definitely lose that game in almost every single year since I've been alive(I'm 37), but this team found a way to win. Granted, we were finding every possible way to lose for the last quarter and a half of the game, but when it mattered most, we somehow, someway found a way to win. The 2nd half was infuriating, but in 95% of Illini football years, we lose that game after collapsing so badly. We didn't. We won. Now pass the orange Kool-Aid, but this time make sure it has like, 8 shots of vodka in it...
 
#236      
Pikeillinifan
SKane said:
The second half defensive collapse was as epic of a collapse as I have seen in more years of following than the Illini than I would like to count.

Certainly no lead will ever be safe with this defense.

Purdue scored a total of 48 points in the previous four games. Purdue scored 40 against Illinois in the second half.
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Past Illini teams would have folded, this team did not. This is a turning point to help get us to the next level up.

We Will Win
 
#239      
orange100
somebody tell me- was that defensive failure most of the game scheming or execution? Looked like execution but I never played organized football.
 
#241      
Bucktown
Juju said:
Been thinking about this game the past hour and a half or so since it ended and idk if I can remember an Illinois football win in the past 10-15 years that felt so much like a loss. We absolutely, 100% did not deserve to win the game the way we played on defense in the 2nd half.

HOWEVER, with that being said, a silver lining that I guess you could pluck from this debacle/near-catastrophe is that we definitely lose that game in almost every single year since I've been alive(I'm 37), but this team found a way to win. Granted, we were finding every possible way to lose for the last quarter and a half of the game, but when it mattered most, we somehow, someway found a way to win. The 2nd half was infuriating, but in 95% of Illini football years, we lose that game after collapsing so badly. We didn't. We won. Now pass the orange Kool-Aid, but this time make sure it has like, 8 shots of vodka in it...
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We were definitely the better team. That is what was frustrating. But, alas 5-1 is hard to complain about.
 
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ChiefGritty
Juju said:
idk if I can remember an Illinois football win in the past 10-15 years that felt so much like a loss.
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Louisiana-Lafayette in 2008, Toledo and Florida Atlantic last year, Ball State in 2017, Western Kentucky in 2014, we've had a lot of those "that win makes crystal clear this team is bad and this season is doomed".

That would be an overreaction to this game....for now.
 
#249      
Juju
ChiefGritty said:
Louisiana-Lafayette in 2008, Toledo and Florida Atlantic last year, Ball State in 2017, Western Kentucky in 2014, we've had a lot of those "that win makes crystal clear this team is bad and this season is doomed".

That would be an overreaction to this game....for now.
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I remember all of those games and, while they were all brutal, what I was feeling after Purdue took a 43-40 lead, after we were up 27-3, is one of the angriest moments I've had as an Illini fan(and there are plenty). Maybe it's because this season has, so far, been special and we don't get many special Illinois football seasons, and the loss that we were so close to suffering would've completely derailed that, idk.
 
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