i thought the call could have been ineligible receiver downfield, he didnt PI.
i hate the blame the official game but man, that was rough. really was flabbergasted at the no call on LA targeting.
Illinois 50, Purdue 49 OT Postgame
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i hate the blame the official game but man, that was rough. really was flabbergasted at the no call on LA targeting.
Desperate? They had already been successful. I wasn’t surprised at his call for 2 pts.
I actually didn’t think they were terrible overall but then again I don’t consider an announcer making some positive remarks about our opponents as being “homers” for those teams as some on here do.
Plus I tend to tune out announcers except for mainly factual comments. The bad reporting referred only to them mentioning the analyst in connection to play calling many times if that analyst was calling plays. Maybe they did mention Walters was calling plays and I missed it while tuning them out.
He blocked the LB covering Laughery. Can't do that - it's basically a pick play. The targeting could/should have been called. I was more floored by the obvious DPIs that went uncalled - three on Purdue, one on us.
Can't stand Walters. I hope he gets the can and is stuck being a mid level door mat. From sending out the team during the 3 in 1 and just being an arrogant @$$, I hope they get rolled the rest of the year. And once again, commentary of the game was atrocious. They wanted Purdue to win that game flat out. Disappointing that we can't get any love from any national commentators. 1 of em was decent but the secondary commentator was crickets when Illinois did anything then hyping up Purdue D-line like they were the most dominant front in college football.
Could not agree more with #1. This was the first home game I've attended in a while. It's bugs me how the wine and cheese crowd says "Well, at least we won". We should be irate at the number of mental mistakes and big plays we let up.Just got home from game. Few thoughts:
1) Embarrassing that a number of fans stormed the field after beating a terrible team. Such a bad look
2) Illini were on cruise control until a double move td from Purdue, followed by the sack, fumble td. Completely turned the game around, and the fans clearly felt it
3) Defense looked bad for stretches in first half, but tightened when needed. In the second half, it broke. So many miscues, and Purdue took advantage. 500+ yards allowed is unacceptable (at least they made one stop on last play)
4) The onside kick recovery was terrible (get the ball!). That type of recovery up the middle like that should never happen
5) Very fortunate on game tying drive. Live I thought Altmyer fumbled, the replay was very close. Glad it was called down on field, as these calls always seem to go against us
6) Altmyer and offense was mostly crisp. Wow is Bryant a beast
7)
"Forget what you saw, Illini won back the Cannon. 5-1. Beat Michigan!"
Beat Michigan
The color commentator saying, “nice” or simply laughing after every other positive-yard play was painful.
Come on man, it was one bad game. Our defense has been solid all year until yesterday - much improved from last year. Lunney has been really good the entire season
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Vegas had us with 5 wins on the season. We have 5 wins halfway through it. I’ll enjoy the win.
Very little chatter about the real MVP of the season so far… but how big are Olano’s balls? Or “cojones”, he might prefer. He is HIM and BB needs to trust him to make a 25 yard extra point <eye roll>.
Oh, and if we don’t recover that fluke “onside kick” at the end of the half, we don’t even make it to OT. We. Got. Lucky.
Oh, and if we don’t recover that fluke “onside kick” at the end of the half, we don’t even make it to OT. We. Got. Lucky.
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2X2L
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Sorry. According to Wiki, Bronko has the largest NFL Championship ring ever recorded - only a 19 1/2.
Tbh, if we do have one I want it to come against UM or OU. The last 4 games are all winnable, but will require better play than what we saw in 2H yesterdayEvery team no matter how good(or bad) they may be will have a bad half of football throughout an entire season....just hoping that this was that bad half....and that there's not another one lurking out there over the next several games.
Gritty is talking about a segment of the fan base, these aren't his opinions.
Success probability drops under 10% from there. Seems like we traded 90% probability of one point for 90% probability of zero. Accept the single point and there would have been no OT.
aiwpfan
- Springfield, Il
That was the coldest I've ever been in the stadium.
But was he more than a yard into the end zone? And if so was that defender even in coverage? Looked like he was tied up with his original blocking assignment. Almost like they had the wrong jersey number. I’m no rules official, but I watched it three times and haven’t been able to crack the code.
You make your “luck” by being prepared.
aiwpfan
- Springfield, Il
That, among other things they were saying, drove me nuts.
Purdue realized we had no way to stop their hybrid option running game and ran for 9 yards every play
William refrigerator Perry had a 25. Check the sources. Wiki is wrong pal
I am going to take the win and sprint to next week. I blame it on the uniforms. I'll be fine with never seeing them again. Awesome to see McCray go for 130 yards of rushing and receiving!
2X2L
- Metaluna
Wiki stinks. My quote was kind of tongue in cheek. Thanks.
Perhaps he was lined on the end and so was actually an eligible receiver?
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