Illinois 76, Michigan 53 Postgame

#251      
Sonic Blockbuster!
Have to agree with the guy counting possessions of lead when up 26. Don't think I was comfortable until ~4 minutes left. Still somewhat dazed by the whole game. Esp without Ayo. Especially blessed to have some pure enjoyment this year.

GO ILLINI!

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:ah::ah::ah::ah::ah:
ILLINI
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#252      
We are playing like and look like a 1st Place team. Too bad we're not. Just can't overlook that we lost those winnable games vs Rutgers, The Terps, OSU and MSU. Ugh. Nothing matters now as long as we can put an 11 game winning streak together!!!
 
#253      
I went during last half of second half. Mostly pissed at their team about getting steam rolled and having no heart. Not much complimentary about Illini, and some comments about Illini being smug pricks. But to be honest Illini players do yap a bit, and I can see other fans not enjoying that —especially when getting trounced.
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#254      

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How the hell did this team lose to Miznoz??
It happens. Sometimes those losses and wins early in the season aren't the same as now. Curbelo was not Belo back then. We were still trying to create an identity with our team. We didn't play well either. Now if we played them? Look at the championship teams of years past they all have a few head scratching losses. It happens.
 
#256      
Have to admit that Walmart guy had a point. “The Zippo” DID score 4 more points than Kofi from the line. Really close to turning the tide in our 23 point win. Had to sweat that out for sure. Can look forward to that guy being a master pre-game analyst in the near future.
I assume he shops at Walmart, but I doubt he is qualified to actually work there.
 
#258      

chiefini

Rockford, Illinois
We match up well with them. We have someone who can nullify Dickinson. Our guards are faster and although smaller, our wings have quickness and length to keep up with their wings. I'm not too surprised. Michigan is a phenomenal TEAM. This is one of the instances where its better to have phenomenal players/playmakers.
I think we have a phenomenal TEAM, comprised of phenomenal players/playmakers, who are unselfish, play together, and truly love each other.
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#259      
Coach Coward should have played the game when it was scheduled. If he lost then he could have complained of the covid break and they were rusty. Playing it now when we are without our best player and tired and they are rested shows that he really didn’t coach his team very well.
 
#267      
Told Deron that he was 'too pretty'.
Yes! I remember. They were taunting us in warmups- banging us. And we destroyed them. But i agree with AltHeld88 this one was better💪
 
#269      

JSpence

Evansville, IN
THIS IS FINE.

No, really. It's fine.

I don't remember a conference game like this in 04-05. They did this to teams like Northwestern, Penn State, maybe Minny, but it seems like the big games were more exercises in maintaining 10-pt leads. And while Sparry was a FF team, the conference wasn't running top-10 teams against us.

This was special.