Indiana 63, Illinois 10 Postgame

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#152      
Not if you also told us that the signature win any of those team had was a win over Purdue. A win in which they allowed Purdue to score 30 points.
 
#153      
Some of you owe the ‘pessimists’ an apology
Eh, semantics, but what I felt like I saw was a bunch of predictions of us coming out and “playing our game” and being no match for Indiana. That very well might have happened, but I bet even the pessimists didn’t think they’d see a Duke-at-MSG-esque travesty.

Guess they were right about us losing easily, though, so I hope they’re enjoying their victory lap…?
 
#155      
Don’t forget the miles scott suspension.
I think FBS needs to redefine that call. The object is to discourage players from making dangerous, potentially head-injurious hits, is it not?

If there is a flag for targeting, but the replay clearly shows -- as it did in this case -- that the hit was never going to cause a head injury, then the flag needs to be picked up.

And the in-booth expert who weighed in is a crystal-clear example of what's wrong with the world... who ya gonna believe, me or them lyin' eyes of yours?
 
#156      
I’ll settle for a bowl game at this point.
 
#157      
I think it boils down to- Indiana is great. We’re just pretty good, and injured.

Indiana fans will never let us live this down. That might be the worst part
Time heals all wounds my friend. I’m staring into my crystal ball and I see…yes, I see it now…Two years down the line I see an IU poster in a Hoosier forum sharing the Wolverine meme with a framed picture of Cignetti after he’s departed Bloomington
 
#158      
Exactly. I do wish someone could provide insight into what Cigs did as a Coach to get this program to this level. I know he brought a ton of players from James Madison, but were they that good? His team seemed way faster than our guys. Is he recruiting at a higher level than we are?
One thing is he might be the best coach in college football and is certainly in the top few
 
#160      
Transfers we brought in are no freaking count …

honestly kind of bad luck with the lowery sack very early. i was amazed in looking at the replay that mendoza hung on to the ball, but lowery and the other uw transfer didn’t do much at wisconsin and, outside of that play, didn’t do much tonight in their first b10 game here.
 
#166      

Ciggy hits the nail here. Obvious issues from an important game two weeks ago and the opposing coach saying, “we just did what they did” and the lack of response is…..a lot of signal.
What I don’t understand is why OL has been a weak spot every season and we haven’t seen a change in assistant coaching.
 
#167      
I said this earlier that they’re going to blitz early and often from the beginning of the game until we make them pay.

They barely blitzed. It was their front 4 pushing our 5 back, and then Luke having zero pocket awareness.

None of IU’s sacks came from a free blitzing rusher
 
#168      
Well, i’m counting on the old adage, “you’re never as bad as you look in a bad defeat”. Except the imjuries concern me.

Remember playing Wisconsin in 2021 for Homecoming and getting destroyed and dominated on both lines. Men against boys. It was disheartening. It looked like we’d never win another game. But we came back the next game and beat Penn State. So chins up, there will be better days. We will be ready next week.
 
#169      

Ciggy hits the nail here. Obvious issues from an important game two weeks ago and the opposing coach saying, “we just did what they did” and the lack of response is…..a lot of signal.
Yup, had 2 weeks to figure out how to fix what happened and they didn't...the staff had no answers. We are cooked against good coaches this year.
 
#171      
If only Gameday had been there. /s.
(So many felt frustration/anger over the slight. Now it feels like a blessing.)

Man, I hope we right the ship at least a little for when we host…IF we do still host; I guess?
 
#172      

Ciggy hits the nail here. Obvious issues from an important game two weeks ago and the opposing coach saying, “we just did what they did” and the lack of response is…..a lot of signal.
Agreed. And perhaps it’s somewhat of coaching problem but it always starts in the trenches, if you don’t have those guys, you can’t be consistently successful. So obvious but often taken for granted. Likewise, they have better players than we do. This incredibly insightful precept will also be relevant at Soldier Field tomorrow. I fortunately got in when Dallas was +1.5.
 
#173      
Eh, semantics, but what I felt like I saw was a bunch of predictions of us coming out and “playing our game” and being no match for Indiana. That very well might have happened, but I bet even the pessimists didn’t think they’d see a Duke-at-MSG-esque travesty.

Guess they were right about us losing easily, though, so I hope they’re enjoying their victory lap…?
I am worried though, I am also a Texas Rangers fan, a fanbase with a surprising amount of twitter pessimists. They were panicked about the Rangers offense since late April and the arrogant and idiotic Rangers beat writers had snarky comments about the kneejerkers. Problem is, the haters were completely right and the Rangers sucked at hitting lol. I really do not want to be a fan of another such situation, especially from a team that has proven to routinely to top its most pessimistic fans worst fears.
 
#175      
What I don’t understand is why OL has been a weak spot every season and we haven’t seen a change in assistant coaching.
But what I don’t understand is that there are many ways to shore up the edges with extra blockers such as TE/Fullbacks or even extra lineman especially when you know that your linemen are not up to the job.
 
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