Iowa blows, and Indinia sucks, explaining the prevailing westerly winds . . .
Iowa 15, Illinois 13, Postgame
Wouldn’t Jim Leonard make the most sense as the D coordinator next year?
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
many have said that - it may just be that JL is not exactly on board with the duties & time & effort that job entails .
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
It's a good bet that will occur whether they face OSU or Michigan. I won't watch it but will enjoy seeing the box score afterward.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
There is a good chance Iowa does not win another game. Nebraska will put up a very good fight.
I feel like it gets said every year, but Iowa is the worst 9-10 win team I have ever seen. I think they lose by at least 20 points against OSU or Mich.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
I laughed at all the love Brian Ferentz got after game on FS1. Celebrated for complete incompetence.
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That would be Indiana
On the replay I saw it appeared he was still in at that point
The dropped passes, especially Washington's late, were killers. If Casey catches that ball, it's a fresh set of downs at close to midfield. It's never just one play one call that sinks you, but that one hurt badly.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Since when have sportscasters or their producers allowed logic to intrude on emotion?
I was thinking to myself that the Iowa players should have dumped the Gatorade jug on the DC. Without him Iowa is a 3-9 team at best.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
The final margin was the 2 point safety.........Defense played good enough for the win..........Offense scored a TD and 2 FG's......
We needed Feagin to win and competent officials to know how to correctly spot the ball also...........We really really did.......
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I don't know. If they are playing the cheaters from the north I'll hold my nose and pull for Iowa.
man I would love it if they ended up bringing him back. make him HC after Kirk retires!
And we need receivers who can make a catch, in a crucial situation, on a well thrown ball that would have resulted in extended drives... especially late in the 4th quarter.....we really really do and we really really did because losing to Iowa really really sucks.
I felt like we outplayed them for the vast majority of the game but couldn’t capitalize on our opportunities
The sequence when we had the ball up 4 with 7 min left and Casey dropped the ball right in his hands on second down which would have given us a new set of downs and chance to put the game away- leading to an awful 35 yard line drive punt with a good return for them, gave them the momentum they needed when they had none
The only real criticism I can give the staff is on the 4 and 2 on the last possession we had- really silly decision to punt the ball- it cost a timeout to regroup and then obviously go for it. But that is an automatic go for it- using the timeout meant when we didn’t make it - one first down by Iowa meant ball game vs giving us another chance. It does seem Bielema really struggles with game strategy in this situations - he needs an assistant who’s sole job is to tell him what to do in those situations
The sequence when we had the ball up 4 with 7 min left and Casey dropped the ball right in his hands on second down which would have given us a new set of downs and chance to put the game away- leading to an awful 35 yard line drive punt with a good return for them, gave them the momentum they needed when they had none
The only real criticism I can give the staff is on the 4 and 2 on the last possession we had- really silly decision to punt the ball- it cost a timeout to regroup and then obviously go for it. But that is an automatic go for it- using the timeout meant when we didn’t make it - one first down by Iowa meant ball game vs giving us another chance. It does seem Bielema really struggles with game strategy in this situations - he needs an assistant who’s sole job is to tell him what to do in those situations
It would make all the sense in the world, but I believe the insiders have hinted this isn’t a realistic scenario, nor part of Leonard’s plans.
As far as the spot of that ball, has anyone except this forum said anything about it? I didn’t see Williams complain, or in the game, Bielema never said anything during or after, announcers didn’t, etc…
Something must’ve looked weird to us on TV that wasn’t what happened in real life.
Something must’ve looked weird to us on TV that wasn’t what happened in real life.
It was a terrible spot. It was very obvious to everyone on tv. I replayed it on my DVR two times to make sure I wasn't missing something. The referees just plain missed it.
We did get a couple calls in the middle of the game
However that was a text book driving the qb in the ground. That is what that penalty is trying to eliminate. In the Wisky Neb game there was a roughing of the passer for going low when the qb still had the ball
Things I don’t understand
Picking up the PI on IW early in the game
Reversing the call on IW catch and not reviewing it. I don’t know if it was a catch didn’t see replay but it looked like he controlled it and would have taken more than a 5 sec review
Not reviewing IW spot
BB having to call a timeout to force a review of an obvious drop
I am sure Iowa has their list. That is a lot of issues for one game. Sad thing it has been like that all season. Refs didn’t cost us but they didn’t help us.
I hate loosing more than I love winning
IlliniCardinal
- Minneapolis
I’m not really sure of the impact Leonard’s involvement made this year. Of the games I would have expected him to be deeply involved in the Illini lost at home to Wisconsin.