I haven’t watched BB post game yet. Not sure when I will be able to. But he was mad at the refs for this one!?!??? I’m usually quick to be mad at the refs but not today.
Northwestern 45, Illinois 43 Postgame
We will never have an easier schedule than we had this year, we have many players who will be playing on Sundays next year, yet we couldn’t even qualify for a bowl. You make me sad. So be it. Come, Patsy.they should’ve done much better this season
Unless there aren’t enough 6 win teams to fill up the bowl games?
Line play was horrible at the beginning of the year, improved some but not where it really needed to be. Then are RB room was decimated, Those 2 things were the largest contributor to that stat. We need a better OL and better coaching. Way too many penalties and unforced errors that consistently got in the way of us winning games and being able to compete at key moments.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Were you ok with the refs picking up the flag on the failed 2 point conversion to tie? A lot of blame to go around today, mainly self inflicted. However, I am infuriated that the refs could get together and blow the pivotal play of the game. It is telling when the entire announcing booth says the call was missed.
So, by the numbers, did we officially finish last in the B1G west?
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
I think the phrase "Like father, like son" is very appropriate for Illini
IlliniTilDeath
- Chicago, IL
Round of 64 exit here we come!!!!
I really don't think had we kept Walters -- or had a "non-experimental DC" -- that we'd have had a much better season.
Yes, perhaps Henry didn't perform to the level of a good/great DC, but there are a lot of reasons we were an average team this season (and yes, I know 6-6 would truly define "average" here).
Injuries on defense contributed, youth/inexperience contributed, boneheaded penalties, absence of the turnover fairy (certainly compared to last season), special teams miscues... this all contributed to being 5-7.
I wish we won today, I wish we won the West, but we are an average team with many flaws, so we didn't. But we didn't lose any 63-0 bed crappers, either.
What do people legitimately think our record would have been with Walters at the helm of the D this year?
Yes, perhaps Henry didn't perform to the level of a good/great DC, but there are a lot of reasons we were an average team this season (and yes, I know 6-6 would truly define "average" here).
Injuries on defense contributed, youth/inexperience contributed, boneheaded penalties, absence of the turnover fairy (certainly compared to last season), special teams miscues... this all contributed to being 5-7.
I wish we won today, I wish we won the West, but we are an average team with many flaws, so we didn't. But we didn't lose any 63-0 bed crappers, either.
What do people legitimately think our record would have been with Walters at the helm of the D this year?
Last years line struggled?
This (!!!), and although there aren’t stats for the last opposing drive of a game; that prevent defense we ran had to rank us near dead last on game winning drives by opposing team.
Believe it or not we were *only* 77th in points allowed to opposing teams in 4th quarter. Felt much worse than that, but I truly believe if stats were available for game winning/go ahead final drives only… we would not like what we saw
Yup, this was the easiest schedule that we could have hoped for. It's gonna get tougher.I don’t like that coming from you.
I mean if we couldn’t get six wins this year, when will we?
For what it’s worth, his defense at PU was dead last in the Big Ten, two spots worse than ours. A lot of people forget the importance of complimentary football to the defense. Hard to control time of possession with one wounded running back left in your offense. Tommy D and Chase helped our D more than we realized and covered up a lot of warts like lack of depth, allowing a talented but shallow defense to remain fresh.
sacraig
- The desert
Intelligent and good looking?
3 most frustrating things about this season:
1) That horrific loss to PU! Inexcusable.
2) The 4,384 stupid penalties at exactly the wrong time. No discipline especially early.
3) End of half defense. Actually…just the defense. Pathetic.
3 positive things:
1) Newton & Randolph. DOGS!
2) IW & Casey Washington. DOGS!
3) Altmyer is gonna be good but Paddock brought some serious excitement.
Seems like a ton of holes to fill next year. Not overly optimistic.
1) That horrific loss to PU! Inexcusable.
2) The 4,384 stupid penalties at exactly the wrong time. No discipline especially early.
3) End of half defense. Actually…just the defense. Pathetic.
3 positive things:
1) Newton & Randolph. DOGS!
2) IW & Casey Washington. DOGS!
3) Altmyer is gonna be good but Paddock brought some serious excitement.
Seems like a ton of holes to fill next year. Not overly optimistic.
Yes in short yardage situations, Big Time. Chase Brown made a lot of people miss
Hmmmm, we had national football championships in '27 and '51.
It is painful to read how many of you don’t know basic things about football on this board. EVERY, and I mean EVERY, coach’s go-for-it-or-kick chart says go for it when down 5. It’s not even a question. We would have been livid if we were down 4, got down to the 20, and missed out on a TD when a FG could have tied.
As much as I am disappointed in some coaching decisions (and Bielema’s incessant complaining about the refs when he needs to own up how we blew this game ourselves), that is certainly not one to be up for discussion.