Penn State 30, Illinois 13 Postgame
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
On the plus side, Elzy got some tick and scored. Newton played well and got back in there after it looked like he might be injured. Everything else…
5 turnovers versus one of the big three in the Big Ten, not a surprising final score. All things considered with the frequent short fields, our defense played a solid game. Wife is a Minnesota Gopher so on to The Minnesota-North Carolina game.
Illini4Chief
- TENNESSEE
I saved my template from last year " After a surprising good start, Ilini succumbs to turnovers and failed opportunites and is force to play catchup football"
Turnovers were absolute killers.
The best thing I saw it they did not totally outclass us athletically. Clean things up some more, and avoid brutal turnovers, and this can be a good year.
The best thing I saw it they did not totally outclass us athletically. Clean things up some more, and avoid brutal turnovers, and this can be a good year.
Why wait that long? The 16 game sample has been plenty.
I've liked Altmyer so far but that was rough today, just some really bad balls. Seeing Paddock made it clear that bad balls or not, Altmyer has to keep starting. Tough day at the QB position all around.
I know it doesn’t matter right now, but Bret’s had some questionable decisions to got for 2 Pt conversions.
Take the extra point and make it 30-14 and it’s still a two possession game. You miss the 2 Pt try and it goes to 3 possessions. Not a huge difference between being down 15 or 16. But you don’t want to go down 17. I think he needlessly went for two against Toledo once as well.
Bret is supposed to be really good at details like that.
And I think we need a new QB coach and offensive coordinator.
Take the extra point and make it 30-14 and it’s still a two possession game. You miss the 2 Pt try and it goes to 3 possessions. Not a huge difference between being down 15 or 16. But you don’t want to go down 17. I think he needlessly went for two against Toledo once as well.
Bret is supposed to be really good at details like that.
And I think we need a new QB coach and offensive coordinator.
Yep tough day indeed. Was it windy today or something?
Did you watch paddock..?
My God, has McCray digressed since his freshman year. I don't think he was solo tackled that entire year. It seems more than just the injury.
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I think 1-2 was a reasonable expectation to start the season given the schedule. Improvement on defense, and now we need to focus next week on improving offense. Illinois should win next week if they play well and have a good matchup with Purdue in a couple weeks. I’m expecting continued improvement over the season with this team.
Paddock had a couple that should have been picked off. Can't win if we run for 83 yards.
You need 2 out of 3 two-pointers regardless, so that call doesn't matter much. Going for one just delays the inevitable.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Big Ten West needs to break off, and form its own (new) conference. Let's call it the Great Midwest Conference and include Indiana + Michigan State. All nine teams play each other annually, plus 4 non-conference games.
TV payout is $70M to each member team, escalating 10% per year. Conference winner gets an automatic big to the Final 12 and plays for the Natty.
TV payout is $70M to each member team, escalating 10% per year. Conference winner gets an automatic big to the Final 12 and plays for the Natty.
Eh. Like I said doesn’t matter now. But you don’t let it become a 3 score game any sooner than you need to! It was a bad decision.
IlliniFanHere
- New York
4 Interceptions......84 total yards rushing.......can't win with this type of stat.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
If Leary is our #3 QB behind Paddock, I'm a little concerned about our quarterbacking future.