We have no depth and our secondary is very young. Can't fix that this season
Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21 Postgame
Look at the bright side. All the stars opt out anyway. And that's college football today.
I don't hate you, but I don't really care if it is *technically* targeting.
Newton made a good football play and got punished for it, regardless of if some threshold of some rule was met. He works his tail off to play like that on Saturdays. He puts in the effort and instead of being able to celebrate a good play he gets ejected and it plays a huge part in Wisconsin being able to win.
To be expected I think after this one
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I was when we were up 21-7 vs. another contender and the first place team was about to lose at home to a team on our level, yes.
Now I’m pretty much thinking about basketball.
We had 2 or 3 potential picks literally go through people's hands today ..
On the plus side, it might give the NCAA another opportunity to change another rule due to us being screwed over
Go with the WAGON.... Washington Huskies.... I live just blocks away... Well, maybe a few miles.... Go Huskies...
At least make it overturnable. Asking a lot for a player to be athletic enough to split a double team but GENTLY tackle the poor little QB.
Or penalize Wisconsin for not blocking.
Coaching staff clearly has zero confidence in Luke passing the ball.
But when Luke slides it is sideways so hit him all u like
As someone on social pointed out, the original call was roughing the passer and the QB was standing there holding the ball. You can only rough a passer if he’s passing (i.e. the ball has been thrown). That’s the rule book. Let’s be real, they were throwing flags first and seeing the penalty after.
The play of the game, in my opinion, was the play on the touchdown pass that made it 21-17. The play happened right i ln front of me. The safety played the pick instead of the ball. The receiver high pointed it for the touchdown. Absolutely a brutal miss. Plays like that is why you lose games like this.
Which is strange, because to me, he throws a great - especially deep - ball if he's given enough time. And I think that is squarely where the lack of confidence truly lies - in the line. It has been terrible all year long in pass protection and not a hell of a lot better in run blocking. Really need some of the young guys to be ready next year. And losing kids like the Nebraska OLineman is a killer to our program. Both lines minus The Law Firm are responsible for this season IMO. We have pieces on offense to score more than 21 a game, which is what we need to score with the D as bad as it is this year. But if you got no line, you got no way to score.
I mean we're asking pass rushers to be physical enough to break through a double team, gently tackle the QB, etc. I get that the rules are there for safety.... but if you have replay, use it? Games are already obnoxiously long and commercial flooded. I don't care if it's 4 hours or 5, get the calls right.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
The thing about the targeting call was the official called roughing the passer first, even though the quarterback still had the ball. Newton looked like he had knocked the ball loose before he made contact.
There was also a grounding call they missed in that 4th quarter. The qb was still in the pocket and there was no receiver within 15-20 yards of the throw.
There was also a grounding call they missed in that 4th quarter. The qb was still in the pocket and there was no receiver within 15-20 yards of the throw.
RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
Guess you've never heard Gus Johnson call a game.
Yeah, at first I thought Strain defended the pass. But the replay showed otherwise. We needed a turnover to win this after Newton had to leave.
24 hours. Then we got to move on
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
I have. Not like this.
Was surprised to find out the PBP guy used to work for the Bulls back in the day as a sideline reporter. He's now the Charlotte Hornets PBP guy.