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Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21 Postgame
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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 1953862" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>Bingo. I can't say with certainty what the 2nd called timeout was for, but the first timeout was called because Bret was upset about Wisconsin clapping during the snap count and wanted more time to yell at the refs about it. The 3rd timeout was because he wanted to not get a 12 men on the field penalty and give Wisconsin a free play because the refs didn't allow Illinois to legally sub after Wisconsin subbed and also because he wanted more time to yell at them (I want to say the 2nd timeout was also for the same reason of not allowing Illinois to sub after Wisconsin subbed but I'm not 100% sure on that). Those burned timeouts cost us any real chance of coming back to win the game. We should have had just over a minute left and at least 1 timeout had we used our timeouts efficiently. Instead it was quite frankly the worst clock management blunder by an Illinois head coach since Zook, and hell, this probably eclipsed that. Burning 2 timeouts with under 2 minutes to go in the game when Wisconsin isn't running clock is outrageously poor coaching. And I know that you don't want to give up a free play to the opponent in a 1st and goal situation but you cannot call your last timeout there. Wisconsin was extremely likely to score either way, whether it be a FG or a TD. Time is the most valuable thing you have at that point, especially without your 2 best players on defense, and we squandered it. Just at a loss for words quite frankly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 1953862, member: 748794"] Bingo. I can't say with certainty what the 2nd called timeout was for, but the first timeout was called because Bret was upset about Wisconsin clapping during the snap count and wanted more time to yell at the refs about it. The 3rd timeout was because he wanted to not get a 12 men on the field penalty and give Wisconsin a free play because the refs didn't allow Illinois to legally sub after Wisconsin subbed and also because he wanted more time to yell at them (I want to say the 2nd timeout was also for the same reason of not allowing Illinois to sub after Wisconsin subbed but I'm not 100% sure on that). Those burned timeouts cost us any real chance of coming back to win the game. We should have had just over a minute left and at least 1 timeout had we used our timeouts efficiently. Instead it was quite frankly the worst clock management blunder by an Illinois head coach since Zook, and hell, this probably eclipsed that. Burning 2 timeouts with under 2 minutes to go in the game when Wisconsin isn't running clock is outrageously poor coaching. And I know that you don't want to give up a free play to the opponent in a 1st and goal situation but you cannot call your last timeout there. Wisconsin was extremely likely to score either way, whether it be a FG or a TD. Time is the most valuable thing you have at that point, especially without your 2 best players on defense, and we squandered it. Just at a loss for words quite frankly. [/QUOTE]
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