Game Thread: Illinois at Penn State

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Oldskoolkoach
PSU isn't very good. They have more dudes than us BY FAR, but we've been able to stay in the game. If we ever get DUDES we will be able to block and stop the run.
 
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eas23
ChiefGritty said:
I mean this is super nerdy football but you should try something higher percentage there on the free play because it's a 4th down which the penalty doesn't convert
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Absolutely correct. Luke kinda went on auto-pilot there, but coulda stole the 1st down another way.
 
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pruman91
untimely penalty by the oline as we had the fist down..........................then Luke's worst pass decision of the year.......then a dumb !!! penalty by psu .......comedy of errors by both teams..
 
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superfan
Can’t make this many mistakes on the road against a better team and win. Prove me wrong, boys!
 
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ORANGEANDBLUE2011
At the beginning of the year, there were posters here that said we wouldn’t make a bowl. We are #19 on the road against a potential CFP finalist and only down 7. Let’s let our D get the ball back. LFG!!! ILL!!
 
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New Creation
Good thing we have our bye week next week before Purdue. Because Purdue is going to try to do exactly what PSU is doing tonight. Blitz all day.
 
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illinidarrin
pruman91 said:
untimely penalty by the oline as we had the fist down..........................then Luke's worst pass decision of the year.......then a dumb !!! penalty by psu .......comedy of errors by both teams..
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Priestly's penalty killed us the most at the time.
 
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phats22
illinidarrin said:
i mean, we can't keep dodging bullets. We got break after break and still screw things up.
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yep, we had to play a clean game to have a chance and havent had it tonight.

I usually get super upset when we lose, but honestly even with the mistakes this game hasn't bothered me. we're legit, and we should be able to hang with everyone else. we play accepting Oregon which will be super tough
 
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Epsilon
The Galloping Ghost said:
On the one hand, it is infuriating that we've been this close and can't bridge the gap. On the other, inarguably we are a good team and we are giving PSU all they can handle. No way we should drop out of the rankings and we absolutely have the ability to win 8 games this year.
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Agreed. As tough as this game is to watch sometimes, we have been only one score away the entire game against the #8 team. Nobody expected us to play this well tbh.
 
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aaeismacgychel
TheChief4Life said:
I haven’t seen an Illinois team that wants to lose as much as this team tonight does. If we get back to the mentality of the first four games during our next two games, we’ll be alright still. We all knew this would be our toughest test, and we’re only down 7 with less than 6 minutes left (albeit in a bad position).
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Eh, no need for the hyperbole. For as much as I've tried to forget those Beckman and Lovie years were full of games where we tried hard to lose (and did)
 
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dsg
All we have to do is keep them from scoring.
 
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