Game Thread: Illinois vs Michigan State

[oldman]

travel and then a lazy in bounds pass

 

[TheBucket]

Come on - lazy to end the half there.

 

[ILL in IA]

What, fans with expectations? Yeah, how terrible.

No. The die hard fans that seem to bail every chance they get and announce it to everyone.

 

[OptimistOrange]

Ugh

 

[Adnarel]

That's not a great way to end the half.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Wow. Refs blow a travel and it costs us 4 points

 

[BlindLoyalty]

Game is going just as expected. MSU is terrible on the road, they turn it over too much and freshmen are going to get crushed on the road in this league.

 

[geneseo]

Good half. MSU with 9 turnovers

 

[TownieMatt]

That was an obvious travel. Brutal.

 

[CARPET]

39-27 ILLINI ONE MINUTE LEFT IN THE HALF

If you would have told me Illinois would hold Michigan State to 33 points at the half I would think we should win.

 

[skyIdub]

The refs are solid.

 

[Stucash]

He walked.

 

[ejam21]

really wish they had called that obvious travel on bridges....ends up being worth 4 points

 

[IntenselyOrange]

It all started with a stagnant possession with no ball movement. The garbage we've done for five years, but avoided most of the half.


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[cam]

these refs are pathetic. just lost 4 points on a non travel call

 

[IllinoisFanAtFSU]

Wow. Refs blow a travel and it costs us 4 points

Travel only cost us two points... our laziness definitely cost us those last two. :tsk:

Best half of the season tarnished by an awful ending. Still, if you told us we would be up 6 at the half we all would be hype. Let's keep it rolling Illini

 

[Fillory]

39-27 ILLINI ONE MINUTE LEFT IN THE HALF

If you would have told me Illinois would hold Michigan State to 33 points at the half I would think we should win.

We almost have to win. A loss here to a down MSU team would be quite a detriment. Glad it's going as expected.

 

[illiniknight]

Blown call and lazy play partially ruin a great half. Still if you told me there would be a 6 point lead at half I would have jumped on it. Truth is the Illini are playing really well. If they come out and play that way in the second half those last 2 plays won't matter.

 

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

Did a similar thing against Maryland, why can we never finish a half? Great half of basketball beside that and the early ticky tack fouls

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

Refs have been bad both ways. Accept it as a fact for the rest of the game and don't get worked up about it.

 

[CasualObserver05]

I'm gonna be the glass is half full guy at the end of the half, 6 point lead and Groce can absolutely use the last 4 seconds of the half as the halftime speech of what the slightest let up can have happen against a quality opponent.

Hopefully it motivates them to come out of the gates!

 

[TCTORNADO]

It all started with a stagnant possession with no ball movement. The garbage we've done for five years, but avoided most of the half.


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You are correct, Sir!!

 

[sdfidaho]

Score?

 

[oldman]

No matter how much some don't want to admit it, Groce has done a good job the last 5 games. Give credit where credit is due. Even if it doesn't match your rhetoric

 

[Cheez]

Score?

39-33 Illinois