Game Thread: Illinois vs Michigan State

[SAVAGE56OL]

I'm kind of regretting canceling plans to come to this game.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Illinois has been losing the field position game.

With the wind at our back.

 

[dbeverly26]

But you don't get 3.15 points on THAT play if you fail. Take the points early in the game.

I’m old enough to remember the wind blowing a PAT into the upright on that end of the field

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

I'm kind of regretting canceling plans to come to this game.

Hope we can do something to get the crowd into it, they sound stunned!

 

[FloridaMan]

Let's score here. Who's with me?

 

[Ryllini]

We need to flip this field position if we don’t score here.

 

[bjp84]

I guess 7-2 at this point is still amazing.

We just don’t have it today.

A loss today would hurt more than the IU loss imo. We have a path to a Championship series game, not that i think we will beat Mich or OSU, but its nice to dream for a while. Don’t want to look back and say ”if only”

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Can we have one play without a kneeling MSU player?

 

[eas23]

Chase has a big one in him. He's getting to the safeties. Just has to make one miss.

 

[bjp84]

Too stinkn’ predictable

 

[FloridaMan]

Can we have one play without a kneeling MSU player?

I thought the same thing, but Matt Millen said it's ok....so.

 

[GallopingGhost]

You can’t tell me this injury thing isn’t a tactic. Guys kneeling then just walking off the field…

 

[Pikeillinifan]

We needed that first down.

 

[IlliniForceOne]

We’re just getting killed on all the short yardage plays today.

 

[Coop70]

This is BS. Amount of injury to FOR MS.

 

[Bbuck21]

Just keep plugging on the ground. Chase will break some. Maybe more TDV bootlegs

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Really using the wind here.

 

[FloridaMan]

That little screen to Beatty is just a waste of a down. Why?

 

[Pikeillinifan]

Their defense is kicking our a$$

 

[OrangeAndBlueBlooded]

I think early in the game is exactly when to play based on percentages. Later in the game is when situations arise that change the calculation.

I'm sure you're right... not a big analytics guy.

 

[Illiniam1984]

Wtf are we doing?

 

[dbeverly26]

Just making it way too easy for their D

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Wtf are we doing?

We are calling east to west plays with the wind at our back.

 

[BDMAN]

Lunney throw the damn ball down field not the lateral screen

 

[Dkayak]

Sooooo predictable.