Game Thread: Illinois vs Michigan State

[bjp84]

Hey, as long as Chase gets his 40 carries we will be fine.

 

[GoodePodzMelendez]

Midlevel bowl game here we come.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

game is over

it’s not our day

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

I got married the day we beat Wisconsin and was on my honeymoon when we beat Iowa … it was a fun fever dream from 10/1 to now, lol.

 

[D1959]

Overconfidence showing on the scoreboard

 

[BDMAN]

We've needed one all season... these freshman can't get here soon enough!

Amen to that brother

 

[GForce]

Now it's over. Good think PU lost today.

 

[Illini1429]

Based on what we have seen so far in this game, how many of you believe we are going to score three times to win this game?????

 

[CDRUSN]

On defense, MSU can play 10 men in the box and shut us down. I don't recall we have even tried throwing a pass 10 yards or more downfield.

 

[Illiniaaron]

Just get through the rest of game without getting anyone hurt and move on to Purdue. Still a lot to get done this season.

 

[Illini92and96]

My expectations were up long before now this season and we’ve won all those games easy. Time to stop being such a defeatist. Michigan State has done nothing particularly well, let alone anything to scare me. We just need to get our act together.

 

[AutoPoster 3000]

Millen really wants the audience to know whether or not something is great.

 

[Battle89]

Stop carping at the fans. This is lousy football today.

 

[Coop70]

9

 

[BDMAN]

Muck is doing to us what the squawk eyes did to the boilers today

 

[Chillinini]

Good job in thinking you had it in the bag.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Big yikes. Whole quarter left but this is not looking good

 

[Jimbo]

Not a given we beat Purdue to win the west

I like this comment. The attitude and overconfidence coming into this game worried me. We need to come out with an edge next week and losing convincingly today will accomplish that, i think.

 

[Battle89]

Now it's over. Good think PU lost today.

Agree and thank goodness we got the cushion. Of course as soon as we get it we throw it away.

 

[skyIdub]

Lots not going our way....but I am very surprised we are getting outcoached so badly.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

We have the wind. We may at some point want to try a playaction on 1st down and throw one downfield

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

What a display in overlooking your opponent. This Michigan state team is awful

 

[illinigiant80]

I’m frustrated as hell right now, but, not one Illinois fan thought we would be 7-1 at this point. If they say they did, their lying. Still can get couple more wins this season and a good bowl game. I’m trying to think about that while I cuss out the tv.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Short passes and runs are what you do when we’re (usually) winning.

 

[BDMAN]

So the stay up in the polls was short lived.

Yep, should fall to about 20