The "lemon game" was Purdue. Only by sheer luck did the Illini win that game. Should have won it by 30 points, not 1 point in OT. In PU's 7 losses they didn't score more than 20 in any of them, but they put 49 on us. Had we lost the Purdue game we'd be 1-4 in our last 5. That's a trend. That was a lemon.
50% true (first part), 50% false (2nd part). We deserved to lose more than they deserved to win though. That 3rd down run call in the 4th quarter was as bad as it gets!
Was such a cheap shot. In slow-mo you could see how intentional it was.
Fleck himself deserved to lose by fake punting when his team had all the momentum. It was baffling stupid, and his team bailed him out. Never suggested Illinois deserved to win. Illini made too many mistakes when they have little margin of error to work with.
We are wearing down just like in '22. A reflection of our lack of depth. Hopefully, we can recover during the next 2 weeks are string 2-3 wins together. Gonna be a challenge.
The bye week is going to help though. If we win 2 more we will have the same record we did in 2022.
In slo-mo everything looks intentional. It clearly was not intentional, and the there was nothing done that was illegal. Just an awkward play.
That’s probably the reason why Altmeyer has lost so much confidence. Open up the playbook and let the kid throw it down the field. I think once they let him pass more and get in a rhythm he will start gaining his confidence back. Kid looks rattled in the post game interviews.
