Just painfulNightmare game for the kicker + a loooong flight back
Week 5 News & Games
They will count on it
Every week I like doing full reach parley. Off to a good start this weekend.
Today's top games include Oklahoma State-Kansas State, Louisville-Notre Dame, and Georgia-Alabama.
Today's schedule among the state schools:
-11:00 AM, CW: NIU at NC State
-1:00 PM, ESPN+: SIU at South Dakota
-2:00 PM, ESPN+: Lindenwood at EIU, North Dakota State at ISU
-6:00 PM, ESPN+: McKendree at WIU
Today's schedule among the state schools:
-11:00 AM, CW: NIU at NC State
-1:00 PM, ESPN+: SIU at South Dakota
-2:00 PM, ESPN+: Lindenwood at EIU, North Dakota State at ISU
-6:00 PM, ESPN+: McKendree at WIU
Watching these other games, the value of kickers and punters just cannot be overstated. So many games hinge on a made 45 yard field goal and a punt inside the 20. We are really fortunate with ours.
I remember one of the Nebraska fans pregame lamented their kicking game. Very prescient.
We've had quite a run of kickers and punters over the last four decades that I've been watching. A few years of drought but overall we've managed to generally have that as a strength.
Rooting for Louisville and Michigan today, other than our Illini. I would love to see ND miss out on the playoff. And I want Michigan fans feeling confident before we whoop them in Champaign.
Nebraska might be badā¦.. please stand by..
What a disaster the Nebraska kicking game is
TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
You know Michigan's db's are coming to strip the ball, a lesson we need to see.
Nebraska: the Notre Dame of the B10. Perennially way overrated.
There's still lots of sorting out to do in NCAAF. Our two big wins donāt look that hot right now.
We're a good team. Not sure how good.
Refs: Offensive pass interference on Purdue.
Also Refs: There is no foul for offensive pass interference because the quarterback was beyond the line of scrimmage, making it an illegal pass.
Still more refs: Okay, the quarterback WAS NOT beyond the line of scrimmage, so I guess we'll go with that offensive pass interference thing.
Also Refs: There is no foul for offensive pass interference because the quarterback was beyond the line of scrimmage, making it an illegal pass.
Still more refs: Okay, the quarterback WAS NOT beyond the line of scrimmage, so I guess we'll go with that offensive pass interference thing.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I'm working this afternoon and so not watching games (though monitoring the scores online).
Just looked at NEB @ Purdue. Good Lord. Is this shaping up to be NW @ Illinois c. Sept. 1978? It doesn't appear that Purdue will get the ball back this half and it has less than 100 yards of offense and only four first downs, yet somehow isn't trailing.
Just looked at NEB @ Purdue. Good Lord. Is this shaping up to be NW @ Illinois c. Sept. 1978? It doesn't appear that Purdue will get the ball back this half and it has less than 100 yards of offense and only four first downs, yet somehow isn't trailing.
Dream killers
Freshman QB in his first road game
Nb and Pu wow. A mistake prone game. Does Mich ever play on the road? Mn looks like atypical Mn team. Beat PennState.
I wish I was working. 90 minutes of my life Iāll never get back.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Tonight will tell quite a bit. Good teams win the games you are supposed to, great teams win/steal games when underdogs or a tossup.
The Illini are somewhere between good and great right now, but the potential for great to exceptional is still there based on the next four games.
Maryland 0 points off 3 IU turnovers in the 1st half. Yikes.