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General Category => Halas Hall Football Forum => Topic started by: Reacher on November 15, 2022, 07:25:39 AM
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Anyone got any hope they pull off the huge upset? Or even keep it really interesting?
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I hope they can keep it within 3 touchdowns. Also, I hope we don't fight in the tunnel.
Or if we do, hopefully they're smart enough to have the walk-ons fighting.
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If Danny DeVito can go 10-18 for 100 yards and run for 140, I'm good. Even if we do lose.
Again, some of those incompletions will be dropped passes. And again, we'll probably have penalties go against us.
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If Danny DeVito can go 10-18 for 100 yards and run for 140, I'm good. Even if we do lose.
Again, some of those incompletions will be dropped passes. And again, we'll probably have penalties go against us.
So it’s not an act. You really are this dumb.
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So it’s not an act. You really are this dumb.
Hey not everybody can perform like Mitch Fields in the 4th quarter! Sheesh 😒
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Hey not everybody can perform like Mitch Fields in the 4th quarter! Sheesh 😒
The verdict on your stupidity is in. No need to keep performing for the jury.
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My bad, thought you were Mn. Take about 50% of the intent off that post.
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So it’s not an act. You really are this dumb.
I think dimwit is the term you're looking for. ;D
I'm shattered.
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I think dimwit is the term you're looking for. ;D
I'm shattered.
Dimwit would probably be a promotion for you.
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This thread is off to a really great start.
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This thread is off to a really great start.
Stupid is as stupid does.
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Stupid is as stupid does.
Shouldn't you be focused on the road right now?
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Shouldn't you be focused on the road right now?
Or drinking more… 😁
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Or drinking more… 😁
Or drinking while driving instead of posting? Hmmmm, that would not be good after all either.
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⚠️ The vehicle has left the road. ⚠️
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So Brown apparently avoided "major" injury. I really hope they don't rush him back just l ti get pasted by Michigan.
If we win its because Michigan's offense fails. Need the secondary and d line to play wayyyyyy better than last week.
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Shouldn't you be focused on the road right now?
I don’t post and drive. Much.
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"Sources told ESPN that Brown was "full go" on Thursday and Friday and is healthy for the game at No. 3 Michigan."
ESPN
McCray questionable.
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I don't know why but i have a feeling we keep it close
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My Michigan buddy wants to go watch the game somewhere today. fuck that.
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I think Michigan boat races us. Would be very Illinois to show up after wetting the bed the last two weeks, though.
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Big watch party at the aria sports book should be fun
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What has happened to Shammond Cooper?! He was a big star out of St. Louis and hasn’t seen any tick on this LB crew. Just kind of has disappeared so far.
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I fucking hate Michigan. That was an easy score to start the game. This is probably gonna be a massacre, but please win this.
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I fucking hate Michigan. That was an easy score to start the game. This is probably gonna be a massacre, but please win this.
Looks like the boys came ready to play today...
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Big watch party at the aria sports book should be fun
Say hello to JeffFrank and drink alot.
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"Gusty wind" = Illini are fucked
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Still can't defend screen plays despite seeing it the past 2 weeks. Awesome job, staff
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Still can't defend screen plays despite seeing it the past 2 weeks. Awesome job, staff
Yeah the last 3 weeks that’s the one play that’s killed us and honestly lost us those. Just huge gains in critical situations have killed us.
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And we gotta get stops on third down because that’s been killing us too. That was a nice one there we got.
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Yeah the last 3 weeks that’s the one play that’s killed us and honestly lost us those. Just huge gains in critical situations have killed us.
Yeah I'm surprised that he didn't score on that play looks like he ran out of gas
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Wish I was sharing a bloomin’ onion with Jeff Frank in Vegas right now
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Screen plays might be Ryan Walters kryptonite 😂
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Throw the ball downfield with the wind at your back dimwits
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Wish I was sharing a bloomin’ onion with Jeff Frank in Vegas right now
QAnon97 will have to take your place
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QAnon97 will have to take your place
They're sharing a room ?
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Throw the ball downfield with the wind at your back dimwits
This.
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Defense has been decent and doing their job since that first drive. Offense needs to step up. Why the fuck do we keep running the ball on 1st down straight into a stacked box?! Like what the fuck it’s a wasted down.
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Now the wind at Michigan’s back. Watch out. No idea why we didn’t try to pass with that wind. Completely wasted opportunity.
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Defense has been decent and doing their job since that first drive. Offense needs to step up. Why the fuck do we keep running the ball on 1st down straight into a stacked box?! Like what the fuck it’s a wasted down.
At least Bielema is no longer "trash"
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At least Bielema is no longer "trash"
Baby steps.
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Must want to be on the Bear with the drop
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Wow a fucking terrible drop by Scott. Just fucking terrible. That’s a TD
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I dont think the wind impacts our passing game much. We don't throw deep.
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Baby steps.
But you shouldn't call people names at the same time you call someone a fucktard
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But you shouldn't call people names at the same time you call someone a fucktard
😔
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Challenge that spot, that’s terrible
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Challenge that spot, that’s terrible
I'll agree with that
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I'll agree with that
Oh 3rd and 4th down they were both bad spots.
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Take the points
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Lunney has got to call better plays.
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Kicking fgs won't win this game
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You absolutely go for this. You don’t get it and lose, so be it. Mn is right, FG won’t win you this game.
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Kicking fgs won't win this game
Take down 7 3 at this point
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Well disciplined there
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I'll take it
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I'll take it
Yep after that false start you kick. I’m good with it.
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Especially with us getting the ball at half.
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You absolutely go for this. You don’t get it and lose, so be it. Mn is right, FG won’t win you this game.
That dropped pass hurt.
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Scouting report says do illegal defense signaling/ shifting against Illinois 4th and short refs will never call anything
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Scouting report says do illegal defense signaling/ shifting against Illinois 4th and short refs will never call anything
Seems that way
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Witherspoon needs to calm down after he makes a play. Gonna get a stupid penalty afterwards. Nip that shit now Bielema!
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Need to force a TO here
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That was coming out
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Corum is hurt. Challenge that fumble! We recovered!
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That’s our ball!!!
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Seems that way
The guy who has played 9 million games should know better. Happened last week as well.
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That’s our ball!!!
Yes
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Guys. The knee is what's important.
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Just sucks we weren’t able to advance that ball on the recovery.
IF these fucking refs don’t screw us over here. That’s 100% a fumble!
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Just sucks we weren’t able to advance that ball on the recovery.
IF these fucking refs don’t screw us over here. That’s 100% a fumble!
I'm not sure Newton would get very far tho. Lol
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Advance the ball offense. Quit playing to run the clock and get to halftime. Be aggressive!
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What are we doing here? I don't get this
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Don't be morons. 7-3 at the half is fine.
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Take a knee fucktardz
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Weird finish to the half. Score out of half and we have the lead. I’m cool with 7-3 at half.
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But you shouldn't call people names at the same time you call someone a fucktard
Your logic is also pretty suspect at times, Mr. lawyer.
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Your logic is also pretty suspect at times, Mr. lawyer.
You appear to be allergic to facts!
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I feel like one of you should’ve used fucktard somewhere in that exchange…
Or at least dimwit.
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Another issue with the Michigan tunnel coming out at halftime.
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Lunney is as allergic to throwing the ball downfield as Tempo is to facts
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1st down, run the ball straight up the middle. How predictable!
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Great start to the 2d half
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What a horrible punt. He had a running lane and could’ve picked up the 1st down instead of kicking it.
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They better be twisting his knee
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Be a nice time to hold the ball for a while.
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How is that not PI on Michigan?!
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Hate fades, but he had him there
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Nice drive here. Need a TD from this.
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TD!!!
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Fuck yeah!!
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Back to even. Good drive.
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nice drive
Brown just barely got that 3rd and 1, but this season in large part is tarnished by how we've done on 3rd and 4th and 1, especially near the goal line
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Back to even. Good drive.
Throwing the ball downfield a couple of times helps open up the run.
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Throwing the ball downfield a couple of times helps open up the run.
Never doubt ThePAMan!
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Throwing the ball downfield a couple of times helps open up the run.
I hate the fade too. Looks like we had a game plan to get to the 4th in good shape. Didn't want to be too risky early.
Need a stop here.
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Missed opportunity there in 3rd and 5
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Another fucking screen
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Witherspoon might just be a top-10 pick in the NFL draft. Dayum! 😳
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Never doubt ThePAMan!
I wish I was wrong about Fields and the damned screen passes
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Another fucking screen
I was gonna say that’s what they’d call before it happened!! How do you not know that’s coming?!
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Witherspoon might just be a top-10 pick in the NFL draft. Dayum! 😳
He has laid some wood this series
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Catch the ball there Bailey
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Watch the screen pass!!!!!!!
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There's the stop.
Time for a drive.
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Caught a break there. Whew
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There's the stop.
Time for a drive.
Somehow no flag there.
Let's do this.
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You appear to be allergic to facts!
You wouldn’t argue in a court of law that calling someone a dimwit or fucktard is equivalent to baselessly calling them a racist, would you?
I picture this place much like the basement at Red’s house in that 70s Show. Calling someone a dimwit or fucktard is in bounds. Randomly calling them racist for no reason isn’t.
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Wow. Busted play and nice catch by Washington
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A bend, don't break, defense.
Playing with the #3 team at their house.
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You wouldn’t argue in a court of law that calling someone a dimwit or fucktard is equivalent to baselessly calling them a racist, would you?
I picture this place much like the basement at Red’s house in that 70s Show. Calling someone a dimwit or fucktard is in bounds. Randomly calling them racist for no reason isn’t.
They weren't calling you racist. It was a joke.
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You wouldn’t argue in a court of law that calling someone a dimwit or fucktard is equivalent to baselessly calling them a racist, would you?
I picture this place much like the basement at Red’s house in that 70s Show. Calling someone a dimwit or fucktard is in bounds. Randomly calling them racist for no reason isn’t.
Anti-Semitic, not racist. Duh
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TD!!!!
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Never doubt ThePAMan!
The same guy who says you diddle your daughter?
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Anti-Semitic, not racist. Duh
I wasn't going to bother correcting that, but yes.
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The same guy who says you diddle your daughter?
I shouldn't have said that. Was trying to push his buttons. Sorry, Judge Judy.
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Holy shit!!!!!!!!
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YES
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They weren't calling you racist. It was a joke.
That’s just dumb. It’s not a “joke.” It’s just stupidity. And maliciousness.
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It’s all good we were all just joking. I’m too happy we’re leading Michigan to fucking care about stupid shit!!
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I shouldn't have said that. Was trying to push his buttons. Sorry, Judge Judy.
All good though, right?
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Are they good at football again?
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That’s just dumb. It’s not a “joke.” It’s just stupidity. And maliciousness.
We get that TD and this is what you post? dork
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That’s just dumb. It’s not a “joke.” It’s just stupidity. And maliciousness.
They were kidding around and everyone knew it....no one thinks you are racist or anti-Semitic
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All good though, right?
That's up to Judge Judy.
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Michigan receivers look like they're hearing footsteps
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We get that TD and this is what you post? dork
It is all about Tempo, Murph
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You guys done yet ?
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All good though, right?
Yes, carry on. Illini are beating Michigan at Michigan. Be happy!
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You guys done yet ?
That's a rhetorical question, right?
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We get that TD and this is what you post? dork
Yay, team?
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That's a rhetorical question, right?
Now that’s pretty funny.
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Yes, carry on. Illini are beating Michigan at Michigan. Be happy!
He can't be happy as not everyone here thinks Fields is a SuperBowl QB.
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Sending good vibes to the Wildcats...
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Yeah, it’s cool they are winning at Michigan. Would be amazing had they not wet the bed at home last two weeks.
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He can't be happy as not everyone here thinks Fields is a SuperBowl QB.
Don’t believe I’ve made that case yet. Keep trying though.
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Sending good vibes to the Wildcats...
They are hanging in there somehow. Though Purdue has a chance to score here
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Don’t believe I’ve made that case yet. Keep trying though.
It's called hyperbole. Though it is not far off....
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How we never get a PI call
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Shit
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That’s fucking PI!!!!!
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JFC
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It's called hyperbole. Though it is not far off....
Oh, you mean a straw man…
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Oh, you mean a straw man…
Hyperbole. Look it up Big10Tempo
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Is that fake fair catch call kind of like the fake slide? Complete bullshit!
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Screen pass time
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We'll take it.
That was borderline fair catch/no fair catch.
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Don't fuck up the return here.
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Need offense to step it up here.
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Need some points to make it a two score game.
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2 top 5 teams and we took care of 1 last night and up on the other one.
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did they ever mention the answer to the trivial question - which illinois RB had the most yards vs Michigan?
I was thinking maybe Red Grange.
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did they ever mention the answer to the trivial question - which illinois RB had the most yards vs Michigan?
I was thinking maybe Red Grange.
Rocky Harvey?!
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Dadgumit
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Need a stop again.
Not a fan of the pass to the end zone on 1st down.
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Defense! Defense! Defense!
Please let us have this moment/win for us Illini fans!
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did they ever mention the answer to the trivial question - which illinois RB had the most yards vs Michigan?
I was thinking maybe Red Grange.
You are correct. 212 yards and 6 TDs in 1924
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I've seen this movie before.
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I've seen this movie before.
And I didn’t like the ending.
-Taylor Swift song called Exile featuring Bon Iver.
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LFG
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Atta boy Witherspoon! Hold em again and again.
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dammit
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His knee was down when he touched the ball
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Not letting guys go wide open would be nice
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hopefully Bielema is having a discussion with the refs
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Challenge?!
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hopefully Bielema is having a discussion with the refs
He can drop the flag?
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Didn't look like it
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I'd kick it
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C'mon D
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I'd kick it
I might too. Tough call.
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Pick 6 would be sweet
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Fuck
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Dodged one again.
Need a 3:14 drive
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Phew
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Offense just this one drive please.
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chase time
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Chase could punch his ticket to NYC with a couple good runs here.
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We dodged like every single bullet in that gun. Holy crap!
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Looks like a lot of empty seats. Lol.
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Play action throw long
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watch the onside
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Holy shit we're still up with 3 left at Michigan. We might help add Harbaugh to the list of coaches we drive out.
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Jesus two runs up the gut
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Looks like a lot of empty seats. Lol.
Sure doesn't look like a sell out. Surprising.
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Holding of course
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What a crap flag. Would have been 4th and 1
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Here comes the shank
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What a crap flag. Would have been 4th and 1
It was a hold Weasel Voice
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I think I’m gonna puke lol
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C'mon men, tough D
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That was a pick play but they didn’t call it
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There it goes, pass interference.
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That offensive PI, fuck that!
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No catch.
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No catch.
It is irrelevant. McDonough was right about that.
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And here’s the nut punch. What the fuck?! That’s definitely no catch
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No catch.
incomplete.
You gotta be horse shitting me.
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Too bad. This should help our bowl selection tho.
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Why not call OT there?
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So fucking Illinois
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It is irrelevant. McDonough was right about that.
Yardage, yes. It stopped the clock tho.
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Heartbreaker.
But damn what great coach Bielema is. Top 5 team on the road and Illinois right there with them to the end.
Gonna destroy NW next week.
PAMan gonna be banned after they lose.
Enjoy your last week here Cancer. Cuz yo ass is gone
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Yardage, yes. It stopped the clock tho.
If it was incomplete, they would have added time to the clock
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Heartbreaker.
But damn what great coach Bielema is. Top 5 team on the road and Illinois right there with them to the end.
Gonna destroy NW next week.
PAMan gonna be banned after they lose.
Enjoy your last week here Cancer. Cuz yo ass is gone
Hahaha. Fucking WEASEL VOICED guy who weasels on bets. I'd call you a cuck but you would actually have a girlfriend or a wife. You are a fucking lonely loser. Go beat off to Trump, cock sucker.
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So Illinois. Makes me fucking sick.
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Well that was a blue balls nut punch.
Still more ticked about Indiana and Purdue. We had a 10-2 season lined up with how dumb the west is and shat it.
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WE ALL GOT 1 MORE WEEK OF THE CANCER PAMAN.
THEN BITCH YOU ARE BANNED!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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That was brutal.
5 maybe 6 chances to finish the game and we went 0-6
That last possession of ours (with 3 left) was awful, Webberesque
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Lunney fucked us with that predictable play calling on the last possession. What a coward.
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It is irrelevant. McDonough was right about that.
We would have had another 15 seconds, I guess.
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If it was incomplete, they would have added time to the clock
It was ruled on the field as a catch.
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WE ALL GOT 1 MORE WEEK OF THE CANCER PAMAN.
THEN BITCH YOU ARE BANNED!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
If you weren't such a weasel voiced pathetic loser, this whole bit could be comical.
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It was ruled on the field as a catch.
Yes, and then they would have spiked the ball instead of that crappy play
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We would have had another 15 seconds, I guess.
Probably
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Illinois has the worst special teams in the entire conf.
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And that’s why I stopped emotionally investing in Illini football during the Tim Beckman era.
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And that’s why I stopped emotionally investing in Illini football during the Tim Beckman era.
Lou Tepper didn't do it for you?
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I remember losing big to Michigan, home and away.
Today we looked like a good team vs the #3 team at their house.
Went to the last possession.
We had chances. Learn from this.
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I remember losing big to Michigan, home and away.
Today we looked like a good team vs the #3 team at their house.
Went to the last possession.
We had chances. Learn from this.
Would have been nice if they played to win that last offensive series. That was cowardly BS Wisconsin-like football there
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I never fully recovered from Jim Valek and Gary Moeller. At least we had Larry Stewart and Ray Eliot on the radio.
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Just like taking the points, you try to run the clock out.
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Just like taking the points, you try to run the clock out.
You needed a first down or 3.
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Would have been nice if they played to win that last offensive series. That was cowardly BS Wisconsin-like football there
Again, dropped passes. Again, penalties that hurt.
We didn't back down and gave them a 40 minute ball game.
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Again, dropped passes. Again, penalties that hurt.
We didn't back down and gave them a 40 minute ball game.
True and true. But you had the ball with 3 min to go and knew you needed at least one first down at a minimum.
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True and true. But you had the ball with 3 min to go and knew you needed at least one first down at a minimum.
Yep. Michigan has a good defense. Lunney hasn't faced defenses this good.
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Man that just makes me sick to my stomach.
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Man that just makes me sick to my stomach.
Chill.
We lost to the team leading the country in scoring defense, allowing 11, and scored 17.
We lost to a team averaging 41 per game. We held them to 19.
We had chances.
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Chill.
We lost to the team leading the country in scoring defense, allowing 11, and scored 17.
We lost to a team averaging 41 per game. We held them to 19.
We had chances.
Just the way it happens, it’s so Illinois.
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https://twitter.com/bretbielema/status/1594096248700665856?s=46&t=vanFVWVE018aRqUp9wTNgQ
Jesus Christ. B1G rigged this game.
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https://twitter.com/bretbielema/status/1594096248700665856?s=46&t=vanFVWVE018aRqUp9wTNgQ
Jesus Christ. B1G rigged this game.
The tennis guy noticed the pick.
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https://twitter.com/bretbielema/status/1594096248700665856?s=46&t=vanFVWVE018aRqUp9wTNgQ
Jesus Christ. B1G rigged this game.
Well that and the phantom pass interference and the bullshit catch and we'll you get the point
No way the "TV people" would let a top 3 match-up rivalry game not happen next week
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https://twitter.com/bretbielema/status/1594096248700665856?s=46&t=vanFVWVE018aRqUp9wTNgQ
Jesus Christ. B1G rigged this game.
At some point he will realize he is the coach of the Illinois football team and this is how it usually goes.
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Watch out for some shenanigans here at the end of the Maryland o$U game
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And those “heroes” happen to be the officials…
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35061700/heroes-help-no-3-michigan-illinois-remain-unbeaten
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The tennis guy noticed the pick.
“ Offensive players may not initiate a block one yard beyond the line of scrimmage and then have a pass thrown that crosses the line of scrimmage. If an offensive player blocks downfield before the ball is thrown and the pass crosses the line of scrimmage, it is offensive pass interference”
Seems clear cut. But I can also say after watching it a few times that Sydney Brown was way out of position. He needed to be far closer to the line playing press and with inside leverage then you force the Michigan player to get behind you towards the sidelines and make McCarthy hit a tough throw. He was already way too far off him at the snap even with the mich guy clearing out the other defender
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We got lucky on some calls too.
We had a lot of success running the ball to the outside in the second half. Still don’t know why we ran it up the gut twice on the critical drive where we could have salted the game away. We just made it way too easy on them.
A lot of people here (percentage wise, not actually many people because there are like 12 of us) have been unhappy with Lunney. I’m on the fence. I think we’ve ran a lot of really good plays this year when we were rolling. Where I’d just smile and say, “Wow what a play call.” There have also been times we’ve been very vanilla and predictable. Especially in the red zone.
The one major gripe I have with the “throw it deep” crew is that our WR corps is only above MAC level because Isaiah Williams is on it, and while he can make big plays with his speed and athleticism, he’s a midget and doesn’t have great hands. He’s not a deep threat against B1G level secondaries.
The next best playmaker, Pat Bryant, hasn’t been right in weeks. Hightower is big and strong enough to go up and get a contested ball but almost never has separation. Washington is just a guy. Our TE group is slow as molasses and super stud Luke Ford is a complete non-factor. Daniel Barker, for all his issues, would have had a hell of a year here if he’d have stayed, and we’d probably have a couple more wins to show for it.
The last piece of the “why don’t we throw it deep” puzzle is TDV. The guy is money rifling the ball on crossing routes and throws in the flat (eat your heart out, PAMan) but just doesn’t have any touch on deep routes, fades, or any time he has to drop a ball into a spot. TDV throwing fades this year has, to my recollection, been a waste of a down 100% of the time. And other than Hightower we don’t even have anyone to try and throw them to. I think the closest we came to that type of play all year against P5 competition was the double catch Hightower had against IU that was ruled incomplete.
While it’s enormously frustrating to have now lost 4 very winnable games, it’s also refreshing to see how much we’ve gotten out of a very thin roster with some really glaring talent deficiencies. And that’s a testament to the scheme and coaching and hiding vulnerabilities. Was talking to my buddy in Chicago tonight and he nailed it when he said, “I’m just glad to see Illinois laying the wood to receivers, the announcers kept talking about Michigan dropping passes, but those motherfuckers were hearing footsteps.”
Disappointing losses aside I like the smashmouth brand of football we’ve played this year and the second half of last year. I’ve seen sooo many soft Illinois teams over the years and once Bielema came in this team took on an identity that even if we lose, the other team is damn sure going to know they played a football game. We’ve lost four games and none by more than a score. That’s a lot of progress in two seasons compared to where we were.
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We got lucky on some calls too.
We had a lot of success running the ball to the outside in the second half. Still don’t know why we ran it up the gut twice on the critical drive where we could have salted the game away. We just made it way too easy on them.
A lot of people here (percentage wise, not actually many people because there are like 12 of us) have been unhappy with Lunney. I’m on the fence. I think we’ve ran a lot of really good plays this year when we were rolling. Where I’d just smile and say, “Wow what a play call.” There have also been times we’ve been very vanilla and predictable. Especially in the red zone.
The one major gripe I have with the “throw it deep” crew is that our WR corps is only above MAC level because Isaiah Williams is on it, and while he can make big plays with his speed and athleticism, he’s a midget and doesn’t have great hands. He’s not a deep threat against B1G level secondaries.
The next best playmaker, Pat Bryant, hasn’t been right in weeks. Hightower is big and strong enough to go up and get a contested ball but almost never has separation. Washington is just a guy. Our TE group is slow as molasses and super stud Luke Ford is a complete non-factor. Daniel Barker, for all his issues, would have had a hell of a year here if he’d have stayed, and we’d probably have a couple more wins to show for it.
The last piece of the “why don’t we throw it deep” puzzle is TDV. The guy is money rifling the ball on crossing routes and throws in the flat (eat your heart out, PAMan) but just doesn’t have any touch on deep routes, fades, or any time he has to drop a ball into a spot. TDV throwing fades this year has, to my recollection, been a waste of a down 100% of the time. And other than Hightower we don’t even have anyone to try and throw them to. I think the closest we came to that type of play all year against P5 competition was the double catch Hightower had against IU that was ruled incomplete.
While it’s enormously frustrating to have now lost 4 very winnable games, it’s also refreshing to see how much we’ve gotten out of a very thin roster with some really glaring talent deficiencies. And that’s a testament to the scheme and coaching and hiding vulnerabilities. Was talking to my buddy in Chicago tonight and he nailed it when he said, “I’m just glad to see Illinois laying the wood to receivers, the announcers kept talking about Michigan dropping passes, but those motherfuckers were hearing footsteps.”
Disappointing losses aside I like the smashmouth brand of football we’ve played this year and the second half of last year. I’ve seen sooo many soft Illinois teams over the years and once Bielema came in this team took on an identity that even if we lose, the other team is damn sure going to know they played a football game. We’ve lost four games and none by more than a score. That’s a lot of progress in two seasons compared to where we were.
Yep.
We had 3 star receivers going against 5 star dbs. That's a tough ask.
We have really missed Bryant.
And it was the same at the other positions also. It's a testament to the players and the coaches that we played the game we did yesterday.
RIP Marilyn.
The Hoosier loss hurt us, as did the Rutgers loss last year. Gotta win those games, but we're generally competitive against good teams/programs again. Say what you want about the gofs, xxxx and Wisco this year but we beat all 3.
Were you talking to anyone that I know ? Lol.
Re: I hear there is a football game Saturday 11/19
« Reply #125 on: November 19, 2022, 01:37:26 PM »
Michigan receivers look like they're hearing footsteps
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Custard, you have to throw the ball down field occasionally, even if it doesn't work, as it helps open things up underneath and for the run. We saw it happen yesterday in the 2d half.