IU @ Illinois 12pm kick and 11am central time.

[TheWatShot]

We're immune to takeaways. Seriously, how many turnovers have we forced this year? It feels like we average less than 1 a game.

[TheWatShot]

Now they'll probably get a huge gain on 3rd down.

[LIHoosier]

Threw it to Cobbs for the TD. Thank goodness.

[LIHoosier]

Egad, a takeaway! Tom Allen's going to Disney World!

[TheWatShot]

How do you hold and still manage to lose 5 yards?

[LIHoosier]

Holding penalty, there's goes burning the clock

[LIHoosier]

Illinois uses back to back timeouts without the ball being snapped. I hope Lovie never leaves.

[LIHoosier]

Another takeaway! Allen's going to Disney Land too!

[Brass Cannon]

That Maryland game is so frustrating. Could be one win away. 

[TheWatShot]

It's a win. Wins are good.

[DChoosier]

35 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:

Sudfeld had legit NFL talent, Tevin Coleman, Jordan Howard and a hell of an offensive line. Lagow has zero NFL talent, no rb's and a mediocre at best OLine.

Would have been nice if Sudfeld had this years defense when he played.  The offense was fun to watch, and had talent as you noted, but his defenses were horrific.  Week after week of watching teams convert on 3rd and 19, 3rd and 15, 90 yard drives etc etc.

We are not good yet again but it has been refreshing to actually see us force a number of three and outs this year.  

[LIHoosier]

 

[DChoosier]

CTA gets his first Big Ten win against a tough opponent 

(well, at least half of that statement is true).

[mdn82]

2 more to piss off IU fans please.


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[HoosierAloha]

Two bad teams but we were not the best worst team! Yay for Ill!! CTA first B1G win


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[GnarlyNormEllenberger]

A few thoughts on this one...

- First and foremost, we got the win. And it was an important one. Of course, we needed it to keep our bowl hopes alive. But every bit as important (if not moreso) is the fact that we showed we're not the worst team in the Big Ten. I know that sounds pathetic. But if we lost this game, I think it pretty much would have erased any sort of progress we made during the Wilson era and we'd have to climb ourselves out of the Big Ten basement yet again. So yeah, winning this one was huge from a perception standpoint.

- Illinois is just not a good team right now. They are more beat up than we are. Did I see correctly their O-Line starts 3 freshmen? They really have no stability at any position. They have no consistency at QB. Their defense is better, but still nothing special. They're just a poor team.

- The final stats make me feel better than the final score. We out-gained them by a lot. Won first downs, 22-10. Won the time of possession by 10 minutes. Kudos to our defensive coaches exploiting their O-Line to the tune of SEVEN sacks. We kept their running game in-check. Held them to less than 300 yards. We were able to move the ball better this week and had some semblance of a running game. Won the TO battle. How we only won 24-14 is what bothers me.

- Lagow was Lagow. He is what he is at this point. I hate that we seem to put so much responsibility on him, but it's not like our O-Line or running game is anywhere near consistent enough to carry the load. Illinois was clearly scared of our WRs, so that allowed our RBs to haul in 10 catches for 93 yards. Hey, you take what you can get. Still, 289 yards on 48 pass attempts isn't great.

- So where does this leave us? Can we win out? I mean, yeah. But am I confident? No. Our defense is gonna have to lead the way. Very pleased with the efforts by our front seven today. We'll need that the rest of the year. We'll also need a couple of our DB's (names have been omitted to protect the guilty) to step it up in pass coverage because that was exposed some today. But they are good enough to stop Rutgers and Purdue. And we'll need them to because our offense has never looked in-sync or been able to score points with any consistency this year. Maybe we're saving the best for last.

I keep hoping the light will finally "come on" this year...

[Brass Cannon]

Didn't Wilson and Creans first big ten win come against Illinois also?

[JSHoosier]

3 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

You were very wrong on Ramsey. 

He's made too many nice throws downfield to say he can't do it, he had a nearly perfect pass downfield against Maryland(?).  Definitely not something you want him doing regularly, and he absolutely needs to work on passing.  I don't even think Ramsey is that good of an option at the moment; just that he has potential while Lagow sucks and hasn't improved at all.

No, Ramsey can't make some of the throws Lagow (sometimes) can.  Yes, Ramsey needs to work on his passing and his touch.  No, he shouldn't be asked to throw downfield with regularity.  You know who else shouldn't be asked to throw downfield regularly?  Lagow.  Lagow can sometimes, keyword 'sometimes' make a great downfield throw; more often than Ramsey even, but not often enough to play in favor of Ramsey because his accuracy and decision making are far too questionable.

[LIHoosier]

28 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Didn't Wilson and Creans first big ten win come against Illinois also?

IU beat Iowa in '09

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

IU beat Iowa in '09

Maybe his first ranked win