Grape Julius

Turnover or bust. No way they have 4 straight incompletions against this D.

Oh thank god. This will give Tommy a chance to drive the team down the field with some crisp passing from the shotgun.

Is there ANY amount of time where a lead is safe with this team? We should have scored with 7 seconds or less on the clock.

I'd give my left arm for a pick 6 right here.

Defense has the season in its hands right here. Can they play like Nebraska for 3 minutes and put this game away?

OH...my...God.

At no point did I have any confidence that we were going to stop Illinois on that last drive. No confidence that anyone was going to step up and make a play, no confidence that Banker was going to make a timely adjustment and create a turnover. That's where we're at now--where giving the other team a chance for a final drive feels like a loss before they even break the first huddle.

I made it known I was a gigantic Riley supporter.

 

Honeymoon is over for me.

 

You CANNOT lose games like this. This is two games out of five already where the coaches have lost games. Not the players, but simply the coaches by just horrendous game management and playcalling.

This, I guess.

I like Riley a lot and really wanted him to succeed here. The man is a first class individual in every way. But you just can not, can NOT lose games like this--no ifs, ands, or buts. There is absolutely NO REASON why this Husker team is suddenly less talented than the fricking Illini or why Tim Beckman's substitute teacher is suddenly outcoaching us.

I feel like throwing up. That was a pathetic display of football from start to finish. And our defense doesn't seem any better than it did against BYU--only the gross incompetence of Illinois football held it to a 1 point loss.

This might have been the worst football game I've ever seen. At least Melvin Gordon was a talented player and Wisconsin a good team. But WTF was this??

This is absolutely pathetic. Disgusting. And inexcusable.

You can almost hear Matt Davison biting his tongue on the broadcast. That was godawful.

Hey, maybe we're like a poor man's 2002 Ohio State--they won ugly all season long, too. In fact, maybe this is exactly what Jim Tressel--once the coaching hire of choice-- would be doing with this particular group of Huskers.

Or, maybe that's a deeply flawed comparison.

Don't the visitiors usually sit behind the visiotr sideline? This is marked on stub hub. Also shown on their (Minny's) website.

No, not usually. Many (most?) teams stick the opposing fans in the worst seats possible--a far corner of the upper deck, etc.

What happens to these kids - they seem to lose track of the game. Our team should be fired up to win this game. They are flat footed. Standing around scratching buts.

Post game discipline should include not getting to wear all-white uniforms for Minnesota if they don't play with a little more heart to finish this game.

Running the ball can help establish passing the ball. So why not try running the ball a little more?

You know, that's so crazy, it just might work. Especially since Tommy doesn't look like he's on top of his game today.

The 250 Illini fans in the stadium are really letting the refs have it--giving them the mildly perturbed hissing of a lifetime.

I am incredibly frustrated.

BYU game--chalked it up to a fluke. Miami game--tough draw on the road with new coaches, new scheme.

But Illinois??

Coach Riley--hopefully you'll read this board at halftime and realize that you can not, CAN NOT, lose to the Illini today. Just can't do it. There is NO way that Illinois has more talent than the Huskers; therefore, no excuse will be acceptable. Read this board, and then go coach the guys to a 4 touchdown win in the second half. You can thank me later in your presser.

Anyone buy from the university and know the section numbers? I'm trying to buy tickets online and want to sit with Husker fans.

It's insane that StubHub just can not seem to find any way to differentiate whether or not listed tickets fall within a visiting team's section. You'd think that would be something that would be important to fans buying tickets to support either team.

Iowa fans talking about fudging attendance numbers. That's rich.

You should do a little investigative history into how your own 4 year streak sellout streak ended between 2003 and 2007. Something about the attendance number at Kinnick always being listed at the exact same number between renovations despite the addition and subtraction of a few hundred seats during 2 different seasons.

Of course, the moment Iowa stopped being any kind of threat to join the upper echelon of college football (I.e., right after they followed up a win over LSU with 18 losses over the next 3 seasons), Iowa fans quickly and predictably lost interest in keeping Kinnick filled.

Meanwhile, we'll continue trucking along here at Nebraska--arguing, moaning, fire-breathing, and yes, cheering. AND supporting our team by showing up on Saturdays--win or lose--the same way we have since the 60s.

In summary, thanks kindly for the interest, Herky. But we'll manage.

Way to eek out a win today fellas. Rest up and get ready for conference play. Banker go to YouTube and find a new defense to run please.

Maybe he could fire up Madden 16 and just do practice mode against "4 verticals" for the next couple weeks. Try some different formations and stuff.

That was some of the worst fun I've ever had.

Conference USA refs?

Well, at least we're not Purdue. Good Lord, Boilers.

I want bama

Yeah, I wish we were playing Southern Bama again today, too. Apparently scheduling that scary good Southern Miss passing game OOC was a mistake.

Awful. From a horrific run defense last year to the most godawful pass coverage I've ever seen.