Illinois - What Did We Learn

[presidentjlh]

2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Four red zone trips in 2nd half and we came away with 3 points.  Woof

 

2 15 yard penalties

2 lost fumbles

1 missed FG

74 (approximately) false starts

 

The ultimate “piss me off” was that needless hit on that Illini defender on the ground. Absolutely pointless.

[JJ Husker]

I learned what happened to Mangino. Bielema ate him.

[Red Five]

Let us never speak of the last 3 mins of the 1st half. 

[ColoradoHusk]

You all may want style points, but I don’t care how NU got a win this week. It was very ugly, but let’s just win and move on. 

[Mavric]

6 minutes ago, DefenderAO said:

We're not beating Purdue

 

Well .... you said the same thing about this game.

 

When we were up 17-0

[ColoradoHusk]

I actually feel bad for Satterfield when his players have trouble executing simple play calls. 

[Red Five]

I want to see what Sims can do against NW

[DefenderAO]

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Well .... you said the same thing about this game.

 

When we were up 17-0

 

It was 0-0 with them driving down our throats first drive.

 

I'll take the present.

[SouthLincoln Husker]

17 minutes ago, secretasianman said:

Where are 3 more wins? 
Northwestern, Purdue and who.. ?

Mich. St

[KCBuc]

Grant should try a new position- like janitor. 

[ColoradoHusk]

Just now, DefenderAO said:

 

It was 0-0 with them driving down our throats first drive.

 

I'll take the present.

The D adjusted to what Illinois did in that first drive and shut them down for over 3/4 of the game. 

[Red Five]

 

 

[UniversalMartin]

I learned my "the universe is just out to get me" thinking on Husker football...might...might...be taking a turn for the positive. Legit thought we were going to absolutely blow this game, 100% thought "s#!t!!"...but we made plays, something we obviously lacked over the years, even the O showed, at least for me, some "structure" overall (minus the TO's), they just seemed more intentional.

 

100% could be a bi-product of Illinois being s#!tty...but it seemed more than just that, which is a good thing.

[ColoradoHusk]

For the past 5 years under Frost, teams played for NU to make the mistakes which cost NU the games. Now, tonight, NU relied on the other team making mistakes.

 

I agree that NU didn’t play well, but NU won. That’s all I care about. 

[Scofrosghost]

It felt like we were losing even though we were winning. The upside is this team was able to hold on for the win. Last few teams would have found a way to lose that one.