Eyewitness reports claiming we had two spies on that play and they ran into each other*
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- next year's defensive coordinator - Poldark Today, 8:24:38
- As bad as it was, still exactly where I thought we would be 5-2, then 5-3. - uofi1998 Today, 7:30:23
- Sounds like Schiano took over the Rutgers defense against Purdue. - opossum jenkins Today, 7:05:58
- The social media whining is exactly what I predicted preseason - GMAW Yesterday, 22:06:53
- Just got back home from the game a little bit ago. Man was that defense painful to watch in person. - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:32:45
- Nothing matters anymore* - timmer Yesterday, 20:41:25
- I think this is the most pissed off I’ve seen Werner* - illini21 Yesterday, 19:48:18
- do we think Henry goes back to coaching DBs if we make a change at DC?* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 19:00:43
- What is Jim Leonhard's phone number? - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 18:57:40
- I realize it’s not realistic but I want what IU and Vandy have. - nash Yesterday, 18:38:11
- Bert saying he may have to get more involved with the defense, particularly on 3rd downs* - OB25 Yesterday, 18:20:54
- didn't Scagnetti say we couldn't stop them on the perimeter of the defense - apusikam Yesterday, 18:09:31
- We have an elite head coach and a really good college QB - GMAW Yesterday, 18:08:51
- Game changing plays and calls went both ways.But our defense just wasn't up to it* - RSMBob Yesterday, 18:06:34
- Henry vs P4 opponents: 29.6 PPG allowed* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 18:03:18
- I'll still take 9 wins* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 17:58:11
- Henry should have been fired on the spot when their QB ran for a first down on 3rd and 18. 2 weeks - voiceofreason Yesterday, 17:55:42
- Defense was absolute trash. * - VIV Yesterday, 17:54:57
- I can't get past the fact they had 2 weeks to prepare and this is what they came up with. On Bret - illini222 Yesterday, 17:51:47
- Yep* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:55:46
- points given up in conference games: 63, 32, 27, 34, 42* - snipes824 Yesterday, 17:51:27
- LOL thanks TO fairy * - jdl Yesterday, 17:49:41
- That last middle finger from the TO fairy is the icing on the cake* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:49:35
- Perfect capper* - illini222 Yesterday, 17:49:29
- Aaron Henry sucks l* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 17:46:12
- the female ref has a decent butt* - bbonb Yesterday, 17:46:05
- two replays with an obscured view* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 17:45:31
- These can't be the only two camera angles they have. Are they trying to save money on equipment? - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 17:45:25
- overran a punt block. crazy* - snipes824 Yesterday, 17:44:16
- sounded like a tip.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 17:43:56
- How is that even possible?* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 17:43:52
- Just more talented and athletic everywhere - Blazer Yesterday, 17:41:26
- lol that we had a spy and he wasn't athletic enough to bring him down* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 17:40:26
- jinx* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:41:45
- 5-3 at this point was my realistic preseason goal. Didn’t think it would be 3 blowouts, but… - OB25 Yesterday, 17:39:50
- Not a great pass * - Mrap24 Yesterday, 17:37:11
- Feel bad for Luke. He can't carry the entire team* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 17:37:09
- have a good evening, everyone * - biclops Yesterday, 17:36:35
- wow that's an incredible catch* - snipes824 Yesterday, 17:35:22
- Have a game Cole Rusk* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:35:05
- Terrible defense* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 17:32:23
- 7 drives - 6 TD’s, 1 stop due to a wide open dropped pass. And even that doesn’t tell the story… - OB25 Yesterday, 17:31:28
- omg with these penalties* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:31:22
- Heard everyone yelling "screen" before the snap - jdl Yesterday, 17:27:56
- This coverage, or lack there of, is hilariously bad* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 17:25:46
- Their best WR is somehow wide open * - jdl Yesterday, 17:25:28
- And again no one within sight of their best WR - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 17:25:20
- Somebody plz cover Boston* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:25:18
- This D sucks out loud. Holy balls. * - illini Yesterday, 17:25:16
- rushing 3 again* - Poldark Yesterday, 17:25:02
- I just don’t know how to square my feelings about all the obvious progress we’ve made under Bert… - OB25 Yesterday, 17:23:20
- Enough with the 15 yard penalties* - shua Yesterday, 17:22:40
- Somebody wanna cover Boston plz* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:21:49
- Should have onside kicked* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 17:21:19
- The defense is sooo trash, the illini are dominating in time of possession* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 17:19:51
- why 2? - apusikam Yesterday, 17:17:40
- me not dead yet.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 17:17:29
- doesn’t matter we aren’t stopping them * - biclops Yesterday, 17:17:23
- ooo - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 17:17:18
- all the shit that gets reviewed and not that? fire the replay ref!* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 17:16:02
- eff right off U-dub fans* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:15:58
- Launch, helmet contact, defenseless. Remove targeting if that's not it* - illini222 Yesterday, 17:14:49
- Boo all you want, that's textbook helmet to helmet - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 17:14:49
- we facemasked him there didn't we?* - apusikam Yesterday, 17:06:32
- So far we have faced the 1, 2, 3, 5, and 15 QBs in the B1G. Our last four are 9, 14, 17, and 18* - biclops Yesterday, 17:05:47
- Eyewitness reports claiming we had two spies on that play and they ran into each other* - OB25 Yesterday, 17:05:35
- That should seal the deal on the Henry era. * - OWWDig Yesterday, 17:02:29
- well, I've seen enough. Just so passive and conservative on defense. sad* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 17:02:20
- Embarrassing* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 17:01:55
- now you play man to man?* - apusikam Yesterday, 17:01:55
- this is tough to take* - snipes824 Yesterday, 17:01:48
- Fuck right off with that 3rd down call Henry* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:01:40
- Wtf. Can't allow that scramble* - opey8 Yesterday, 17:01:40
- Pathetic* - OB25 Yesterday, 17:01:37
- Welp * - ATL Yesterday, 17:01:33
- That should have been PI. Caught a break* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 17:00:55
- Yep - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 17:01:10
- wow no flag* - apusikam Yesterday, 17:00:51
- Dammit, Beatty has to hang on to that - Blazer Yesterday, 16:57:33
- Click. Thanks for nothing guys * - meanjeans Yesterday, 16:57:24
- nobody's made a play today. 2 drops by clement, dropped INT, drop by beatty there - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:56:50
- That has to be caught. Great pass by Luke* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:56:39
- shit that pass was there* - apusikam Yesterday, 16:56:39
- Should have been a catch, I think * - opey8 Yesterday, 16:56:37
- And now it becomes a blowout because of that inexcusable penalty* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:56:13
- Thanks, JC. That's on you for being a fucking idiot - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 16:56:10
- Blouses* - OWWDig Yesterday, 16:55:57
- *slaps knees*. Welp!* - VIV Yesterday, 16:55:56
- welp, that’s a pretty big swing.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 16:55:49
- welp* - biclops Yesterday, 16:55:26
- Good lord* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:55:21
- so dumb.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 16:55:11
- Zook era dumb* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 16:55:05
- Pass didn’t get there but that was a helluva throw by Luke* - Blazer Yesterday, 16:54:24
- Can’t wait for Bert to make yet another passive aggressive comment about Lunney postgame - GMAW Yesterday, 16:46:19
- No luck today at all - Chilango Yesterday, 16:46:01
- The answer was “bad.” - OB25 Yesterday, 16:45:27
- Just an embarrassing defensive effort* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:45:00
- our only stop all game was a dropped pass* - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:44:48
- Kudos for the effort but you can't play safety with one arm* - illini222 Yesterday, 16:44:38
- lol. Aaron Henry should walk home* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 16:44:24
- Somebody wanna cover Boston?* - Blazer Yesterday, 16:44:14
- Just demoralizing to watch when you have no chance to stop anyone* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:44:12
- We can’t cover sh*t* - OWWDig Yesterday, 16:44:07
- We should hire a DC* - bbonb Yesterday, 16:43:38
- Wtf, cover people l* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 16:43:07
- Dammit we gotta get one of those* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:42:15
- come on fairy* - Blazer Yesterday, 16:41:57
- We tackle like old people screw. - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 16:41:56
- damn you fairy * - biclops Yesterday, 16:41:44
- talk about a telegraphed play yikes* - biclops Yesterday, 16:37:42
- Come on. Make the fucking tackle* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 16:37:23
- Another missed opportunity to get a 3rd down stop - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 16:37:13
- could have used that punt recovery * - bbonb Yesterday, 16:35:26
- 2 most not have realized it came loose. Pushed the WR instead of going right after the ball* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:33:35
- Man, two almost turnovers* - Blazer Yesterday, 16:32:57
- Now I’m frustrated. Two huge breaks that don’t go our way* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 16:32:52
- damn. not catching the breaks* - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:32:44
- Guys you fucking have to land on that. At some point there’s gotta be accountability * - meanjeans Yesterday, 16:32:40
- Can’t squander this many opportunities and beat a good team on the road* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 16:32:35
- damn you fairy* - biclops Yesterday, 16:32:24
- damn you fairy* - biclops Yesterday, 16:32:19
- another missed opportunity* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 16:32:12
- I guess now we’re even on dropped pick sixes * - meanjeans Yesterday, 16:31:57
- The Kruetz family throwing the game for their dad's alma mater? discuss* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 16:31:05
- well that was a disheartening series* - biclops Yesterday, 16:30:58
- Clement definitely slipped but still should have caught that* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:30:29
- well crap - apusikam Yesterday, 16:30:00
- We are missing major opportunities * - meanjeans Yesterday, 16:30:00
- Clement can take the rest of the day off thanks* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 16:29:33
- Look at the energy on their sideline versus ours* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 16:26:26
- In about 90 minutes, we are all going to be regretting Kreutz’s failed INT.* - LovetheChief Yesterday, 16:23:48
- the analysis is clear. we can't play the same defense in the second half and win - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:12:32
- Are we decimated with injuries at the LB position?* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:10:00
- Had 2 time outs to run 2 plays* - RSMBob Yesterday, 16:06:58
- The wind has arrived * - assassin Yesterday, 16:06:41
- Happy going in with this score* - Chilango Yesterday, 16:06:37
- You absolutely have to go for points there, WTF?* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:06:06
- wow bret. not good* - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:05:55
- Why, Bert?* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 16:05:54
- WTF Bielema * - biclops Yesterday, 16:05:37
- Good return, but would rather not use 12 seconds there* - Blazer Yesterday, 16:04:31
- Setting aside the trick play, this is just shockingly bad defense. - OB25 Yesterday, 16:04:28
- Just terrible defensive discipline. It was an obvious backwards pass - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:03:39
- pretty obvious trick play.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 16:02:54
- Damn, great execution * - RSMBob Yesterday, 16:02:48
- Fuk. * - harb Yesterday, 16:02:38
- Huge opportunity dropped. Devastating* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 16:02:27
- and not good that bailey stuck out his bad arm.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 16:01:44
- one of those butterfly effect moments* - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:00:54
- potential 14 point swing between a pick 6 and what's going to happen now* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 16:00:42
- Matt Bailey in the locker room. Fucking great* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 16:00:37
- That might have been a playoff spot in our hands right there* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:00:27
- ffs.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 16:00:17
- Oh my* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:00:08
- Ugh* - biclops Yesterday, 15:59:40
- Fvck* - shua Yesterday, 15:59:34
- My god* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:59:32
- Appearance by the turnover fairy would help here* - RSMBob Yesterday, 15:59:14
- The scheme is terrible and the front 7 are pretty terrible as well* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:58:42
- Williams seems a bit loose with the ball. Would love to poke one out* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:58:19
- JFC this prevent defense crap is infuriating - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 15:57:54
- Are we in prevent defense?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 15:57:41
- My god, there are just guys WIDE open* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:55:55
- I could go for a pick 6 here. * - illini Yesterday, 15:55:52
- Wtaf was that decision?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 15:55:25
- Tipped pass would be nice here* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:54:48
- how did this game not end up in a better time slot / network?* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:52:32
- eff ryan walters!* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:51:18
- Ok, d, we can’t let them score here* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:51:06
- Fewest Punts wins?* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 15:51:06
- Lunney in his bag there * - assassin Yesterday, 15:50:49
- Hey, the fight is commendable. And Lunney was brilliant on that drive* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:50:25
- Lunney is winning the battle against Walters right now. They’re being way too aggressive* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:50:24
- What a turn around. Great poise. Do not give up 6 before half* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:50:10
- lol at the uw player thinking he was out.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:50:08
- fuck yeah Alan arkin* - apusikam Yesterday, 15:50:05
- Replay shows that it was an easy PI call. * - harb Yesterday, 15:49:39
- pretty blatant PI* - bbonb Yesterday, 15:48:17
- We could double dip them right now but everything about this game feels off and bad* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:47:22
- these announcers are bad.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:46:51
- The actually penalty was holding Dixon out of his break. * - assassin Yesterday, 15:45:51
- What a terrible PI call in our favor. * - VIV Yesterday, 15:45:28
- Ill take that bad call trade* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 15:45:25
- That’s an awful PI call* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:45:24
- prolly a makeup* - apusikam Yesterday, 15:45:22
- wow. i'd be livid* - snipes824 Yesterday, 15:45:20
- Soft but he did push bowick in the back. Show the other angle* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:45:15
- Make up call* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 15:44:53
- Yep. * - harb Yesterday, 15:45:22
- ball don’t lie.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:44:53
- oh boy that was a gift* - biclops Yesterday, 15:44:52
- Weak ass call. * - harb Yesterday, 15:44:32
- ffs - apusikam Yesterday, 15:44:26
- That’s weak shit* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:44:25
- Soft* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 15:44:23
- ridiculous call.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:44:22
- fuck off with that* - snipes824 Yesterday, 15:44:16
- Oh good kruetz being a dumbass again* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:44:05
- What an idiot* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 15:43:59
- JFC Josh* - ilinni11 Yesterday, 15:43:45
- God dammit kreutz - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 15:43:44
- Kreutz is not nearly good enough to do that much dumb shit. Come the fuck on* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:43:39
- I guess holding jersey is just fine now for DBs* - Chilango Yesterday, 15:43:23
- Please run lots of clock* - shua Yesterday, 15:42:43
- That was a great pass. Gotta catch it. * - harb Yesterday, 15:42:15
- Gotta hold on to that. Absolute dime* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:42:08
- Absolutely have to catch that. Very weak up top* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:41:47
- Can’t trust Valentine* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:39:43
- Didn’t we immediately fall on it even if it was a fumble??* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:39:28
- This Washington defense seems kinda talky and showy for a unit that isn’t very good* - biclops Yesterday, 15:39:00
- How about 2 long drives and we give Washington the ball back down 24-14 midway through the 3Q?* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:37:36
- what is this play where the other team kicks it into the air? Never seen that before * - biclops Yesterday, 15:34:48
- Thanks for the gift.* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:34:42
- There’s a break* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:34:08
- I don’t want to contemplate a world without Luke. Gonna miss him as much as any player… - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:31:13
- did we score too soon?* - bbonb Yesterday, 15:29:07
- ok, henry has to come up with something, because we can win this game* - snipes824 Yesterday, 15:27:30
- man we had to work a lot harder than they did - apusikam Yesterday, 15:27:12
- Well that was the exact drive we needed. Now try something different, Aaron* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:27:01
- Enormous enormous drive. One stop from a real game* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:27:01
- stop running feagin out of the gun. we just had a good short yardage run under center* - snipes824 Yesterday, 15:26:43
- Feagin must change his cleats* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:26:02
- Larry Gies loved that DPI* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:25:17
- terrible spot.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:23:47
- That spot was way short. Should be a 1st down - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 15:23:45
- That’s a terrible spot. Full yard short* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:23:32
- This has been an excellent time-sucking drive so far* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 15:22:23
- We’ll always have the Duke game but I think Tanner Heckel might suck out loud* - illini21 Yesterday, 15:15:22
- An absolute must possession and we run right into the stacked box twice to start it. This sucks* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:15:10
- My prediction is going to age like room temperature raw pork* - Phytynlini Yesterday, 15:15:05
- IU result incoming it seems* - ilinni11 Yesterday, 15:15:04
- What are those 2 play calls immediately after you go down 11. Come on* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:14:39
- We look like we are still on the bus* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 15:14:11
- I’m over the Ryan Walters cam* - biclops Yesterday, 15:13:36
- To this point, no reason to think they can’t score as much as Indiana did. - OB25 Yesterday, 15:12:03
- These teams are not as evenly matched as I assumed* - biclops Yesterday, 15:11:33
- Covering WR might be something we should try* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:10:32
- Just so much easier for them than us* - ab75 Yesterday, 15:10:32
- Going to be a long game. * - harb Yesterday, 15:10:25
- Yuck* - assassin Yesterday, 15:10:05
- Fire Henry now. What an abomination * - bjl63 Yesterday, 15:09:38
- What an embarrassing start for this defense. Rushing four, every WR wide open* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 15:09:33
- Think i’m ready to be done with the Aaron Henry experiment* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:09:19
- Yeah. Gonna need to recruit better players to win a game like this* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:09:05
- TO fairy where are you?* - Chilango Yesterday, 15:07:31
- This defensive gameplan is not great* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 15:07:12
- Rushing 4 and dropping 7 into zone coverage doesn't seem to be working - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 15:07:02
- 2 weeks to come up with the stand and engage DL plan* - illini222 Yesterday, 15:06:55
- Yikes* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:06:54
- with this defense, I wouldn't be accepting 5 yard penalties if we give up less than a yard on the - snipes824 Yesterday, 15:05:27
- You have to decline that penalty.* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:04:57
- Not sure why we accepted that penalty. Give me 2nd and 9 all day* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:04:30
- The talent and speed difference between their O and our D that first drive. I don’t think… - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:01:40
- Absolutely holding or DPI* - Taz Yesterday, 15:00:19
- Not a great play call there* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 14:59:59
- Completely silly play in that situation considering how well we’d moved it* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:59:49
- Hate the fade * - assassin Yesterday, 14:59:45
- Throw the flag ffs* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 14:59:42
- Not a single play for fewer than 7 yards - Blazer Yesterday, 14:52:21
- Yeah* - Taz Yesterday, 14:58:31
- Timid teams lose* - illini222 Yesterday, 14:49:58
- Dog shit* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 14:49:31
- horrible. I get the stay in your lanes thing, but you can't rush like this all game* - snipes824 Yesterday, 14:49:12
- Dammit. Knocked him into the endzone. * - harb Yesterday, 14:49:12
- awful defensive play all the way around.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 14:49:05
- Way to tackle him into the end zone* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 14:49:03
- Williams with two hours to throw* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 14:48:46
- Yeah, this game is over.* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 14:48:40
- Gabe one and one a couple times and generating 0 pressure* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:48:34
- Please hold to FG* - shua Yesterday, 14:48:07
- This always was gonna be a bad matchup. But we’re vapor on defense* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 14:45:10
- All the worst fears about how this could look on defense being realized on this drive so far* - OB25 Yesterday, 14:44:55
- Chunk chunk chunk right down the field. Gonna need to score a bunch today* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 14:44:31
- Whatever we’re doing isn’t it* - GMAW Yesterday, 14:44:13
- Jake Butt* - HeatMizer Yesterday, 14:39:20
- That stadium is much more empty than I thought it would be* - Taz Yesterday, 14:37:19
- So nervy. Huge game* - Taz Yesterday, 14:22:49
- So Durojaiye out and Bailey with a club on his hand. Cool. Cool cool cool* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:18:54
- Brandon Henderson just said he’s planning on coming back next year* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 14:17:59
- Rutgers @ PU was gonna finish under 3 hours; now probably overtime. * - illinijohn Yesterday, 14:03:35
- Sailgating - bjl63 Yesterday, 13:52:59
- Really unfortunate weather forecast* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 11:22:00
- Illinois 38-27. 3+ takeaways. Bret shows Walters who's who and what's what* - Phytynlini Yesterday, 10:07:45
- it's windy* - Poldark Yesterday, 9:59:18
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