maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 10:02 AM
Pepto Bismol is ready.
Let's do this.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 10:12 AM
I feel 100% better about this team already.
Why?
The orange pants are back!!!
RS57
Oct 24 2009, 10:17 AM
At least this team is consistent. A train wreck;week after week. Add the name Chip Kelly(Cincy) to the coaching change wish list. But why would he want to leave, except for the challenge( make Illinois a constant Top-20 team and you would be a football legend) and a big pile of money. And of course the team is off to its' usual offensive juggernaut start.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 10:18 AM
Dear Daniel Dufrene, Jason Ford, Troy Pollard, and Justin Green,
Grab some pine.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 10:19 AM
QUOTE (RS57 @ Oct 24 2009, 11:17 AM)

A train wreck;week after week. Add the name Chip Kelly(Cincy) to the coaching change wish list.
You're thinking of Brian Kelly, Chip Kelly is the guy who is letting the guy who punched someone in the face back on the team.
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 10:20 AM
Now go force another punt.
RS57
Oct 24 2009, 10:20 AM
What is this? A big play not called back by a penalty, do the wonders never cease.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 10:20 AM
Purdue is super flat. We are sloppy but energized. We should win this game.
RS57
Oct 24 2009, 10:22 AM
Thank you Parrot, it's getting so you can't tell the Kelly's without a scorecard. He probably wouldn't be a bad coaching thought either.
Overend Watts
Oct 24 2009, 10:23 AM
QUOTE (RS57 @ Oct 24 2009, 12:17 PM)

At least this team is consistent. A train wreck;week after week. Add the name Chip Kelly(Cincy) to the coaching change wish list. But why would he want to leave, except for the challenge( make Illinois a constant Top-20 team and you would be a football legend) and a big pile of money. And of course the team is off to its' usual offensive juggernaut start.
It's Skip Kelly you're thinking of. I think Butch Holtz or Brian Jones would be a better hire.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 10:25 AM
QUOTE (Overend Watts @ Oct 24 2009, 11:23 AM)

It's Skip Kelly you're thinking of. I think Butch Holtz or Brian Jones would be a better hire.
Brian Jones died in a swimming pool accident in 1969. That's a lateral move, why would he want the Illinois job?
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 10:32 AM
Get Juice out of there.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 10:34 AM
Dere Hicks is the most easily blockable player I've ever watched.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 10:36 AM
Great execution on that screen. God I wish we were good enough to run that.
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 10:37 AM
This game is winnable if the guys coaching defense knew what an adjustment was.
Unfortuantely, we never see those.
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 10:45 AM
Travon Bellamy showing a complete lack of ball skills on that penalty. Vontae may have picked that off.
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 10:48 AM
Troy Pollard once again proving he's the most underutilized guy on the team (after Benn).
Cheese Doodles
Oct 24 2009, 10:53 AM
Pull that kid! He threw the ball to Benn!
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 11:02 AM
1-11 is inevitable.
OrangeBlue98
Oct 24 2009, 11:13 AM
QUOTE (maknit_rain @ Oct 24 2009, 12:02 PM)

1-11 is inevitable.
We can end the game thread with this one right now. This is the worst implosion of a football program I've ever seen. How can Ron Guenther not resign this afternoon? Wait, he thinks he's the best AD on the planet.
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 11:14 AM
Ron Zook should be fired on the spot for that bit of clock management.
Cheese Doodles
Oct 24 2009, 11:15 AM
Pull that kid! He throws down field!
marv
Oct 24 2009, 11:16 AM
why did we just put juice back in?
are you serious ron?
this is the most hilariously bad football team at absolutely every level that i've ever followed
Cheese Doodles
Oct 24 2009, 11:16 AM
Oh what the hell!? Zook pulls the QB at 2nd and Goal!?
Way to build that confidence Zooker!
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 11:17 AM
Zook is just rolling dice.
Inexcusable that Charest wasn't put back in the game after the holding call.
CJIllini05
Oct 24 2009, 11:17 AM
This is a joke
Cheese Doodles
Oct 24 2009, 11:17 AM
IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kzimmer001
Oct 24 2009, 11:17 AM
eff you ron zook
MistakenJ
Oct 24 2009, 11:18 AM
Good Lord, if you can't see right there that Ron Zook should be pulled then I don't know what else needs to be said or seen.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 11:18 AM
what a clusterf*ck that became.
STB
Oct 24 2009, 11:18 AM
Wow! You take the guy who finally moves the ball down to the goal line and pull him for someone who has "experience". What the deuce are you thinking? This is poor coaching and then a missed FG chip shot. I can not say about this team what hasn't been said before.
RobinsonIllini
Oct 24 2009, 11:19 AM
QUOTE (maknit_rain @ Oct 24 2009, 12:17 PM)

Zook is just rolling dice.
Inexcusable that Charest wasn't put back in the game after the holding call.
WHY THE **** WAS CHAREST NOT IN THE GAME!
Illini82
Oct 24 2009, 11:19 AM
un f--king believable!!!
FIRE ZOOK AND GUENTHER ON THE FRICKING SPOT!!!
We have to be a fricking laughing stock.
1ST AND GOAL FROM THE 1 AND WE DON'T EVEN GET A FIELD GOAL!!!
I BET WE MAKE SPORTS CENTER TONIGHT ON THAT PIECE OF FECAL SMEGMA11
jms397
Oct 24 2009, 11:19 AM
We keep hitting the self-destruct button. Unbelievable. And nice putting Juice back in. Fire Zook now!!!!
erik
Oct 24 2009, 11:21 AM
Zook is the Charlie Brown of the coaching fraternity.
chickengeorge
Oct 24 2009, 11:21 AM
That Charest does have an odd throwing style, but he has hit receivers where they can catch the ball.
KarenUhOh
Oct 24 2009, 11:23 AM
It's not about the X's and the O's. It's about the Willys and the Nillys.
OrangeBlue98
Oct 24 2009, 11:23 AM
QUOTE (erik @ Oct 24 2009, 11:21 AM)

Zook is the Charlie Brown of the coaching fraternity.
I prefer to think of Zook as Dilbert's "Pointy Haired Boss" of the coaching fraternity. Moves around a lot, throws a few coachspeak phrases around, but cannot coach to save his everloving life.
I'm glad I wasn't watching that sequence. I probably saved myself $1,000 from not putting a lamp through my TV.
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 11:23 AM
QUOTE (chickengeorge @ Oct 24 2009, 11:21 AM)

That Charest does have an odd throwing style, but he has hit receivers where they can catch the ball.
His release is similar to Chad Henne's.
Dead Parrot
Oct 24 2009, 11:24 AM
QUOTE (Illini82 @ Oct 24 2009, 12:19 PM)

PIECE OF FECAL SMEGMA
Is that even a thing?
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 11:25 AM
QUOTE (OrangeBlue98 @ Oct 24 2009, 11:23 AM)

I prefer to think of Zook as Dilbert's "Pointy Haired Boss" of the coaching fraternity. Moves around a lot, throws a few coachspeak phrases around, but cannot coach to save his everloving life.
I'm glad I wasn't watching that sequence. I probably saved myself $1,000 from not putting a lamp through my TV.
I'm not joking when I say that it was Zook's worst moment in his 5 years here.
Ineptitude on multiple fronts.
Chief
Oct 24 2009, 11:25 AM
BRILLIANT!!!!!!
coal country illini
Oct 24 2009, 11:25 AM
Fire'em all! Now. I mean right friggin' now--not after the game or after the season.
Right NOW!
RS57
Oct 24 2009, 11:26 AM
Skip Kelly, Brian Kelly, Chip Kelly, whats in a name. Hell, with it being close to Halloween, they could have dug up Gene Kelly and had as much chance of winning. I have been watching bad Illinois football since the mid-60's, and this team ranks with some of the worst, in terms of performance, so far. And really there is no reason Illinois football cannot be a top 20 program; somehow Minn. and Iowa have managed to do it on a consistent basis.
chickengeorge
Oct 24 2009, 11:29 AM
How do we miss tackles that badly? We had a missed sack on third down, I think, that was a gimme. Anyway, looking forward to watching this kid as QB. Just to see what happens.
STB
Oct 24 2009, 11:35 AM
I'm watching to see if Charest starts the 2nd half. Plus I'm watching the Purdue offense and see how much clock they eat to score on their offensive drives. Will Purdue even punt this game?
illester
Oct 24 2009, 11:38 AM
Does Zook have ADHD? I think he forgot would was the quarterback on that drive.
maknit_rain
Oct 24 2009, 11:38 AM
QUOTE (STB @ Oct 24 2009, 11:35 AM)

I'm watching to see if Charest starts the 2nd half. Plus I'm watching the Purdue offense and see how much clock they eat to score on their offensive drives. Will Purdue even punt this game?
If Charest isn't the QB, then I'm done with this team for the year.
illester
Oct 24 2009, 11:40 AM
Great to hear Kittner (on the radio) firing on Zook and the team.
Chief
Oct 24 2009, 11:41 AM
Thank you Purdue for those errors..now who is the QB
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