I-L-L

We can't have 3rd and long all game. Need to be able to get some 3-4+ yard gains from our running game.

Bowl reps are probably loving all those empty seats.

Damn.

Just too many turnovers this year!

And now we go away from the run I bet...

Good series so far!

TD!!!!!!

Where has the emotion been the rest of the year?

That's all Cumberland on that one. Great grab. Awful pass.

The Illini scored. By nature, it was an amazing pass.

Why does Vontae wait until OSU to bring it. Guy has been huge so far.

Travon Bellamy missed practice the day his pee wee coach explained that it is better to be the hittor than the hittee. What a wuss. That play right after Hicks's big hit was atrocious.

LOOKS LIKE "GOOD" VONTAE HAS SHOWED UP TODAY.

Special teams again.

Allegedly a Ron Zook strongpoint.

Fumble, terrible kickoff and a blocked punt all in the 1st quarter.

If Zook is such a great recruiter, why can't he recruit a decent punter?

because he hasnt tried to - which is all the more troubling.

Way too many easy points for OSU.

Gonna be a long day....

This drive must produce at least 3 pts.

Nice pass on 3rd and 18 there.

Good looking drive.

Sad thing is, we have moved the ball better than tOSU, but our special teams has just killed us.

Prozac all around.

Benn got held bigtime on that pick.

This is all on Zook.

His kicking game has been a disaster all year.

This team is now completely demoralized.

Ummm, bad pass, but Benn was interfered with on the pick.

And Lindquist was tackled on the TD pass. We're killing ourselves, but the zebras ain't helping.

Exactly what my Florida fan friends said to expect.

No attention to detail. Sloppy play.

This team & this staff = the suck.

UI sports are a joke. Basketball might be ok again in 2 years. Something to look forward to anyway.

23-7.

Bench Juice.

Blaming the refs is lame. Take a look at our QB, and his penchant for turning the ball over to the other team.

If this game meant something, its probably called. Big Ten has the worst officiating of any major,and most mid-major conferences.

Without getting some easy points on turnovers, it's hard to see us coming back in this game.

23-7. This one could get ugly.

Tressel faked a punt in the 4th quarter last week up 31-10. He'll run it up today if he can.

It's not an either/or proposition. We can both suck and get hosed by the refs at the same time. If Benn doesn't get held, chances are that INT doesn't happen.

Did I blame the refs? Did you watch the play? Like I said, we're killing ourselves, but tOSU doesn't need any additional help.

This game was lost on field position. Period.

Zook has been at Illinois four years and he hasn't recruited a decent punter!

I was in Fla. during Zooks years. They know of what they speak. Ron Zook is a fabulous recruiter, its his organizational skills that seem to lack.

Maybe, maybe not - it was a forced throw into double coverage. should never have been thrown at all...

Stone hands Judson strikes again.

3rd and 1...shotgun formation...expected from this team, but still sucky

23-10. Use our 3 TO's to get the ball back!

To be fair, we are only averaging 8 yards a carry.

Fellas, we best get used to disappointment. Zook ain't going anywhere. The administration isn't going to pay a big time or up and coming coach. They certainly aren't going to outbid anyone.

And as far as Juice goes, he's made some great plays, he's helped recruiting. He helped bring us to Rose Bowl. Some of us were students during the post-Verduzco/pre-Kittner era. If you suffered through Scott "Dream" Weaver, never saw Jeff Hecklinski get on the field and remember Johnny Johnson as the best QB of your college years...then Juice looks pretty good.

What's worse: Our special teams or redzone play calling?

Could be a good 2nd half. Some moody mofos in this thread.

Illinois = 290 yards
OSU = 184 yards

Difference:

1. Field position
2. Turnovers

I'm still watching and hopeful. It's hard to get excited about it, though, after last week's debacle.

Donsay = PWNED.

That was a ridiculous play by Wells.