how sad will it be if we lose to this...team. Edit, it should be "there are still 5 more games", not there's
Illinois
- Thread starter phatcat_rivals223240
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Everyone loves to dunk on Illinois. Is that mostly an Illinois native, attended Northwestern thing? I am not an Illinois native but I don't recall anything like this negativity towards Illinois when I attended NU. Anyway, I have watched a fair number of games and believe Bret has them playing with enthusiasm and against lesser teams their games are entertaining. I think they are playing more competitively than NU and at least are showing a pulse. Bret has his recruiting work cut out but he knows how to coach.
I know you didn’t watch the last game against Wisconsin. Bert had less than 100 yards in the entire game. I think the combined QB’s threw 16 straight incompletions. It was an all time worse type of performance.
If Wisky didn’t shoot themselves in the foot with turnovers it would have been 50-0.
This is an Illinois thing. Personally, growing up here, I just found a lot of their Alum very dismissive of any school in the state other than their own. Not all, but a lot. There is just a smug arrogance about many of them. Many have been laughing at NU Athletics for decades and still do. Some have zipped it up about football but they are gloating in the misery we share with them this year. Say anything at all about NU football, and it takes them 4 seconds to bring up Basketball.
in my book, you can’t be a NU fan and EVER root for Illinois. Ever! This coming from a guy who had a daughter graduate from there. Believe me, most Illini fans would want nothing more than to see NU in its rightful place in the cellar of all sports.
Did you watch any of the Wisconsin game? I wouldn't call that offense entertaining. Half of their nine first downs came on pass interference. Reminded me of our 2019 offense. They have 22 super seniors playing so on paper they should be better than Northwestern, but we will see.
I am thankful for this internecine rivalry as it adds spice to a game that otherwise would feel like a noncon MAC game late in the season.
As an Illinois fan, I can assure you this isn’t true. Excellent RB room, and everything else is not good. QB and WR is a disaster. The D is adequate at preventing scoring but gives up tons of yards. The offense is horrendous. NW sucks this year, but the only way I see Illinois winning is if they’re gifted points via turnovers or something like a weird kick return TD.
To this point, all it takes is an excellent, or even “fine”, running back room.
As long as Illinois takes the ball if they win the toss, they’ll be up a touchdown two minutes in.