Wins Are Wins
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Love being 4-1 - two very winnable games in the next two and a bye for a much needed week of rest as well. GBR!
Agreed - defense played well - offense moved the ball all game. We put them away in spite of atrocious ST play.
Love being 4-1 - two very winnable games in the next two and a bye for a much needed week of rest as well. GBR!
It felt really good to put a team away instead of finding a way to lose. That’s a big takeaway from this game and one that Rhule hit on in post game interview.
Didn't see the game, but just watched the highlights on YT, and yes I know, Purdue is not all that good. So all the same, not seeing the drudgery of the 1st half miscues other than the ugly FG attempts, what stood out to me was DR's vision of the field and ability to perform his check downs. He really is all that's advertised. NU D seemed solid enough. On O, some of the play calling didn't look all that bad. Still plagued by mental mistakes, but I didn't see any fumbles and the PICK6 was cool but all on Purdue's QB. Purdue was obviously terrified of DR because their DBs were all over our receivers and were called for it a lot too. Would like to see better separation, but receivers seemed to be able to get just enough room. Seemed clear that NU was the better team and that the score should have been higher.
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Wasn’t pretty, but if you watched the game, we looked like we were 35 points better than Purdue. But we made too many errors and executed like we were 18 points better. So… not a great performance, but we showed we can be a pretty good team when we don’t beat ourselves.
Not sure I see any more Ws on the schedule if we play like we did the first half. I was an 8 win guy to start the season. Now?? Not so much.
This is a game we lose the last 5 years. Maybe last 10 years.
Thankfully we have a QB that helps us overcome a **** ton of obstacles from years before and relieves a lot of pressure off of every one of his teammates shoulders. Defense included.
We are no longer a turnover machine. We can withstand completely **** awful play for 2 quarters and hang around. And if we can't run the ball, we have a kid that is a pretty freaking cool customer that can sling it a bit.
4-1.
Bring on undefeated Rutgers.
Thankfully we have a QB that helps us overcome a **** ton of obstacles from years before and relieves a lot of pressure off of every one of his teammates shoulders. Defense included.
We are no longer a turnover machine. We can withstand completely **** awful play for 2 quarters and hang around. And if we can't run the ball, we have a kid that is a pretty freaking cool customer that can sling it a bit.
4-1.
Bring on undefeated Rutgers.
Our competition isn’t that great. But neither are we so it will be a grind.
Would be nice to see them play a complete game
Team played bad the first half. Not surprising. The energy around the team after last week was terrible. They figured it out. Hope springs eternal. Learn from it and win next week
Amen. We were the better team. It didn't represent that on the scoreboard at half. But we were dominant. Grateful for Rhule and company doing just that.
DR seems to be good for about 30-60 yards of PI penalties. He throws it where defenders are put in a difficult position. You can almost add that to his passing numbers.
Purdue played like **** and we played out of our minds (before Jeff Sims nearly let them back in the game)
This year we played like **** for 3 quarters, and still won by 3 scores.
Make no mistake we are a better team than last year, but we’re still toeing that “Wisconsin and Iowa are gonna be squeakers” line that we have to get past.
I'd like to think we'll beat UCLA, but it's all good or better teams besides them. Going to be interesting.
The only loss I’m resigned to at this point is O State. Anyone else we will be slightly favored or a slight dog (USC). Wouldn’t be surprised if we are favored in all but two more games.
It would be hilarious if OSU spent all that money to be just an above average BIG team.
Cool.
Not even sure WTF that is even supposed to mean.
We beat Illinois last year. We lost to Colorado last year. Amazing ****.
It was said that this is a game we would have lost before this year. But we beat Purdue last year. I am not making any deep or profound point. Merely stating a fact. This is a game we won last year.
Pretty much blowing me away how calm and collected the kid is.
Tommie Frazier was pretty cotdam cool. He was never ever rattled.
This is a different cool though. A guy that can just float around in the pocket with pure awareness and arrogance. (And you need that arrogance).
Took a bad sack today, but the rest of his play is almost spotless for a true frosh that is asked to carry the entire offense.
Considering the four years previously we were 1-4, 2-3, 2-3 and 2-3. 4-1 feels pretty good. Should be 5-0 if we didn't fold in the second half against Ill, and a couple of calls weren't made.
