That last INT I think was caused by the WR's apprehension from the previous big hit across the middle. Dylan missed two wide open receivers that would have been for 6, Lloyd was held on a slant where it looked like he had a wide open middle of the field to the goal line. Lots of opportunities missed
There’s too many in rotation imo. Hard to build trust with 6 or seven options vs 2-4.
Dylan really played well today. It's obvious now that his throwing shoulder is banged up but without his legs we weren't probably in this game. FINALLY he made a defense play for ignoring him. He missed two open receivers but both of those throws left his hand before the guys got separation on their routes. Sigh. What could have been. 2 passing TDs left on the table.
You kidd’n me with this? Were you not paying attention to the effort today? So much of it, like never seen before.
He got hit good. And hard. And he came back and stood in that pocket. I'm proud of him! He's a true freshman with receivers that can't block or don't block and his offensive line sucks at times. They played Ohio State even in Columbus. It could have went either way. It's too bad. Lots of bad calls against NU. Looks like our special teams looked a lot better today. Last week our punter made the news. This week the kicker. I wish we would have won, but this is Year too and I see a lot of good things as we move forward.
The majority of the targets were to three or four receivers. The misconnections had nothing to do with familiarity. The quarterback just missed throws. That’s it.
The WR should not run into safety help. The CB was beat and the safety was just deep but Raiola just threw him into the coverage instead of leading WR away.
Maybe but when you watch the replay it just looked to me like Neyor running a sloppy route.
Ticky tacky sticky hands OSU dbs. They were quick grabbers and let goers. Seemed to work. Offensive PO, twice? I guess when PSU "caught" that ball out of bounds and won a natty, it just started a trend in the B1G reffing circles. Is what it is. Osborne overcame, so must Rhule. Hmm.
exactly my point. He was more worried about what was waiting for him than running a crisp route. I would have to rewatch the video to be sure but that was my initial impression.
Two of the misses were balls that Raiola let go right as his WRs made their cuts. Timing was off just a smidge. The miss to Lloyd there was just enough grab on the cut to slow him down and ruin the timing. Lloyd would have had a lot of room to run without that grab. It allowed the DB to stay with him even if he had made the catch. F'm refs
Wisconsin is going to have 3 losses by the time we play them. I don't see the B1G caring if Wisconsin wins or loses. Iowa? Who knows by then.
Wisconsin has 3 losses as of now. Likely to have 4 when they play us 5 if Iowa beats them next week.
Wisconsin and Iowa are part of the Good Ole Boy Big 10 Club (UCLA and USC are newbies).
I like what Ruhle said after the game. We played pretty well in a lot of areas with intensity, but it doesn't mean anything if we cannot come out and play that same way next week.
Bowl eligibility is still a thing. I think they'll be ready to play. A loss is still a loss and I think they'll be pissed that they didn't close the deal against OSU.
We thought we had a good shot to beat Michigan State last year. You know the story, and your prediction reflects that.