Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Illinois

[mshelton33]

I hope you are bundled up at home for this one because it is a blizzard in Champaign! We've got Northwestern (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten) at Illinois (7-4, 4-4 Big Ten) for the Land of Lincoln Trophy. The battle for the Hat will kick off at 6:40 pm CT and air on Fox.

Wildcats—donate blood in Abbott and the Big Ten’s We Give Blood competition to help NU win $1 million for campus health initiatives and score a limited edition Homefield t-shirt at bigten.org/abbott/northwestern.

 

[jne381]

I can't wait to watch from the comfort of my couch with some boozy hot cocoa.

 

[BosCat]

 

[Sheffielder]

wow...looks like a northwestern home game...

 

[Sheffielder]

komolafe is out?? was this "known?"

 

[NUcats92]

No komo fck

 

[eddie_gocats]

Komo out…

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

komolafe is out?? was this "known?"

He is on the injury list as "questionable"

 

[Deeringfish]

he broadcast just started on Fox Business for me.

 

[Sheffielder]

this might be the most sparsely attended B1G game I've ever seen...

 

[Deeringfish]

How can you let that guy get back there all alone?

 

[MCC_Cat]

Hope Deshun Reeder is available.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Getting blown off the ball so far

 

[zbag51]

How can you let that guy get back there all alone?

Guess Illinois didn’t get the memo that you can’t throw in weather like this

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

Hank would very often let the opposing team score on the opening drive, then make adjustments and lock down for the rest of the game. Hopefully the 'Cats can hold them to a FG attempt here, then make those adjustments.

Edit: The 'Cats stuffed 'em on 3rd down. Great!

Edit: And the Illini went for it on 4th instead of kick the FG, and came up short. Can't complain!

 

[Deeringfish]

Afraid to kick I guess.

 

[BosCat]

Hank would very often let the opposing team score on the opening drive, then make adjustments and lock down for the rest of the game. Hopefully the 'Cats can hold them to a FG attempt here, then make those adjustments.

Edit: The 'Cats stuffed 'em on 3rd down. Great!

And 4th!!!

 

[zbag51]

I’ll take that after they were moving the ball well!

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Huge! Nobody wants to kick in this…

 

[Deeringfish]

Hank would very often let the opposing team score on the opening drive, then make adjustments and lock down for the rest of the game. Hopefully the 'Cats can hold them to a FG attempt here, then make those adjustments.

Edit: The 'Cats stuffed 'em on 3rd down. Great!

Edit: And the Illini went for it on 4th instead of kick the FG, and came up short. Can't complain!

I always thought that Hank did that.

 

[Sheffielder]

would love to see a career day for stone or himon. either one, doesnt have to be both, im not greedy

 

[Sheffielder]

youve gotta be kidding me right now

 

[zbag51]

Himon better be ok….

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Oh for ***** same

 

[Deeringfish]

His cleat caught in the turf. Hope he can walk it off.

 

[eddie_gocats]

Preckle time

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

So... If all our RBs go down, do we just go with Ryan Boe?

 

[TheC]

Not sure how we do anything without both those guys. Ugggh.
.

 

[IMC Cat]

Reeder time!

 

[NUcats92]

Hope Deshun Reeder is available.

He’s hurt has been for the last three weeks

 

[Sheffielder]

Tonight Preston Stone earns all his money.

 

[TheC]

We don't have anybody else at RB?

 

[BosCat]

We're really in a preckel right now....

 

[AdamOnFirst]

We don't have anybody else at RB?

I think literally no. I don’t even know who our fifth RB is

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Preckle may be the man for the snow!

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Great play design but a whiff by Albright

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

Sicko game

 

[Sheffielder]

Albright's reaction there was...weird

 

[Sheffielder]

that may have been the ugliest field goal ive seen since high school. but three points is three points!

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

I don't know how that FG went in, but I'm thrilled to get points on our opening drive given the field conditions.