Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Illinois

[SadCat_rivals518182]

Have you watched Olsen kick this year?

Not much, no.

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

Both secondaries are really struggling

College offenses that can consistently hit a 10-15 yard out are gonna be hard to stop. Mostly QB play.

 

[TheC]

Defense not playing well at all

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Gallagher totally fooled.

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

Not much, no.

It shows.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

That field goal would've been nice.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

College offenses that can consistently hit a 10-15 yard out are gonna be hard to stop. Mostly QB play.

I don’t disagree. Both teams are making it look pretty easy

 

[2388bb]

How he miss that short? Very weird kick.

Fire Jake now. He has zero game situation play calling. 2 plays to get 2 yds.

Have you watched Olsen kick this year?

Jake keeps Illini in game.

 

[bjm989_rivals]

Well, we gotta march back down and score. But man our D is not at its best today…can they turn it around?

 

[nu greek]

Gallagher is a heady player, but he stunk this entire drive. Again our kicking game is poor. Get Baker from Loyola.

 

[corbi2961]

Fire Jake now. He has zero game situation play calling. 2 plays to get 2 yds.

Jake keeps Illini in game.

More dumb posts on the game day thread.

 

[jensberg]

Sadly it's our defense that's losing this game.

 

[NUCat320]

Gallagher totally fooled.

Respect to the playcall. I hope NU was coached that Williams can throw the ball.

I think it would’ve been Hollis’ guy who caught the pass.

 

[2388bb]

I don’t disagree. Both teams are making it look pretty easy

Illini D not stopping us Jake is.

 

[NUCat320]

More dumb posts on the game day thread.

KEEP JAKE!! WE NEED JAKE!!!

 

[AdamOnFirst]

This is a pretty good college football game. Both teams playing decently, QB play is good, big plays and mistakes on both sides.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Brutal

 

[AdamOnFirst]

UN BRUTAL!!

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

Welp, it appears that Illinois has better trick plays.

 

[NUCat320]

NIRO WITH A HUGE MUFF DIVE

 

[Bwm57]

Would like Himon to get the ball more.
His speed really makes a difference.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Niro with a couple great toughness plays today. What a kid. True Cat.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

Sometimes it's better to be lucky.

 

[Fcmchi1]

Bajakian is sealing his fate with some shaky play calling this half.

 

[NCPurplecat]

Melt down on 3rd and short.. chaos in the clutch followed up by a fumbled punt. Entertaining at least.

 

[NUCat320]

I don’t know if it was intentional, but Bryant threw Kirtz into the spin move and first down there.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Let’s remember back to the first half when Beilema called a timeout just so he could chew out the refs over the intentional grounding non-call for an extra two minutes

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

Not getting points on the prior series was brutal. Gotta make our fg’s. We got a break with the muffed punt. Let’s get a td to take the lead. Go Cats!

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

I don’t know if it was intentional, but Bryant threw Kirtz into the spin move and first down there.

That’s a ball you throw outside, the rest was Kirtz.

 

[2388bb]

Melt down on 3rd and short.. chaos in the clutch followed up by a fumbled punt. Entertaining at least.

Jake st his finest.

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

Jake st his finest.

Pretty sure Jake didn’t tell them to snap the ball on the motion call.

 

[bjm989_rivals]

That reminds me of a Siemian run TD from a few years ago…

 

[PURPLE Book Cat]

Man NU has had some gifts this game.

Our kicker needs to get that ball in the air

 

[bjm989_rivals]

Okay defense. Time to step up.

 

[PURPLE Book Cat]

WOW

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

I blinked and we scored another touchdown.

 

[DaCat]

Who said Bryant was a statue?

 

[PURPLE Book Cat]

I have never seen that happen before. What a special teams play

 

[NUCat320]

Last year for this game, I was sitting in a movie theater with my son and daughter, periodically checking the phone and surveying the damage from a distance.

I would’ve never expected that NU would enter this game trying for seven wins *and* trying to prevent Bert from eligility.

What a fun game.

(And nobody knows who wears #18. Goooo Garner!)

 

[eddie_gocats]

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