What did we learn Illinois edition

Dr. Strangelove said:
It was unlikely because the chances of your fullback catching a 32 yard deep post play is low. I'd say this is evidenced by the thousands of games I've seen where the fullback is not asked to run a 32 yard deep post. It's hard to execute, hard to throw to, and even in perfect conditions - like it was - may not work
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I gotta push back here on things you said.   While it’s correct that a fullback catching a long pass is anything but guaranteed, that play up until the throw and catch was executed well (the player was WIDE OPEN) and that throw is easy to make.  Im quite certain DR would say the same thing.  
 

I think your original point does have some merit though that a player who hardly plays and rarely catches passes is the one going deep.  Why not a Carter or Thomas or even Bonner lined up in that spot 

 
Red Five said:
But as @Jason Sitoke said, what’s the conclusion here?  Do we say our record is 3-0-1, 3 wins, 0 losses, 1 ref screwage?
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We say the same thing we said after Colorado. Great first half, the second half looked not so great.

We're 3-1. The team has looked good at times, the team has looked bad at times. The ref have looked good at times, the refs have looked bad at times.

We can be realistic without making excuses, and it's fair to talk about all facets of the game.

 
Archy1221 said:
I gotta push back here on things you said.   While it’s correct that a fullback catching a long pass is anything but guaranteed, that play up until the throw and catch was executed well (the player was WIDE OPEN) and that throw is easy to make.  Im quite certain DR would say the same thing.  
 

I think your original point does have some merit though that a player who hardly plays and rarely catches passes is the one going deep.  Why not a Carter or Thomas or even Bonner lined up in that spot 
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Like the HH pass to DR.  Great call, but only because it worked.  The pass to Lindenmeyer would have been a great call had it worked, but it didn't.  I'm not a fan of Satt.  Never have been and probably never will be so my comment is jaded, but those were cute and unnecessary.  A TE who was primarily used as a blocker comes in during a crucial drive and gets thrown a pass.  His first one? Does he and Raiola practice together or is he with other QB's?  Why not run the ball?  Needed 3 yards. Michigan down 4 against USC ran it 4 times on 1st and goal and got it by running in.Trailing 24-20 with a little over 4 minutes drove 89 yards in 10 plays passing 1 time for 10 yards and then rushing for 83 leaving a little over a minute on the clock.  Chasing 3?  Get a dominant OL and bludgeon your opponent in the 4th.  That's what Rhule preached all last year and off season.  Body blows.  75+ yards in the 4th.   This year?  Play it safe in the 2nd half.  Why the change in philosophy.  Again, I'm biased as a run the damn ball guy and not a Satt fan.  Yes I realize our rushing game was sporadic at best, but again build a damn OL.

 
commando said:
i learned that there are board members who only show up to post after losses and bless us with their brilliance about knowing that nebraska sucks.   
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Raiola does a lot of things well.  But this is on him.

Had quite a bit of time.  When you have to step up, the time has run out - either take off or get rid of it.  And he had a check-down available.


 
Our receivers seem to have no concept that if the ball is coming from the inside, you have to cheat your block to the inside to avoid having this happen.


 
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