Illinois Almost Completed the rare Auto-Rutger in a Win
I don’t know if anyone else noticed this but Illinois beat Purdue last night 24-6 while throwing for 26 yards! Brandon Peters was 3/6 for 26 yards.
Has a self-inflicted Rushing Rutger like this approaches happened in the B1G in the past 50 years? I’m sure Army does it occasionally but I thought it was notable. By the way Illinois can still TECHNICALLY win the West and Jeff Brohm probably should have gone to Louisville. Keep throwing that chair Jeff!
October 27th, 2019 at 3:22 PM ^
Brohm’s mission was to stay in a humanitarian capacity and upgrade the locker and emergency 1st aid capacity for visiting teams at Ross Ade Stadium.
October 27th, 2019 at 3:23 PM ^
I watched a decent chunk of that game. Miserable weather, like in Ohio and Michigan.
At some point, there was so much standing water that the goal line pylon started floating away!
The infrastructure at Purdue's stadium - it really is bad. Worst in the B1G. Not as bad as when the south bleachers still existed (I swear, I felt those things could collapse at any moment), but it's still not good.
I'll give Illinois credit - that team is still fighting hard. That says something about Lovie, I think. They'll be favored against Rutgers & Northwestern, and a win at Michigan State (a team that is the complete opposite in terms of fighting hard right now) isn't a stretch either. They should be going Bowling.
October 27th, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
They will beat NW and Rutgers and go bowling. I wouldn’t be surprised if they beat MSU either
October 27th, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
B1G will have some teams go to bowls that don’t regularly go. Indiana already has six wins.
If Sparty gets to six, no bowl will take them because their fans don’t travel. Especially the way they are playing this year!
October 27th, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
Well at least this staee fan will travel....
October 27th, 2019 at 4:33 PM ^
Jeebus, I'm starting to feel sorry for them. How crazy is that.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:17 PM ^
They have the #1-ranked basketball team, so you really don’t need to.
October 27th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
Agreed. Impressive mid and late season surge by the Illini. The 25 straight point they score on our team was no fluke. It sure gave them confidence since then with a big upset over Wiscy.
The rain at West Lafayette was a big factor on the passing game. Illinois will be another team to keep an eye on as they are sure to be spoilers. Would love to see the beat Sparty.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:06 PM ^
As they were against Wisconsin, Illinois is perfectly positioned to be a trap game for MSU. Sparty just finished playing at OSU, at Wisconsin and at home against PSU. The week after Sparty travels to Ann Arbor.
October 27th, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
Karlaftis should have committed to Michigan.
October 27th, 2019 at 3:34 PM ^
Maybe his brother will
October 27th, 2019 at 3:40 PM ^
Can he go to the transfer portal? Not sure what year he's in (Soph?)
October 27th, 2019 at 4:57 PM ^
George is a true freshman
October 27th, 2019 at 5:42 PM ^
The portal never closes.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:29 PM ^
Brohm should have gone to Louisville. I bet he's regretting his decision to stay put.
October 28th, 2019 at 12:16 AM ^
I doubt Karlaftis chose Purdue because he thought they'd be a better team than Michigan for the next 3 to 4 years.
October 27th, 2019 at 3:43 PM ^
That recruit who picked Perdue over Michigan because Brohm stayed made a baaaaaaaaaaad choice.
October 27th, 2019 at 7:34 PM ^
Wow, he must really like chicken! ; )
October 27th, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
I don’t know about Army, but Navy won a game without completing a pass not all that long ago. I think Niumatalolo was still there and I want to say they might have attempted one pass and didn’t make it.
But hey, don’t rely on my memory for much of anything.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:29 PM ^
Illinois could go bowling this year. Gotta get two wins out of the remaining schedule of Rutgers, MSU, Iowa, and Northwestern. None of those teams have been impressive, with Rutgers and Northwestern being total ass. I almost want to say that they should go bowling.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:44 PM ^
If Illinois can't beat 2 of those teams, the beard will get fired.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:32 PM ^
I wouldn't be surprised if they won three of those games. I also wouldn't be surprised if they only beat Rutger.
Basically, the only situation that would be surprising is if they lost to Rutger.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:36 PM ^
When we were driving to go up 17-0 we still hadn't completed a pass. I was hoping we'd beat ND without a completed pass.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:54 PM ^
Some people want to watch the world burn. You're the first deer to join them.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
That is the ultimate disrespect move a team can pull—to win 100% on the ground without running the triple option. If we ever do it to an opponent we should coin a clever term for it.
Unfortunately, the only time I can recall it happening is when Wisconsin did it to us for like an entire half of a football game. Also, I'm pretty sure that if we ever see one team do this to another for the entire game it will be Wisconsin doing it to Rutger. Hopefully they play each other next year.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:04 PM ^
We beat OSU in 1976 without completing a pass.
22-0.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
Look at some of those games in the seventies. He had a decent passer in Don Moorhead in 1970, but after that none of Bo's quarterbacks were much good in the air. Dennis Franklin (started from 1972 to 1974) and Rick Leach (started 1975 to 1978) were both primarily running quarterbacks. Leach in particular really struggled his first couple of years and finished below .500 in career completion percentage.
The best example I can think of is when Michigan beat Ohio State 22-0 in 1976 without completing a pass (here); Rick Leach was 0-6 with an interception.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
You should have typed faster. The guy above beat you to it.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:54 PM ^
That's what I get for being thorough.
October 27th, 2019 at 8:52 PM ^
How dare you provide optimal information.