Ten Fourteen Eighteen B1G Things
- I
- Did
- Not
- Watch
- Any
- Of
- Your
- Teams’
- Games
- Because mine was off and I chose to do more productive things with my life.
- LOL Minnesota
The Rundown
Holy Fuck Purdue! Knights 27, Boilers 24
With the ball and a chance to either win or play for overtime, Purdue chose to instead fumble in its own territory, letting Rutgers kick a field goal for the win.
BoilerUp89: Purdue and finding new and exciting ways to lose at football. I honestly did not know trains could crash in this many ways. I could describe the many missed opportunities to put this game away but Im getting tired of repeating myself and it really doesnt matter. Purdue football will continue to suck for the foreseeable future.
Universities will be probably be outlawed in this country before the football team wins another B1G conference game
HoustonBoiler: Another frustrating game for Purdue football as they gave one away at the end. Overall, Purdue did some good things today, including paling with some energy, having zero penalties, sacking the Rutgers QB five times, giving up no sacks, and only turning the ball over once though it gave the game away with about a minute to play. With games at Michigan, versus Ohio State, at Washington, and versus Indiana remaining, this was most likely Purdue’s last opportunity to win a game this season.
Purdue needs players to go make plays, but we’ve seen way too little of that this season. They just don’t have enough players who are ready to compete in the B1G. So, I expect there will be a lot of turnover in the off-season and expect another 50+ players from the portal.
Death Star Jr did what Death Star Jr Does: Hoosiers 56, Bruins 6
I wonder when people are going to start giving Cignetti the Franklin treatment…
BuffKomodo: I’m not certain I could be happier. Indiana now has 4 games left on the season, 3 of which are against teams with losing records and the other is Maryland. Basically, you beat Maryland on the road, you lock yourself into a college football playoff position.
Fernando Mendoza continues to stake his claim to a Heisman trophy. The rest of the team continues to go after its accolades. I had a blast in attendance and at Big Noon Kickoff today. On to Maryland.
10-2 Still possible: Nebraska 28, Northwestern 21
It was 21-6 at some point, so this is both a close game and not a close game! The meme will have to die soon enough if they keep doing this.
BigRed_Twice: Huskers won a one-score game after getting in their own way a few times, and with that, are bowl eligible before November! They are not a great team, so I am pleased at this milestone, as well as the fact that this is the THIRD time they have prevailed in a one-score game this season! Exciting stuff, and I will take it!
LincolnParkWildcat: Well shit. We were not favored to win, and we had a rock fight against the Huskers. I watched the first half of the game, then went out for local trick or treating at local businesses with my wife and kid, then went went to a local neighborhood party. I’m definitely drunk now. Northwestern ended the first half down 6-7, and had things tied up at 21-21 early in the fourth quarter. I saw this score out at the neighborhood Halloween party and was optimistic we could win this rock fight, but alas Nebraska pulled this out and won 28-21. Like I said earlier, well shit. Onto next week.
MinnesotaWildcat: Northwestern has lost its last four in Lincoln — three of them by one score. So for as much kvetching as there is about Nebraska’s record in one-score games, I haven’t noticed an issue when they face the ‘Cats. (Overall, NU is 3-5 in Lincoln, and 3-4 in one-score games there.)
Anyway. Another B1G West classic. I’m a broken record about Northwestern’s quarterbacking. Don’t allow big kick returns. Onto the next.
Washington 42, Illinois 25
So Washington has a little bit of Michigan in them. Don’t.
Thumpasaurus:
[stuff that would get us all deported to god knows where under the current administration]
[stuff that probably wouldn’t get us deported but would definitely put us on a list]
AARON HENRY HAS NO BUSINESS COACHING IN THE BIG TEN. I’D RATHER HAVE JOE ROSSI AT LEAST HE WON’T GIVE UP A QB SCRAMBLE FIRST DOWN ON 3RD AND 18.
I’LL BE IN CHAMPAIGN SATURDAY. HOW HARD COULD IT ACTUALLY BE TO KICK BART MILLER’S ASS? LET’S FIND OUT
But seriously. Every time this team plays anyone with half a pulse, they completely crumble. Sorry USC, we are the arbiter of who does and doesn’t suck and you SUCK!
Could we lose out? Sure! I’m not in any position to count a single chicken before it fucking hatches. We have not broken the curse. We sit at 5 wins going into November. Just like two years ago, we’re trying to follow up a winning season with anything but a 5-win campaign. Just like two years ago, I’m expecting to become a first-time father soon but it hasn’t actually happened.
Bret Bielema basically said in the postgame conference “not naming names but someone can’t call a fucking defense.” Why is Aaron Henry still here?
He was a high school QB: I was working during the game and then saw Los Lobos last night. I’m glad I spent my time that way.
Thumpasaurus: Like okay. Fair enough. 5-3 at this juncture is an elite Illini season post-1966
But is it fair to say fans of most preseason top 15 teams would be disappointed if they were 5-3 with none of the losses being competitive?
Indiana and Ohio State prove what may come to be seen as durable models for success: the AD-led approach and the fan-led approach.
For the first, you simply fire your coach whenever they fail to win 10 games in a season no matter what else is going on. Be aggressive in this and you will eventually have to stumble onto a certified legend by sheer volume.
For the second, the idea is to, as a fan collective, make everyone who is a part of the football program genuinely fear for their lives if they fuck up enough to lose a game. They don’t even have to lose a game to feel this fear, just fuck up enough that they COULD HAVE.
The problem in illinois is that our homicidal maniacs take a very aggressive stance towards democrats, immigrants and Chicagoans but believe it’s their duty to defend whoever wears the orange and blue no matter how much they suck. If those goddamn Chief extremists could take half the energy they put into organizing to try to make a new state that doesn’t include Chicago and instead march on Bart Miller’s house with pitchforks and torches when we run the ball for under 3 yards a carry at home, they might actually get something out of their miserable fucking lives and as a bonus, I’d be happy too.
Thumpasaurus: The problem is that in Illinois, our homicidal maniacs take a strong stance against democrats, immigrants and Chicago but vehemently defend anyone who suits up in the orange and blue no matter how much they suck. If these chief extremists would direct the energy they use to organize for a new state that excludes Chicago and instead put that towards showing up at Bart Miller’s house with torches and pitchforks every time we rush for under 3 yards a carry at home, maybe they’d finally get something out of their miserable lives and as a bonus, I’d be happy too.
Iowa 41, Minnesota sad field goal
I don’t feel so bad about losing by a point after being up 21-10 at some point. But still.
WhiteSpeedReceiver: The only thing PJ Fleck seems to enjoy more than beating Nebraska like it was his dick is not showing up against Iowa.
At least they scored: Oregon 21, Wisconsin 7
Sure, it was in garbage time, but it counts.
Michigan State couldn’t even beat road Michigan: Wolverines 31, Spartans 20
Then again, neither could Nebraska.
Rockymtnblue: This game went pretty much chalk. Michigan is better than Michigan State right now. Not a lot better. “11 points better in a garbagy game” honestly feels about right. Certainly glad to have the win. Hope Trey Pierce isn’t hurt too bad (he’s absolutely critical). Bring on Purdue for the last game I’m going to feel good about.
Brian Gillis: It was a little too close for comfort for Michigan and its fans, but a win is a win.
