Game Thread for SIU vs. Northwestern

[AdamOnFirst]

Attack our linebackers' ability to recognize plays. Any strategy works, it doesn't matter which. Use all of them. Easy success.

 

[nickcat4]

Unbelievable

 

[jensberg]

There is no way this team can compete with the rest of the Big Ten if we play anything close to to this. If we lose this game we might not win another game all year just unbelievable.

 

[DarthCat]

Thank God SE Missouri State and Incarnate Word aren’t on the schedule.

 

[HawkCat]

I am... highly confused by that penalty

Ditto. Don’t get it at all. And the TV guys didn’t even question it.

I think our D is even more confused about who is covering whom.

 

[phatcat]

Unbelievable

Actually it's believable

 

[NUCat320]

Incarnate Word went 18-26 for 451 passing yards and 6TDs against SIU.

 

[TejasCat]

Incarnate word outgained this team 450-200 and won by 35

 

[freewillie07]

Attack our linebackers' ability to recognize plays. Any strategy works, it doesn't matter which. Use all of them. Easy success.

This.

 

[Troy4L]

Incarnate Word went 18-26 for 451 passing yards and 6TDs against SIU.

Well Hilinski threw for 400 yards last week so we should be fine…

 

[ashley0623]

Hunter Johnson would be a good option right now.

 

[Rebel II]

It is time to really start worrying. If I had a team make this many penalties and secondary mistakes I would be one pissed off old man. Inexcusable!!! We had two chances to go up 21-7 and pissed it away. Now our second interception. The walking dead. Ugh.

 

[phatcat]

They need to throw to TE over middle. Edit I mean SIU. We have no answer

 

[Rodenthater]

We’re not good…period!!

 

[catcrazy]

This is a complete embarrassment. Any FCS team we should beat by at least 20. Sloppy and our defense is Colby bad

 

[Rebel II]

It is time to really start worrying. If I had a team make this many penalties and secondary mistakes I would be one pissed off old man. Inexcusable!!! We had two chances to go up 21-7 and pissed it away. Now our second interception. The walking dead. Ugh.

Offense sucks, defense sucks. Very disappointing. I don't see much good going on.

 

[CatManTrue]

Let's not overlook zero pressure. Ever

Don’t worry. SIU has a lot of top secret NFL prospects, especially at OG and OT.

 

[Rebel II]

This is a complete embarrassment. Any FCS team we should beat by at least 20. Sloppy and our defense is Colby bad

Agree right now.

 

[jensberg]

But even worse are offense is terrible except Hull running up the middle

 

[CatManTrue]

This is a complete embarrassment. Any FCS team we should beat by at least 20. Sloppy and our defense is Colby bad

So is this team worse than Illinois State in 2016?

 

[FanatiCat]

The two bad penalty calls in a row definitely affected the game, but it shouldn’t even matter, if we’re taking about bad calls against any FCS team it means we’re bad.

 

[phatcat]

1st half - they are better in pass offense and defense. Better coaching. We can run it a bit and stop run mostly. They are a better team so far.

 

[ashley0623]

Gallagher has wheels.

 

[CatManTrue]

In @Purple Pile Driver ’s parlance… we stinks.

 

[Figrating]

Playing even w SIU - real nice.

 

[Alan Smithee]

Gallagher has wheels.

Maybe, but with severely under inflated tires. That was a really slow-developing return.

 

[FanatiCat]

Dodged a bullet there, glad they went after the FG. Although situational awareness should have told Gallagher to try to lateral it to someone faster who could score since time was expiring.

Yikes, if not for these 2 missed FGs and the dropped east TD pass by SIU we’d be down by 13 at halftime.

They look way more athletic on offense versus our defense which is scary. And their LBs are clearly better than ours.

 

[CatManTrue]

Playing even w SIU - real nice.

Actually they missed a FG and had another blocked.

So we could be down by 6 at half. They’re outplaying us so far.

 

[DaCat]

They are stonewalling our pass rush. We're getting zero pressure on their QB, and he's just sitting back there picking us apart.

 

[Rebel II]

This team gives up 400 plus yards per game passing and what is our answer and game plan? As Fitz just said in halftime interview, "we gotta run the ball more." Hard to do when you have three first down motion penalties! We are not playing well by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Rodenthater]

Fox showed that SIU has had the lead 7 out of 8 times at half; they’ll probably win only being tied now!

 

[jensberg]

We have a lot more problems than just our defensive coordinator. We need players at almost every position and much better coaching.

 

[catcrazy]

Are we just bad evaluators of defensive talent? Our defense is a joke. This has the making of dark ages football

 

[phatcat]

Maybe, but with severely under inflated tires. That was a really slow-developing return.

#3 blew by him on TD pass

 

[phatcat]

Are we just bad evaluators of defensive talent? Our defense is a joke. This has the making of dark ages football

Defensive Coordinator talent, yes.

Not an iota of pressure on a pass-only team

 

[DaCat]

Hilinski is also not playing well, he is passing into coverage, his mechanics are off and his passes are sailing. He trying to do too much by himself.

 

[Alan Smithee]

#3 blew by him on TD pass

To be fair, the TE was running. I don’t think our guy was.

 

[peatymeanis]

Are we just bad evaluators of defensive talent? Our defense is a joke. This has the making of dark ages football

Fitz had been riding on Hankwitz’s coattails for so long he got confused and thought it was all his own doing.

 

[Alan Smithee]

Hilinski is also not playing well, he is passing into coverage, his mechanics are off and his passes are sailing. He trying to do too much by himself.

His passes sail in part because he loves to throw off his back foot.

 

[Sheffielder]

We're sorta losing to FCS teams more often than we graduate our All Americans. Just happened to look up at the wall after that second INT and it crossed my mind seeing Mark, Joseph...