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One thing about Theran is he plays with an attitude. He will be a target for all the big boys next season. Size and skill. He is that good.

Short field helps our offense. Good enough defense can keep teams out of the end zone.

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It is insane what Indiana is doing this season. I'd say they have to be cheating, but all that stuff is legal now.

zeek55 said:

Michigan or Illinois

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As much as I would exult over a Mich win, we won't get any breaks at the Big outhouse. Illinois is more likely but it's at the dreaded Wrigley.

Imagine how bad our record would be if the teams started at the 5. 😀😀

corbi296 said:

Oh, don’t get me started on the bad spot on the Henning catch. That was clearly a first down.

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Not making excuses for the officials, especially because we got the worst end of the stick, but I actually sat next to the head ref at the Wisconsin game (he was scouting NU for a future game - guess this one) and he’s brand new at this level. Seems like a good guy/hungry to be a ref but you could definitely tell he was a little nervous. Learning curve for everyone. Just glad we won at the end of the day or I might not have been so charitable in my comments lol.

NU Houston said:

Gordon had an offensive PI called on him in the first half on a screen pass to Henning. You don't see that call everyday, but on the replay it was clear that he started blocking the DB while the pass was still in the air. Poor execution or communication somewhere, I guess.

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Nah. That’s on Lausch. Ball has to be out more quickly. Gordon can’t look back there.

NU Houston said:

Looked to me like Gordon was clearly locked up with the DB before the ball got to Henning, though only for a second or two. Probably 50-50 whether to let that one go.

NU got bad spots on third down plays at least twice. One on a Porter run and one on a pass to Henning on the sideline. Both looked like first down conversions, though NU did convert on fourth down after the latter play.

The Mockibee TD was a joke. He was held up for like five seconds. Need to blow the whistle there.

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Oh, don’t get me started on the bad spot on the Henning catch. That was clearly a first down.

corbi296 said:

That was really close. I am not sure that he physically touched the DB until Henning already had the ball.

Questionable calls going against NU all day. I thought there was a hold that could have easily been called on Purdue on their TD pss right before the half. The Mockibee TD run should have been ruled as forward progress was stopped. I could go with a long list.

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Looked to me like Gordon was clearly locked up with the DB before the ball got to Henning, though only for a second or two. Probably 50-50 whether to let that one go.

NU got bad spots on third down plays at least twice. One on a Porter run and one on a pass to Henning on the sideline. Both looked like first down conversions, though NU did convert on fourth down after the latter play.

The Mockibee TD was a joke. He was held up for like five seconds. Need to blow the whistle there.

phatcat said:

I don't get it, but possibly because we've historically had good red zone defense.

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Two things: (1) The bend-but-don't-break defense tightens up in the red zone. (2) NU usually has a good list of set plays they like to call from the 25 or so. That's not just in OT, but it's the right distance to call those plays early.

corbi296 said:

I didn't see any hold on the Thompson play. If that's a hold, you have to throw one on every play.

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My rough estimate is they call holding about 50 percent of the time a RB or QB bounces a play outside when it's supposed to go inside.

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NU Houston said:

Gordon had an offensive PI called on him in the first half on a screen pass to Henning. You don't see that call everyday, but on the replay it was clear that he started blocking the DB while the pass was still in the air. Poor execution or communication somewhere, I guess.

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That was really close. I am not sure that he physically touched the DB until Henning already had the ball.

Questionable calls going against NU all day. I thought there was a hold that could have easily been called on Purdue on their TD pss right before the half. The Mockibee TD run should have been ruled as forward progress was stopped. I could go with a long list.

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Baz=Heisman said:

Yes. The presnap stuff is absolutely on the coaches. It’s a few things. Not getting the play call in quickly enough, not getting the sub packages ready to run in on the sidelines and/or the players not truly comprehending the playbook (which is absolutely on the coaches because we have extremely bright players IQ wise).

The holding penalty on Thompson was on him. Let go when the RB gets past you! The face mask one on Uihlein is tough to avoid in real time. The Cam hold was bang bang but worth the risk given Lausch gets flattened without it.

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Gordon had an offensive PI called on him in the first half on a screen pass to Henning. You don't see that call everyday, but on the replay it was clear that he started blocking the DB while the pass was still in the air. Poor execution or communication somewhere, I guess.

corbi296 said:

I didn't see any hold on the Thompson play. If that's a hold, you have to throw one on every play.

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And there was a terrible no call on blatant interference. Glad though that this game didn't end up being decided by the refs.

A win is a win is a win. I'll take wins any way we can get them. Just need to try to find a 5th to get into a bowl through the APR route.

Yep, the goal is to find a 5th win somewhere and claw our way to a bowl game.

Michigan or Illinois; just have to catch them at the right time/right moment with us playing a clean game and them the opposite.

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Baz=Heisman said:

Yes. The presnap stuff is absolutely on the coaches. It’s a few things. Not getting the play call in quickly enough, not getting the sub packages ready to run in on the sidelines and/or the players not truly comprehending the playbook (which is absolutely on the coaches because we have extremely bright players IQ wise).

The holding penalty on Thompson was on him. Let go when the RB gets past you! The face mask one on Uihlein is tough to avoid in real time. The Cam hold was bang bang but worth the risk given Lausch gets flattened without it.

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I didn't see any hold on the Thompson play. If that's a hold, you have to throw one on every play.

One thing I'd say about NU football over the years is that they've shown perseverance. In many (most) games, the opposing teams has had more overall talent, and when NU has won, it's been because they've played smarter and more disciplined football. Perhaps when those games have gone to OT, the NU players have been better able to keep that edge and focus.

Interestingly, NU is 1-1 in OT games this season, with the final score in both being 26-20. I'd love to have won that Duke game but do feel somewhat fortunate to have come away with the victory today.

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