First-half thread for NU vs. Illinois

lou v · Nov 30, 2019

It's Cats and the Illini in the last game of the season for The Hat. Today, the team's record really doesn't matter, does it?

Let's enjoy the last time we get to see Joe Gaziano, Jared Thomas, Trae Williams, Alex Miller, Trent Goens and all the other seniors in Purple. I would love to see them send these guys off with a win after this dreadful year.

I'm not in Champaign today. I'm in Lincoln, Neb., watching from the couch with in-laws. A couple notes from the Daily NU:

Marty, Whittaker and Smith are the three QBs who traveled. Hull did not make the trip. So it will be Anderson and Niro at RB, and -- get this -- backups include true freshmen Coco Azema and Marcus Cisco.

lou v · Nov 30, 2019

lou v said:
It's Cats and the Illini in the last game of the season for The Hat. Today, the team's record really doesn't matter, does it?

Let's enjoy the last time we get to see Joe Gaziano, Jared Thomas, Trae Williams, Alex Miller, Trent Goens and all the other seniors in Purple. I would love to see them send these guys off with a win after this dreadful year.

I'm not in Champaign today. I'm in Lincoln, Neb., watching from the couch with in-laws. A couple notes from the Daily NU:

Marty, Whittaker and Smith are the three QBs who traveled. Hull did not make the trip. So it will be Anderson and Niro at RB, and -- get this -- backups include true freshmen Coco Azema and Marcus Cisco.

And it is wet in Champaign.

lou v · Nov 30, 2019

This is kinda funny....

corbi296 · Nov 30, 2019

Who is Stovall playing for? I see Getak in there as well.

NUCat320 · Nov 30, 2019

NU running double TE sets. This one will be over before the fourth quarter of Mich-OSU.

phatcat · Nov 30, 2019

Who was calling for the Single Wing?

VirginiaWildcat · Nov 30, 2019

Pugh!!! :-( damn dropped passes!

MotownMedilldo · Nov 30, 2019

Pugh drops a TD. Maybe we should have just gone back to the RW spread this year.

Titanium999 · Nov 30, 2019

Nice throw! Dang! I guess that is why we are running every play!

DarthCat · Nov 30, 2019

Why did McCall call for a Pugh drop? And right after he called for another Anderson fumble? Anyone can see this is all McCall’s fault and the players are not to blame at all.

Williesfan · Nov 30, 2019

Nice hands Trey!

lou v · Nov 30, 2019

Ouch. That was a four-point drop by Trey Pugh. NU can't settle for FGs when they get to the red zone.

That was a 13-play drive. 12 of them were runs. The one pass should've been a TD.

phatcat · Nov 30, 2019

Williesfan said:
Nice hands Trey!

Sucks. At least Koobs made it. But. Sucks

Williesfan · Nov 30, 2019

DarthCat said:
Why did McCall call for a Pugh drop? And right after he called for another Anderson fumble? Anyone can see this is all McCall’s fault and the players are not to blame at all.

You forgot to blame Marty for putting the ball in both of their hands.

Titanium999 · Nov 30, 2019

Nobody in the stands

bjm989 · Nov 30, 2019

D Balling well. O has confidence. Only one mistake, from which they can recover. Go Cats!

TheC · Nov 30, 2019

NU playing with an intensity we haven't seen much this season.

NUCat320 · Nov 30, 2019

That was the most predictable QB draw in the history of QB draws. Go for it on 4th!!

VirginiaWildcat · Nov 30, 2019

Wasn’t there a guy wide open further down field on that interception!?

NUCat320 · Nov 30, 2019

Oh well. INT is as good as a punt with a 60 yard return.

HawkCat · Nov 30, 2019

VirginiaWildcat said:
Wasn’t there a guy wide open further down field on that interception!?

Yep. Likely an easy TD.

Eurocat · Nov 30, 2019

Coco?

Lest anyone think I am teasing, ask anyone who knows me what my name is. Ask Jerry E.

But seriously, Coco?

TheC · Nov 30, 2019

Thanks Northwestern offense. Been the story all year and really longer. The D making up for shitty offense.

phatcat · Nov 30, 2019

I hate it when we play so we'll for a stretch, don't score much, and the opponent turns it around just like that

NU Houston · Nov 30, 2019

VirginiaWildcat said:
Wasn’t there a guy wide open further down field on that interception!?

Looked like it. Marty threw to the receiver in double coverage, with another guy wide open behind him. Ugh.

JournCat · Nov 30, 2019

What a brain-dead sequence there. Fitz screams at Marty to end the quarter, then sends him out there on 4th to throw into double coverage. If only they could call it at halftime and end this season sooner.

CanadianWildcat · Nov 30, 2019

Defense gives up 41 yards on three drives - and we are losing.... Hard to believe....

TheC · Nov 30, 2019

Marty looks so much more comfortable in the pocket than Smith ever did. Really a mystery why he was behind in the depth chart.

EvanstonCat · Nov 30, 2019

CanadianWildcat said:
Defense gives up 41 yards on three drives - and we are losing.... Hard to believe....

Hey, but don’t you know? It’s complementary football!

Purple Pile Driver · Nov 30, 2019

Geezus is this offense predictable.

TheC · Nov 30, 2019

CanadianWildcat said:
Defense gives up 41 yards on three drives - and we are losing.... Hard to believe....

It comes down to recruiting. We don't recruit any playmakers on offense. That's what you need to get in the endzone.

NU Houston · Nov 30, 2019

Purple Pile Driver said:
Geezus is this offense predictable.

At least they're moving the ball, which is more than we can say for the offense earlier this season.

EvanstonCat · Nov 30, 2019

Purple Pile Driver said:
Geezus is this offense predictable.

Don’t blame McFail. It’s only predictable and inept because that’s the way Fitz wants it.

Strategy.

NUCat320 · Nov 30, 2019

TheC said:
Marty looks so much more comfortable in the pocket than Smith ever did. Really a mystery why he was behind in the depth chart.

Bad practice player. But still, crazy that there was never a consideration to play Marty.

NUCat320 · Nov 30, 2019

Holy geez. That James run truly was single wing.

TheC · Nov 30, 2019

NUCat320 said:
Holy geez. That James run truly was single wing.

And his blazing speed got us 1 yard as the safety ran him down from across the field.

EvanstonCat · Nov 30, 2019

NUCat320 said:
Bad practice player. But still, crazy that there was never a consideration to play Marty.

Why is anyone surprised? These are the same coaches that played Andrew Brewer and a freshman Mike Kafka ahead of CJ Bacher, and let a future NFL QB Trevor Siemian sit on the bench so a WR could play QB.

BFDCat · Nov 30, 2019

Marty is a baller, that's for sure.

EvanstonCat · Nov 30, 2019

TheC said:
And his blazing speed got us 1 yard as the safety ran him down from across the field.

You can tell, McFail is coaching his guts out to try to keep his job.

NUCat320 · Nov 30, 2019

Purple Pile Driver said:
Geezus is this offense predictable.

But the best we’ve seen!

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