First half thread for the Big Ten title game
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Yeah but I don't get why we planned a pass-first attack against a team that has defended the run much worse than it's defended the pass.
It's like our coaches thought we could just flip a switch and CT could put up 300+ yards in the air against this Ohio State team.
I honestly think our coaches tried to use Purdue's strategy against Ohio State without realizing that Maryland's or Minnesota's would have been better for our personnel.
Haskins is not a DT QB, but can scramble enough to extend plays.
Was Siemian a DT QB?
No.
But he could scramble well enough to extend plays.
But that's been the case for how many years now?
It wasn't just an issue of momentum. It was an issue of stopping the clock to try to get the ball back for another attempt at a score in the half. It obviously didn't work out.
Heck, if you look at time-of-possession, if we'd have been running on every first down, it might be 14-7 instead of 24-7 just because of all the clock being burned off.
That's how you beat a team like Ohio State, just keep the clock running and try to stay in the game as long as you can and hope you steal the game late.
If they beat you 28-7 that's better than just falling way behind and being forced to open the game up (as we actually did and it didn't work).
Lots more 3-and-outs with 1.5 minutes of possession will just turn this into a laugher.
That's how you beat a team like Ohio State, just keep the clock running and try to stay in the game as long as you can and hope you steal the game late.
If they beat you 28-7 that's better than just falling way behind and being forced to open the game up (as we actually did and it didn't work).
Lots more 3-and-outs with 1.5 minutes of possession will just turn this into a laugher.
It’s only 3am in London, but I am watching until the end. Go Cats!!!
Sure but when you wake up it will be... Oh, wait a minute. You're a really good fan.
I tend to not blame the players. And Hankwitz’s scheme of three man rush has for years given the qb either too much time to find open man or open running lanes: Nebraska Hail Mary, OT loss to Michigan at Ryan Field few years back are prime but not only examples.
The only way you could make this funnier is if you had said Illinois should be representing the West.
Throw him in the lake. If he’s a witch, he’s made out of wood, and will float. Then we’ll know he’s a witch.
Typical fitz to the halftime reporter, it's everybody else but Thorson... I guess in reality it's everybody else including Thorson
But you can't beat jNU (or Wisconsin, or Purdue), so Io_a must suck. Three years in a row.
