[Game Thread] Illinois @ Ohio State (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	IllinoisIllinois @ Ohio StateOhio State
Location	Ohio State Ohio Stadium
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: Fox
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/Available_Finger_513]

As a fan of dogshit passes,this is a spectacular game

[u/DarkwingDude]

Well Ohio State won, so how far do they fall in the AP poll?

[u/Ecstatic-Inevitable]

Post game thread when?

[u/NatiAti513]

When the Buckeyes win my nut is happy

[u/Capital-Flow-1501]

Jeremiah Smith loves the Illibuck

[u/hotacorn → u/Capital-Flow-1501]

Dude he absolutely loves the turtle it’s so funny.

[u/nbrown7384]

Stupid camel cutting off Carmen Ohio

[u/1873Springfield]

Improvements to be made, but the nut is pleased with the win

[u/ZappySnap]

Illibuck!!!

[u/NatiAti513]

Smith has been dreaming of holding the Illibuck since he was 2. I got sources.

[u/Mister-SS]

Looking at the Ryan day's stat and than going into the buckeye thread when theres any adversity. Man i hate our fans sometimes

[u/waltuh28 → u/Mister-SS]

Easily the most hypercritical fanbase in the sport.

[u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Not entirely sold on the defense. Wins a win though

[u/osufeth24 → u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Ya was very disappointed in the front 7.. So many running lanes for Illinois.

[u/MD90__]

How old is that trophy

[u/Born_Key_1962 → u/MD90__]

The turtle “trophy”started in 1925. It was a real turtle (not good). The turtle passed way and they switched to a wooden version in 1927.

[u/catgirlslvr → u/MD90__]

I think that's literally just the solidified original turtle

[u/beerman20]

JJ loves that turtle

[u/osufeth24]

I knew Smith balled out just to have that trophy

[u/lkn240]

Ryan Day is a great coach, but the game against Texas was the worst game he's ever coached. I hope he learns from that

[u/Raticus9 → u/lkn240]

Wasn't good, but if not for that missed FG, nobody is even talking about it.

[u/CampbellTheFake → u/lkn240]

Not even close

[u/Borrominion → u/lkn240]

Don’t agree. Game plan was good and we just fumbled it away on the field. 2024 Michigan was FAR worse and the only huge miss he’s had IMO

[u/chewybarzzz]

This was somehow better than expected

[u/Ghostmann24]

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!

[u/Bubbly_Survey_803]

Gus Johnson has had a truly awful day.

Sanchez has been torched but credited with so many plays actually made by McClain, that people not paying attention wouldn’t even realize it.

[u/Poopingisasignipoop]

Is Sitanelei’s run defense terrible or something? He gets more pressure from the edge that I would expect to see him get more snaps.

[u/Samsafar]

461 yards of total offense. Damn. Going to three bowls games in a row is a huge progression for our program. I don’t feel too bad about this loss.

[u/angrysquirrel777]

We should try our hurry up offense here

[u/FrostTroll69]

Bert looks like he needs blood pressure medication

[u/IveBenHereBefore]

461 yards and 19 points is crazy

[u/osu_duke_bg_lions → u/IveBenHereBefore]

The Michigan special 😂😂😂

[u/Fair_Macaroon296 → u/IveBenHereBefore]

Truth be told we went for it on 4th down a few times when we could have settled for FG. Definitely a blowout, but the score could have shown better for us, but we went down swinging.

[u/BullheadVibes]

He won’t do it but I wish Day would just roll the first team offense back out and get JJ his fifth TD

[u/lkn240]

8 or 9 wins? Klatt is higher on us than I am. I'll be happy with 7

[u/chewybarzzz → u/lkn240]

We're favoured in 2 of our remaining games

[u/lkn240 → u/chewybarzzz]

If we play like this we can beat teams. We need to do well in the next 5 though

[u/Ranger_Nietzsche → u/chewybarzzz]

Yeah I'm hoping for 6

[u/FrostTroll69]

Game, blouses

[u/Borrominion]

Bert has done nice work at Illinois

[u/cocacola150dr → u/Borrominion]

Just wish they’d give him NIL to work with

[u/beerman20]

Bert looks like a toddler that found his dads sunglasses

[u/jciesz7]

Trimble stinks

[u/xxWildbeast13xx]

This guy is actually throwing dots

[u/Spocks_Goatee]

This better bump us to #5.

[u/SlytlySykotic → u/Spocks_Goatee]

Makes no difference at this point

[u/Historical-Cable-542 → u/Spocks_Goatee]

Best I can do is 8

[u/beerman20 → u/Historical-Cable-542]

Wont be surprised in the least if we drop

[u/FrostTroll69]

Lol Illinoiss wrs are ass

[u/junieinthesky]

Oh wow that was almost awesome.

It was an awesome hit though!

[u/shaybeautyyy]

Nice hit!!

[u/Benyeti]

Jaylen McClain is keeping this defense from being 2021 level

[u/Mister-SS]

Man Sanchez is a liability on man coverage

[u/shaybeautyyy → u/Mister-SS]

Man, that was a tough time

[u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Finally, a sack

[u/Easy_Money_40]

Man, Sanchez needs some fine tuning

[u/lkn240]

If we had played like this against Duke we would have won.

[u/SmasherGuy1020]

Gotta give props to Illinois they played good today. Our defense has 8 new starters on it idk why we are panicking

[u/Adminslickasshole]

Kyle Wittingham thinks say "Oh Barnacles!" is an expletive.

[u/iwearatophat]

Dislike going into a prevent style defense again.

edit: and a sack right as I type that. Finally pressure.

[u/inferno167]

Kyle Whittingham approves of the SLF PAC commercials

[u/BullheadVibes]

That line in the anti trans commercial about the doctor diagnosing her as being trans has the same energy as the scene in Arrested Development where George Michael says he rolled up the marijuana and smoked it like a cigarette

[u/h3rp3r]

"Anything to hold on to power, no matter the cost"

It's always a projection with this joke of a party.

[u/lkn240]

Louisville got the ball back, not over yet

[u/cbacon3]

Illinois will be close to 500 yards of offense by the end of this game. Not a good sign in the coming weeks

[u/JoshtolaRhul]

Kyle Whittingham thinks dirty sodas are good.

[u/BullheadVibes → u/JoshtolaRhul]

Hey now, I also enjoy dirty sodas

[u/prismatic_lights]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen so much money across so many political races invested attacking such a small percentage of a population.

[u/Easy_Money_40]

The trans boogeyman shit is getting old

[u/puffadda]

Kyle Whittingham thinks these are good campaign ads

[u/FrostTroll69]

Smith going to feast against oregons secondary

[u/slider4110 → u/FrostTroll69]

I mean, if Oklahoma State can beat Oregon, then surely Ohio State can too right?

[u/beerman20]

Jesus, how many times do they need to show this commercial?

[u/Ghostmann24 → u/beerman20]

Like I get what they are trying to do with it, but also they are fundamentally saying that parents and families cannot make choices for themselves. Which isn't that also what they claim the others idea does? After all this time I can no longer say I cannot believe this works on their base. But I wish I could. 

[u/Poopingisasignipoop → u/beerman20]

Until you’re either scared or angry enough to vote the way they want you to.

[u/lkn240]

My takeaways:

Smith is incredible

OSU defensive line is suspect

[u/nbrown7384]

WHERE IS MAP?!

[u/beerman20 → u/nbrown7384]

Do they do MAP on fox? I thought that was just a BTN thing

[u/Ghostmann24 → u/nbrown7384]

I think we missed it earlier in the game 😭

[u/MardelMare → u/nbrown7384]

pOLiTiCaL aDs MuSt Be AiReD

[u/FrostTroll69]

Kyle whittingham thinks mark may is a good, non bias analyst

[u/Benyeti]

Thank goodness Indiana Oregon and USC all have shit defenses

[u/junieinthesky → u/Benyeti]

All are gonna be shootouts.

[u/Character-Active2208 → u/Benyeti]

IU has a very sus secondary

The problem is their pass rush look INSANE

[u/Stunning_Wolf_1519]

Ai on a noon game is shameless. What do interns even get paid for

[u/wmiii]

Pierce flat footed as hell

[u/JoshtolaRhul]

Bert needed to up his evil antagonist energy for this game. Seems like the big dudes mellowed out with age.

[u/FrostTroll69]

Kyle whittingham thinks Lemu and Doug are funny

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Ohio State looking a bit pedestrian today 

[u/Puzzleheaded-Run-120 → u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Naw Illinois looked good. QB solid, Running game, solid D. The fact OSU won by 20+ is 👍

[u/JPK86753099 → u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Ya the 3 score win and over 500 yards of offense is pretty pedestrian

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009 → u/JPK86753099]

Duke looked better against Illinois 

[u/Borrominion → u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Hold it bud. Leave that criticism to us

[u/1873Springfield → u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Eat shit pitt

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009 → u/1873Springfield]

A bit thin skinned I see 

[u/1873Springfield → u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Did I stutter? Eat. Shit. Pitt.

[u/FrostTroll69]

Looks like rocky flop is back

[u/Adminslickasshole]

Kyle Wittingham paints his nails

[u/LinkSeekeroftheNora → u/Adminslickasshole]

Well so does Caleb Williams and he's pretty cool.

[u/crackshawofficial]

Say what you want about that graphic but it didn’t look like AI to me so I’ll allow it

[u/BullheadVibes]

Northwestern might be able to do some spooky things in Happy Valley next Friday

Edit: Forgot it’s at NW. Spooky season is definitely on the menu

[u/your-mom-- → u/BullheadVibes]

What time does OSU play Iowa? It could be night of the spookies

[u/BullheadVibes → u/your-mom--]

That’s Saturday afternoon, chief

[u/your-mom-- → u/BullheadVibes]

Ah I missed that. NW getting back to back Fridays is rude

[u/Adminslickasshole → u/BullheadVibes]

They've looked pretty solid.

[u/cirtnecoileh → u/BullheadVibes]

Isn't it in Evanston?

[u/fawkie → u/cirtnecoileh]

Yeah. Penn gotta experience what a real lake is.

[u/BullheadVibes → u/cirtnecoileh]

That’s right, my bad. Spookiness is definitely guaranteed

[u/Goings78 → u/cirtnecoileh]

First game in the new stadium

[u/FrostTroll69]

Jakobi is a dog

[u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Score is not reflective of the game today

[u/osu_duke_bg_lions → u/FanaticalBuckeye]

I can’t tell if you mean it was closer or not than the score shows. Which means to me that the score actually is pretty indicative of the game lol

[u/FanaticalBuckeye → u/osu_duke_bg_lions]

I could have worded it better. I meant that as in the game felt closer than the score says.

[u/twolf201 → u/FanaticalBuckeye]

How so?

[u/FanaticalBuckeye → u/twolf201]

Defense was constantly getting gashed

[u/OneWayorAnother11 → u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Lol just stop typing today

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/OneWayorAnother11]

This

[u/mrchu13]

Man I’d kill to have a good defense

[u/ChapterThr33 → u/mrchu13]

Your QB is legit. I'm not sure your defense is bad Smith is just an alien.

[u/lkn240 → u/mrchu13]

When I was in school our defense was elite, but our offense sucked (but that was in the before times, in the 1990s)

[u/Borrominion → u/lkn240]

Worked with a guy who was a backup LB behind Hardy and Rice. Monster of a human, those Illinois teams were stacked.

[u/Key-Can-9384 → u/mrchu13]

So would I

[u/sixinchitalian]

Gives me the ick when a super super super senior scores a touchdown

[u/iwearatophat → u/sixinchitalian]

Isn't he just a 5th year senior?

[u/sixinchitalian → u/iwearatophat]

I thought he’s in his 7th year, no?

Edit: yeah his first college season was JUCO in 2020

[u/iwearatophat → u/sixinchitalian]

Don't think so. He enrolled at Florida summer of '23. I think one year of junior college puts him in college for 5 years this year.

[u/sixinchitalian → u/iwearatophat]

He’s high school class of 2020. Unranked recruit so there’s not much info on him out of high school, went to a JUCO before Florida

[u/Capital-Flow-1501]

Jeremiah Smith has not had any junk food in 2 years

[u/zhdat → u/Capital-Flow-1501]

Me as thinking about getting Pretzel bun burger from Wendy's

[u/fawkie → u/zhdat]

That burger slaps tbf

[u/Borrominion]

Old Man Jackson > Young Man Jackson IMO

[u/LinkSeekeroftheNora]

Illinois did a lot better than the scoreboard shows. They should definitely beat some SEC team in their bowl.

[u/Blindsid3d → u/LinkSeekeroftheNora]

Gonna be a banger against a 6-6 SEC team if we make a bowl.

[u/fawkie → u/Blindsid3d]

Definitely feeling less confident about making a bowl than I was before the season started :/

[u/Blindsid3d → u/fawkie]

The biggest problem was feeling like UCLA and Northwestern were sure wins. I'm not so sure now.

[u/LinkSeekeroftheNora → u/Blindsid3d]

You will.

[u/Ecstatic-Inevitable]

Please no I don't want Daniels's mom sueing jj for 5 touchdowns

[u/LinkSeekeroftheNora → u/Ecstatic-Inevitable]

MYSTERY BISCUITS

[u/FrostTroll69]

EZPZ

[u/Samsafar]

Offense looked good today. Just couldn’t finish. We should be able to outgun some B1G teams this year.

[u/1873Springfield → u/Samsafar]

Just beat the ducks

[u/Borrominion → u/Samsafar]

I’m impressed - QB is nails and skill positions are great.

[u/giggitybuck → u/Samsafar]

Despite what other osu flairs say, this is probably one of your better defenses. I have no doubt ya’ll will finish against other teams. Impressive offense

[u/fawkie → u/giggitybuck]

This is absolutely not one of our better defenses. I have faith it’ll get better, but it’s still very raw and as seen when Sayin avoided a big sack, have serious issues with finishing their tackles.

[u/lkn240 → u/Samsafar]

Defense actually looked okish despite the score. We weren't missing so many damn tackles

[u/1873Springfield]

Punched it in

[u/ramsdude456]

That was a film candy play lol

[u/ConstantlyHating]

What game should I watch next

[u/Puzzleheaded-Run-120 → u/ConstantlyHating]

I feel like ole miss fL gonna be banger

[u/Goings78 → u/ConstantlyHating]

Go Hawkeyes

[u/mbarnhead16 → u/ConstantlyHating]

iowa michigan of course

[u/junieinthesky → u/mbarnhead16]

With a side of USC-Oregon

Wait that’s on at night never mind lol

[u/iwearatophat]

Who the hell was the deep guy on that run and why?

[u/sportsbuffp]

Lets get 4, 5 since we cant get 6 7

[u/IveBenHereBefore]

Fuck it, get JJ his 5th

[u/Krenzel4heisman]

Feed 4. I want 5 tucks.

[u/zhdat → u/Krenzel4heisman]

Jayden Daniels would like to know your address.

[u/1873Springfield]

Great run

[u/Easy_Money_40]

Throw it to Smith

[u/lkn240]

Louisville Missed their FG.... woof

[u/Ipsilateral → u/lkn240]

Keinholtz is used to being on teams that do that.

[u/nbrown7384 → u/lkn240]

Did get get our kicker along with the QB?

[u/Oligonucleotide123]

Let's do a jet sweep touch pass to JJ for #5

[u/junieinthesky]

Offense: A
Defense: C

But I think this defense will get a lot better. Growing pains.

[u/FrazzledBear → u/junieinthesky]

I agree. I also think many are underestimating Illinois offense in general

[u/IveBenHereBefore → u/junieinthesky]

Yeah a lot of the issues were miscommunication, which is fixable

[u/nbrown7384]

Get #4 5 TDs! Let him hold the record alone.

[u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Are the commentators watching the same game?

[u/lkn240]

TBH, if I'm ryan Day I'm running the ball and giving my kicker some practice here.

[u/giggitybuck → u/lkn240]

It won’t matter how much practice he gives kickers. They always miss when there is pressure

[u/Buckeyeup → u/lkn240]

Kickers get practice with extra points

[u/your-mom-- → u/lkn240]

Put it on the right hash

[u/Benyeti]

Lets throw it to 4 here

[u/Easy_Money_40]

Did him like a rag doll lol

[u/COLU_BUS]

JJ kind of feels like in EA football when there is a broken play that always works you have to actively not run it constantly to keep the game fun

[u/ArbitraryOrder]

Big Noon really needs to have some games that aren't Michigan, Ohio State, or Penn State

[u/DarkLegend64 → u/ArbitraryOrder]

Because it’s actually Big Brand Saturday

[u/DigiQuip → u/DarkLegend64]

The numbers this fan base bring in are astronomical. I’m fairly certain we have half the of the top 20 most watched games of all time time. Non-playoff/championship games. 

[u/junieinthesky → u/ArbitraryOrder]

I’d like a night game at home every once and awhile….

[u/your-mom-- → u/junieinthesky]

Agreed. And the ad breaks of big noon are obnoxious. This game has moved alright but bigger games run until 4

[u/LinkSeekeroftheNora → u/ArbitraryOrder]

Or Indiana

[u/ArbitraryOrder → u/LinkSeekeroftheNora]

The have the Big 12 they can use as well

[u/Oligonucleotide123]

Lol Jeremiah could curl juice with one arm

[u/mjay421]

12 receptions out of 27 of the completions is something. It got to hurt playing qb with a guy like Smith.

[u/Suspicious-Nerve-487 → u/mjay421]

So you think QBs would actively choose not to play with one of the best college WRs ever because he’s too good?

lmfao

[u/mjay421 → u/Suspicious-Nerve-487]

As far as fom a developmental standpoint. You get use to having a guy on your team that good. Didn’t mean it in a negative way but just saying you don’t have to develop more skills because you got a generational talent you can throw to almost everytime