it played a tole, sure---its not why you lost..
never said it didnt have an impact---it did. but no bigger of an impact than Bielema going for it on 4th dowm from the three, and getting stopped...Or, allowing IU to drive 75 yards with no timeouts, no run game, to beat you....
Don’t worry when you are inevitably in this position in football or basketball, I will be here to remind you that the calls don’t matter.
Didn’t say we should pin all of it on that one call. Illinois definitely shot themselves in the foot too many times but they outgained you by 100 yards and dominated T.O.P. Better team doesn’t always win (like Purdue last night).
I think you have to look at what both inherited. IU was coming off back-to-back bowl seasons while Purdue had just wrapped up a 9-39 record the previous 4 years. Allen inherited a much better roster than Brohm but Brohm made a bowl game in year 1 while it took Allen 3 years to finally go bowling. They’ve both had outlier good seasons (Brohm last year and Allen in ‘19/‘20) and outlier bad seasons (Brohm in ‘19/‘20 and Allen last year). Jury is still out on both though.
TOP is meaningless......Ilinois ran the shit out the bsll----IU did not.
where did i say calls dont matter? Please point that out.
Fair but Purdue has typically played a tougher non-conference schedule and has had a tougher overall schedule than IU in 3 of the years Allen and Brohm have been there.
Last night Purdue was the better team just like Illinois was the better team tonight.
You don’t think that being up 8 instead of 1 might change the decision to go for it on 4th down. Changed the outcome.
could have, and a fair point. To say it changed the outcome is a bit much....it didn't change anymore than dropped passes and Illinois turnovers, i.e the INT late in 4th quarter. The call becomes irrelevant at that point: going for it. I get the reasoning---inept offense, make them drive 95 yards, etc...but 4th and goal from the 3----over a sure fire 3 points? I dunno.
Cute that you think I’d want to go through your posts, no thanks.
Then why bring it up, slick?
Find me the post that blames the loss solely on that call.
He will ignore that point. It’s what trolls do.
You're smart enough to know about sight angles. You really think they missed that call looking up from the corner post and there was zero question of it during the broadcast?
You’re right. It should have never been a ball game. Illinois made too many mistakes. The referees made 10 points worth themselves, but Illinois still had control of the outcome.
You’re right. It should have never been a ball game. Illinois made too many mistakes. The referees made 10 points worth themselves, but Illinois still had control of the outcome.
You're right I took optics courses in college and QEM covers the probabilistic behavior of light as well - very versed in the behavior of light. Needless to say, if you can see the goal post between the camera lens and the ball, the ball traveled on the outside of the goalposts. It's a bit difficult to resolve that with the resolution provided, but the screenshot above does appear to show the goalpost between the ball and viewer.
Running the video back and forth and no using the still pic it appears it's well past the goalpost when it appears to cross it. That combined with the umps immediate reaction and literally no other questioning by the announcers or anyone else except for those who has the televised view tells me it was good. I actually thought he missed it at first but assumed the view made it appear so.
