Doc's Diagnosis : Illinois Game : The Huskers Collapse

[@thehappyhermit01]

That was WR Pat Bryant lined up as the FB on the OT TD by Illini. OC Barry Lunney called a great game.

[@stratman5461]

Something that was drilled into use O-linemen in college was slam the slanter and call the looper. If you recognize those stunts you never (ok rarely) forget it. I was yelling when I saw that.

[@ROMEYYOUROCK]

The thumbnail of Rob likes like someone just walked into the elevator and ripped a fart.

[@mark8337]

Nah, it wasn’t a collapse. They just got beat in OT by a good team.

[@philspear73]

Wrong

[@mark8337]

@@philspear73 I know you’re wrong.

[@eddiethorne6461]

Illinois certain is better than the team was last season.They debunk this home field advantage that a lot of the sports commentators talk about.How they play at Penn.State this week-end will show a lot.And how Nebraska play as a team at Purdue will be important to.

[@edhorton2766]

@@philspear73 It was a matchup of evenly matched teams. No way should have the Illini been an 8.5 underdog. Nebraska is a good team that's going to win a bunch of games. They have got to clean up the penalties. Nebraska has quality head coaches now in football AND basketball. An Illini fan.

[@NateBraska]

You watched that OT and don't think there was any collapse? Illinois is good, clearly, but so many points left and bad d mistakes by NU

[@TJMcNew1999]

We need more Videos of Nebraska football this Fall season we need more videos uploaded on Nebraska KZbin videos please and thank you

[@atlantarhythmsection2017]

Two DBs took horrendous angles at Illini RB on OT run. Maybe they misjudged a 250 pound RB’s ability to get to top gear.

[@william53]

Huskies need to focus on Saturdays game! What/how to improve? Last Friday is gone, let’s hold-on to our good start.

[@rodsynovec1626]

D-line didn't get off blocks and make tackles. No sacks or TFLs by the D-line all game.

[@LPH-11]

They missed a field goal that no one is talking about. They win if they make the field goal. Until they fix that they will continue to lose. The program was built this year on chasing 3. They left 3 on the field. That's why they lost. They also quit in the end and Illinois wanted it more at the end.

[@jakobemathias]

@@LPH-11stop it. And Illinois had 2 fumbles that resulted in stopped drives and Nebraska scores. And Hank Beatty was on his way to an Illini punt return for 6 but had his own player blocked into him from behind. And the one husker td was made possible when the Illini defender got twisted with the receiver in the end zone and fell down as the ball arrived. He doesn’t fall and that td is likely an incomplete pass or interception based on where the ball was coming and the defenders position. All sorts o shit happens in any game. Stop the woulda, coulda, didn’t game. You lost

[@litmus4inanity]

Wondering if Singleton would have been able to make a play had he not fallen down on the first OT run by Illinois

[@LPH-11]

No one is talking about the field goal they missed. Chasing 3 is all about 3 points and that's one field goal, my friends. Special teams, field goals, are as much a part of the team as anything else. It's the difference between winning and losing and if they don't fix that they are going to have another season of loses. We held them to 24 and we had a chance of scoring 27. Do the math!

[@drn13355]

Can any Nebraska fans jsut watch the game and enjoy it for what it was? A great game. This is what happens when delusional Nebraska fans think they are going to dominate every team. It is laudable. They haven't made a 6 win bowl game in almost a decade. They are better than they were before. Take that for what it is. They might make the Pop Tart bowl this year.

[@Kepster999]

Did you mean "laughable"?

[@gregoryhelton2408]

It was an interception because your receiver NEVER had possession of the ball before the ball touched the ground

[@seejfly2086]

Didn’t take long for the big ten to figure Tony White out.

[@ronm6359]

Matt Rhule = Scott Frost ver2.0

[@williamkulesh704]

Collapse?

[@georgegordian]

I suspect Hill was injured coming into the game. He struggled on the 1st drive, not just the TD pass. Very uncharacteristic of him.

[@thmmke6926]

No contain on our rt defensive end, you learn to contain or you do not play starting around in 6th grade, the players should know better no matter the scheme, and the coaches had a horrible scheme,

[@joeblowmha]

Bring back BO PELINI!

BTW: the 3-3-5 'D" stinks - in the 3rd game N. IA had figured it out. Thank coach Runtlie.

[@cjbunker8889]

what happened was very simple....we are an overrated avg. team at best with a bad coach.....now of course 90% of my fellow huskers fans get triggered reading this as i get all kinds of backlash in comments from them....oh well truth hurts....i said the same thing after frost's first year here....he was a bad coach in lincioln and needed to go....i took heat for that as well and i was right cause that didnt age well for ya did it,lol.....unfortunately it took 4 years for lincoln to toss him....i pray to god it dont take 4 years to toss out rhule....he needs to go after this season bowl game or not!!....cause if you being honest husker fans since when was a toilet bowl the goal and success in lincoln?....cause if thats your standard,and thats the actual standard in lincoln now than baby jesus how far we really have fallen 🤦‍♂.....truth is he needs to go!!....cold hard truth

[@fromthefuture9353]

How about the Nebraska pass touchdown that was ruled an interception in the end zone? This brings up my question. When the ball penetrates the goal line in the grasp of a running back, it's a TD? Right? So, why did the refs rule the illinois DB intercepted when our WR had possesion when the football crossed the goal line in our WR hands...? And, how can a ball be wrestled from an opposing player when both are down on the ground? Seems like a dead ball and should not be called. What is your take to this question no one has responded. So far! In conclusion. I feel the NCAA refs made another horrible call that affected the game's outcome!! It has been happening far too often over the last few years, Doc!

[@Newbcardcollector-sv8wd]

that was an obvious interception and they blew the call initially on the field. no controversy at all just a great play by the db

[@joeseddit]

Your WR didn't have possession when the football crossed the goal line and the ball was wrestled from an opposing player before both were on the ground. That's my take.

[@Newbcardcollector-sv8wd]

@@joeseddit Well you keep living in delusional nebraska land and let me know when you want to join the rest of us on planet earth

[@peachyktful]

A receiver must establish possession AND either do 1)a football move or 2)survive a fall to the ground while possessing the ball. He did not take two step or change direction , no football move. He did not have a body part down while surviving contact with the ground before the strip. Had he landed and the ball pop out it due to contact with ground it would have been incomplete. RB are in full possession as they approach goal line and need only have the skin of the football cross the line to consider it a TD.

[@joeseddit]

@@peachyktful Nice explanation of the rules. Thanks. I don't like that they use the term "football move". Gotta do better than that. To me, once you're on the field it's all football moves. You explain what they mean nicely, but I'd rather they just use your explanation instead of a term that has to be defined. Why be cryptic? It's not a Dylan song.