They both looked like deer in headlights last night on both sides of the ball.

Colvin: uh, guess I'll shoot (?)

Cam giving up baseline to Garcia was so bad, such an easy fix, one that is taught at the 2nd grade level. He was just topsy turvy on D all night, just looked perpetually confused.

Katscratch said:

Only IU and SMU got "garbage touchdowns?" Damn you're grasping at any straw you can find.

• How many garbage touchdowns did Oregon get when they were down 34-0 in the second half?
• Was Georgia's only touchdown a second half garbage touchdown? They were down by 17 at the time. They never got within one score thereafter.
• Tennessee garbage touchdown? They scored to turn a 42-10 deficit into a 42-17 loss.
• As you said, SMU's only touchdown turned a 38-3 game into a 38-10 loss.

At least IU's last touchdown, with under a minute left, gave IU a chance at a two point conversion + onside kick recovery to get the ball to tie. They didn't get the conversion, but IU's 1-5% chance of tying the game in the last minute was (slightly) better than Oregon, Tennessee, SMU, or Georgia's 0% chance.

Yet IU is the team that was more outmatched than others? Nope.

PS: I know that Purdue is a science-based, not literature oriented school, but you spelled INDIANA wrong again. Almost like some Chinese factory worker would by mistake. Do you live in Indiana? If so, you're gong to have trouble with mail/package deliveries if you cannot even figure out how to spell the name of the state you live in.

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Grasping??

Dude, you are here and defending 2 losses to the ranked opponents you played.

Georgia down 20-10 in the 3rd with 9:36 to play.
IU down 27-3 in the 4th with 4:50 to play.

You really can't compare the 2......just stop.

Poprudy said:

How about the game plan??? They went away from the run early and never went back to it. This is on Bobo to me and he fell right into the trap. They put a ton of pressure on a QB that hasn't been in this situation before.....shameful.

Time of possession and 2 fumbles cost this team and the D to be on the field a lot.

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Absolutely. A team and staff loss for Georgia for sure.

If it was a star-ranking/talent collection contest the SEC and Ohio State would win every game. Thank goodness for the other teams that isn't necessarily how it works out on the field.

Probably need Braden going for 20+ every night if we want to win. Gotta gets points from somewhere if H&C aren't giving us any.

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Interesting that his coach and pretty much every media report blamed dropped passes and bad special teams and o-line play as the main reasons Georgia lost. The Georgia QB was 20-32 with a touchdown, no interceptions, and a fumble on a blind-side hit.

From the CBS Sports game article:

"The Bulldogs don't have a quarterback problem. Gunner Stockton was an absolute gamer in the face of intense pressure — both because of the venue, circumstances and because of Notre Dame's furious pass rush. The offensive line, as it has this season, struggled to open holes for running backs and were leaky against another defensive front.

Meanwhile, the defense was pushed around up front and gave up too many chunk plays in big situations. That's not necessarily a killer, especially in a game in which the defense only gave up 16 points.

No, the biggest issue for Georgia is at receiver. The Bulldogs' receiving corps has dropped at least 36 passes during the 2024 season, including a massive drop on a would-be touchdown by Dillon Bell in the third quarter, according to ESPN's research. That is unacceptable for any championship-chasing team, and it's a big reason why the Bulldogs trailed at halftime in seven games this season — and lost three."

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How about the game plan??? They went away from the run early and never went back to it. This is on Bobo to me and he fell right into the trap. They put a ton of pressure on a QB that hasn't been in this situation before.....shameful.

Time of possession and 2 fumbles cost this team and the D to be on the field a lot.

z_one said:

Well we did fire our coach. I guess that makes you puff out your chest when you beat a team with only 1 victory? IU looked like shit against ND. ND beat Georgia but that was with a quarterback that had never started a game for them. Crow again. IU still sucks. You know it and we know it. Hell the entire college world knows it. Piss and moan at them. We know that you brought in an entirely new team, played a wuss schedule, got your asses handed to you by ND and all you can do is cry for validation. Go watch your newly paid for Bball team and crow about their victory over Rutgers.

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And IU played against Notre Dame with a quarterback playing on an unrepaired torn ACL. Teams deal with this kind of stuff the best they can. Hard to believe you and others are now making excuses like that for why ND was able to beat Georgia.

IU is your rival but had a great year. The entire college knows that IU football sucked? The whole college footbal world, both media and coaches, thought IU was deserving of their coach getting national coach of the year. The nation-wide selection committee thought the team was worthy of being in College Football Playoffs.

It would be like an IU fan disparaging Purdue's Final Four run with Edey. Yes, UConn was better. But Purdue had an incredible year and earned what and where they got. Full stop. It would take some ridiculous mental gymnastics to think otherwise, and I sure don't think otherwise. Same goes for this year's IU Football team.

BBG said:

Yeah they think those garbage touchdowns they got mean something... ND essentially made Indinia look like a JV squad until they let up the gas. And as much as I hate ND, giving them any sort of "kudos" is painful to say the least ......... but it's fact, Indinia like SMU just didn't belong and both of those teams getting throttled proved it.

But trying to explain that to a guy with at least 3 IDs on here is just futile. He can't even count to 10 for crying out loud.

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Only IU and SMU got "garbage touchdowns?" Damn you're grasping at any straw you can find.

• How many garbage touchdowns did Oregon get when they were down 34-0 in the second half?
• Was Georgia's only touchdown a second half garbage touchdown? They were down by 17 at the time. They never got within one score thereafter.
• Tennessee garbage touchdown? They scored to turn a 42-10 deficit into a 42-17 loss.
• As you said, SMU's only touchdown turned a 38-3 game into a 38-10 loss.

At least IU's last touchdown, with under a minute left, gave IU a chance at a two point conversion + onside kick recovery to get the ball to tie. They didn't get the conversion, but IU's 1-5% chance of tying the game in the last minute was (slightly) better than Oregon, Tennessee, SMU, or Georgia's 0% chance.

Yet IU is the team that was more outmatched than others? Nope.

PS: I know that Purdue is a science-based, not literature oriented school, but you spelled INDIANA wrong again. Almost like some Chinese factory worker would by mistake. Do you live in Indiana? If so, you're gong to have trouble with mail/package deliveries if you cannot even figure out how to spell the name of the state you live in.

sku said:

66 to 0 which means Purdue sucks to be on that PUD schedule.

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Well we did fire our coach. I guess that makes you puff out your chest when you beat a team with only 1 victory? IU looked like shit against ND. ND beat Georgia but that was with a quarterback that had never started a game for them. Crow again. IU still sucks. You know it and we know it. Hell the entire college world knows it. Piss and moan at them. We know that you brought in an entirely new team, played a wuss schedule, got your asses handed to you by ND and all you can do is cry for validation. Go watch your newly paid for Bball team and crow about their victory over Rutgers.

Bank Shot Podcast said:

The funny thing is that Indiana is 14-12 against Illinois over the past 15 seasons and 10-6 over the past 10.

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I bet your one proud puppy! Illinois has only 1 BT title in that stretch. IUs problem has been teams like Nebraska(who just torches IU), Northwestern, Penn St, and Rutgers have played WHACK-O-Mole with ya! No need to talk about the Purdue vs IU series. Purdue has won 4 of the last 8, and Michigan St has 3 in the last 10 years!

POTFHBTFU said:

Maybe you watched a different game, I saw him overthrow his receivers some and his fumble at the end of the first half was not great.

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Interesting that his coach and pretty much every media report blamed dropped passes and bad special teams and o-line play as the main reasons Georgia lost. The Georgia QB was 20-32 with a touchdown, no interceptions, and a fumble on a blind-side hit.

From the CBS Sports game article:

"The Bulldogs don't have a quarterback problem. Gunner Stockton was an absolute gamer in the face of intense pressure — both because of the venue, circumstances and because of Notre Dame's furious pass rush. The offensive line, as it has this season, struggled to open holes for running backs and were leaky against another defensive front.

Meanwhile, the defense was pushed around up front and gave up too many chunk plays in big situations. That's not necessarily a killer, especially in a game in which the defense only gave up 16 points.

No, the biggest issue for Georgia is at receiver. The Bulldogs' receiving corps has dropped at least 36 passes during the 2024 season, including a massive drop on a would-be touchdown by Dillon Bell in the third quarter, according to ESPN's research. That is unacceptable for any championship-chasing team, and it's a big reason why the Bulldogs trailed at halftime in seven games this season — and lost three."

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Chi-Boiler said:

I hit my 2nd Purdue parlay in a row. This one was ML, plus Braden for 15p, 6a, TKR 15 and Fletch 10. Gotta sit the next two out though cuz no gambling in Hawaii. But I'll be in Hawaii, so...

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I haven’t been playing lately, going to have to start up again, the fact that Purdue mostly has 3 guys that score make double digit scoring props winners, the books have caught on, remember early how off they were?

Bank Shot Podcast said:

Georgias backup QB played pretty well. He didn't look any worse than Beck.

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Maybe you watched a different game, I saw him overthrow his receivers some and his fumble at the end of the first half was not great.

pboiler18 said:

I’d take Green. Just need to put him in ISO man a lot less and actually coach him up.

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At this point you have to wonder why he looks so raw at his position....?

Going to love every minute of the next two years with this generational player.......one in a million college player.

Funny CMP recruited has 2 of those generational types from nowhere lately is just crazy amazing. And that's after recruiting the baby boilers, CE, TW and JI....not mention getting Loyer and TKR to come here with Braden.

The 26-27 season going to be strangely difficult without him on the floor. Looking forward to who CMP finds next.

Smith will be fine he reminds me a lot of steve nash

BBG said:

He's just short.

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And has a beard.

BBG said:

Yeah they think those garbage touchdowns they got mean something... ND essentially made Indinia look like a JV squad until they let up the gas. And as much as I hate ND, giving them any sort of "kudos" is painful to say the least ......... but it's fact, Indinia like SMU just didn't belong and both of those teams getting throttled proved it.

But trying to explain that to a guy with at least 3 IDs on here is just futile. He can't even count to 10 for crying out loud.

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or the fact of not beating one ranked opponent and losing badly to both. His response was those teams lost to unranked teams.....just proves the point that they can beat anyone and IU just simply can't and why they didn't belong.

DwaynePurvis00 said:

That was Based on a lot of social media chatter over offseason. Illinois looks to be pretty good tho. Will be interested to see if they can keep it up for conference play.

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Illinois putting up 109 on the road against what has been a pretty good Oregon team is a message to the whole B10 as well as the nation. That Lithuanian freshmen is crazy good. And using the portal well for example, to bring in the Tipton kid, or the well traveled White, has helped them a ton. They have some talent and are well coached. It's a long season, but teams that have to play them twice, look to be at a disadvantage.

Fighter of the Nightman said:

Who hasn’t!! 🥁

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The funny thing is that Indiana is 14-12 against Illinois over the past 15 seasons and 10-6 over the past 10.

Boiler Buck said:

All road wins are good wins. But Braden makes any game winnable. An amazing player. B10 player of the week given the last 2 games imo.

Love that Furst got going and C & H found a way to help off the bench. MN, even at the Barn in my opinion is not a good team. They look like they might be the cellar dweller of the B10 this year.

Loyer was so fun to watch last night. He was just having fun and is just a crazy good shooter. But that last shot was nuts.

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Yeah I kept thinking “man, Minny is soooo bad”. We didn’t execute well first half but Minnesota was even worse. Parker Fox (7th year senior who was in same class as Sasha, wheeler, Haarms and Nojel) had some reeeeeeaalllllly bad turnovers and decision making.

Glad we got it going in 2nd half. Not sure if it was second half adjustments or shots just being made, but like you said, no road game in B1G is easy.

Going to be a tough one at home vs a very solid Northwestern team who have lost a few close B1G road games.

Gman544 said:

The stars are evident and great contribution by Furst, but also… Kudos to Colvin and Heide for playing better, especially 9 boards. I got on them for 1 board last game. They also had 4 assists, 2 steals and 5 points. Colvin had the short dribble and pull up two we thought was there if the three was not falling.
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C & H handled their responsibilities tonight - well done. Will have to see that starting lineup get going faster ....28 pt halves won't cut it. Not sure if that was a function of the starting lineup or how the game was being called though.

Purdue Grad in Texas said:

53-34 second half for the Boilers, well done to secure the first road win of the season. 81-61 final for Purdue.

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That 2nd half might have been our best offensive half of the year. Everything was clicking.. Even if it was vs MN, it was still a 53 PT half on the road in the B10....no small feat.

rgarlitz said:

Illinois just destroyed Oregon in Eugene.
Two B1G teams won conference games by 20+ points on the road tonight. I bet that hasn't happened very often.

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That was a surprising result but a good "Welcome to the B1G" moment for Oregon.