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.

DwaynePurvis00 said:

You sure about that? Cuz All that SEC talent has resulted in only 2 appearances in the F4 the last 5 tourneys

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That's just the beauty of the NCAA tourney. Nothing is guaranteed expect for chaos.

tjreese said:

This was a good win in a lot of ways in how the game played out. This is a confidence builder in how things played out in a Purdue team that maybe was a bit more unsure than the recent past. Game was physical early and close. Fouls on Trey and then Caleb a bit with Braden’s stroke off a bit, but they hung in there and the refs found their pea and then shots other than Fletch started to fall. I like CJ and Caleb starting

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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.

POTFHBTFU said:

You are an idiot. Georgia actually looked like the better team, just made some mistakes, largely by their backup qb. Indiana was dominated by ND.

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

Fighter of the Nightman said:

You just made this up, lol … but yes, we are good.

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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.

the top 4 seeds go the the top ranked conference champions (automatic bids). The rest are lower ranked conference champions or at large bids. I think it's fine for now. You'd want the top 5 conference champions in the mix. Penn State was heavily favored to win the game and should have been salivating with the draw they got - especially compared to ND's bracket.

I guess there's an argument if the Mountain West was higher ranked than the ACC, but I think the ACC's bowl results spoke for that.

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...

DwaynePurvis00 said:

Illini, according to their fans, are a F4 team with best passer (Jakucionis) and player (Riley) and shooter (humrichous) and best big man (ivisic — who isn’t eligible yet).

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You just made this up, lol … but yes, we are good.

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.

Okay, following up here. I ended up going to DT Kirby’s by myself (didn’t drag along the nephews, promised to give them the paint crew experience later). Ubered to Mackey and back to DTs. The uber/lyft back was a little delayed since kids were outta town (less drivers) but it wasn’t terrible (small wait). All in all, it was a great experience otherwise…they had 312 on tap (miss that, being out of town). The game was great, too, sat center court and it was family night so the crowd was engaged but not too wild. Glad to finally have made it down that way. Thank you all for the recommendations.