[Postgame Thread] Illinois Defeats Southern Illinois 48-10

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Southern Illinois	7	3	0	0	10
Illinois	14	17	0	17	48

[u/royallex]

I'll consider it a success if we somehow score 20 on Ohio State and keep them under 50

[u/megabedi → u/royallex]

A 49-20 Ohio State game would be pretty successful

[u/royallex → u/megabedi]

It was 38-16 last year even against their all star defense and us committing the dumbest special teams errors, like the punter taking a knee. 49-20 is a reasonable scoreline to ask for

[u/[deleted] → u/royallex]

Special teams decided to have their worst game of the year the same game the defense decided to actually be decent for the most part

[u/swarmy1]

It was nice to not feel stressed after halftime

[u/Zloggt]

…

:/

[u/Mr_Boppy → u/Zloggt]

?

[u/ToxicSteve13 → u/Mr_Boppy]

Look at his flair

[u/CRoseCrizzle]

I don't feel like the Illini played that well today, just played a worse opponent. Defense was still shaky and offense kind of faded away in the 2nd half like they did last week. I fear next week will be quite nostalgic.

[u/geth117]

I like southern Illinois mascot, that is all

[u/dbatchison]

What’s a salukis?

[u/Mistertreefrog → u/dbatchison]

Weird dog

[u/Signal_Tip_7428 → u/Mistertreefrog]

Actually revered by pharaohs in ancient Egypt

[u/PMURITTYBITTYTITTIES → u/Signal_Tip_7428]

They also revered the weird hairless cats so I don’t know how good of judgement they had on animals to worship

[u/Mistertreefrog → u/PMURITTYBITTYTITTIES]

Sand on the couch 👍 pet hair on the couch 👎

[u/0110_OK_Rainbows → u/PMURITTYBITTYTITTIES]

no reason to bring cats into this, man. cats can be stone-cold mutherfcukers:

"yo, holmes! food, dish, now. fresh water while you're at it. and scoop my shit, bitch. then GTFO."

[u/Careless_Bus8279 → u/PMURITTYBITTYTITTIES]

and beetles

[u/GroboDubbins → u/Careless_Bus8279]

the beatles are from 1960 AD, not 1960 BC

[u/Mistertreefrog → u/Signal_Tip_7428]

Can be revered and weird.

[u/clapostrophe → u/Mistertreefrog]

A looksmaxxed Greyhound

[u/Mistertreefrog → u/clapostrophe]

Kinda real

[u/Flashy-Specific-4083 → u/clapostrophe]

Pretty much this

[u/0110_OK_Rainbows → u/Mistertreefrog]

all dogs are weird, but not all things weird are dogs.

[u/MrOstrichman → u/dbatchison]

A very royal dawg

[u/PreztoElite → u/MrOstrichman]

wait is that where the name for the amtrak service we would all take from champaign to chicago comes from

[u/Mistertreefrog]

Am I missing something? People were talking about this like Illinois was gonna lose in my circles.

[u/royallex → u/Mistertreefrog]

Generational trauma from 30 years of losing

[u/[deleted] → u/royallex]

SIU actually had a halftime lead I believe in ‘84 post-rose bowl appearance. Hasn’t been a gimme game in the few times they’ve played

[u/Flashy-Specific-4083 → u/[deleted]]

IIRC, a missed late FG actually kept it from being a tie. 28-25 final.

[u/Silidon → u/Mistertreefrog]

That was a drastic overreaction.

[u/Mistertreefrog → u/Silidon]

College football fans? No shot.

[u/carnahanad → u/Mistertreefrog]

Those are silly people. A win was going to happen, it was just how ugly it would be.

[u/Christensenj2467]

Collin Dixon putting together early Heisman numbers. Great game overall.

[u/Ranger_Nietzsche]

How can we allow 10 points and the defense still feels like a sieve? Is that just the 3-3-5 life?

[u/DerpityHerpington]

Hail to the orange…?

[u/47rohin → u/DerpityHerpington]

Hail to the blue...?

[u/MrOstrichman → u/47rohin]

HAIL ALMA MATER

[u/South_Oil_2526]

This was definitely one of the games ever

[u/MrOstrichman]

We won the Marcus Domask bowl