1.) Not sure if I was hampered or blessed OR if it was ESPN's fault or the loud fans at Beaver Stadium, but I sure did have a hard time hearing the announcerpersons today.
2.) How the teams were similar today -- focus on the #17 (as I learned, courtesy of the cable description of the game). Going into the game, we had allowed 17 TDs to be scored against us in the last 3 games
3.) How the teams were similar today -- focus on the #17. They were bringing a 17 game Big 10 losing streak into the meeting.
4.) How the teams were different today -- QBs. We had someone who went to his prom in the previous June.
5.) How the teams were different today -- QBs. They had someone who got married that month. Young un vs someone already with a ball and chain -- I mean, congrats SCHEELHAASE on your special day.
6.) Let's just say that the refs earned their money today. Good grief on all those penalties.
7.) Let's also just say that if boys wouldn't get involved in shoving matches, "free" field goals wouldn't have happened either, eh?
8.) Let's finally just say, as I am wont to do each week, Atta Boy FICKEN!
9.) After the The Ohio State game last week (which, btdubs, I was much more sympathetic to Perdue watching the shutout score get run up against them in the running scroll on the bottom of the screen during this game), I did catch the graphic referencing the 1899 game at Beaver Stadium (the last time so many points were scored against us) when just 500 were in attendance. I bet you they were the loudest 500 fans, even back then!
In closing, thanks to the combo of rosy-cheeked HACKENBERG and "they're a bunch of great kids" O'BRIEN for keeping calm under OT pressure (but don't feel like you have to turn it into a regular "thing", if you know what I mean) ... and the countdown to our next post-season game that may or may not be as late as 2016 stands at no more than 40 more games (but may be a bit less)!
PLUS THE POOR KID HAD TO DEAL WITH HIS DRUNK DAD'S PUNISHMENT:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/10/29/illinois-qb-nathan-scheelhaases-father-banned-from-schools-campus/3304409/
THE SITE OF THAT 1899 GAME (for 500 loud fans, no doubt):
http://www.psu.edu/ur/about/markers/oldbeaverfield.html
THE GAME COULD HAVE GONE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS (BUT IT DIDN'T)!:
http://www.faniq.com/blog/Penn-State-survives-Illinois-wins-in-OT-Blog-72153
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