Northwestern 29, Indiana 28: sickening.

by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Oct 25, 2009 6:04 PM EDT

Of course, the headline applies to IU's failure to score a single additional point after pulling ahead 28-3 in the second quarter in a game that meant everything for IU's bowl fortunes. Unfortunately, it also applies to the last 12 hours of my life. I was out of town untill 11 p.m. yesterday and then woke up with a hellacious stomach virus. I'm a sore loser, but not that sore a loser, and the later sickness is what kept me away until now. I'll try to post something on it at some point, perhaps tonight but maybe tomorrow.

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Ouch

That has to suck. Having your team lose and then getting sick. That kind of stuff sticks with you like a fever dream. Hope you can get over it quickly.

It was a sickening loss. All seemed well when IU was up 28-3. I have no clue what happened and I watched the whole game. It just disappeared so quickly. The failed fourth down conversions, the hindsight of going for it when we should’ve kicked a field goal, and the amazing couple of seconds I thought that 59-yard field goal was going to be good (had the perfect angle, but just not enough distance, a GREAT kick though), knowing that the bowl season is all but over unless we can pull one out of our hat against Iowa next week, and it feels like a fever dream that just keeps recounting itself, painfully, and endlessly.

I’m just ready for basketball season to start…

by Nathan S. on Oct 25, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions

I don't think

it was the decision to go for the TD on that drive that doomed Indiana… I mean it’s easy to say right now that you lost by 1 had you gone for the field goal you would have won by 2…. but I think the real problem was more one of how how you guys decided to go for the TD. I touched on this a bit on my recap over at The Rivalry, but I think that had Lynch gone with a more conventional attempt… either just a straight push up the middle or a quick pass from Chapppell, we’d be talking about how Indiana hung on by the skin of their teeth to beat Northwestern and was looking to a bowl game. Sometimes coaches just get too cute with their play-calling and I think this was one of those times.

By the way, from one blogger to another, get well soon John! Stomach upsetness is icky.

by Hilary Lee on Oct 26, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions