Ah Saturday was a beautiful day for football. Fall was in the air... maybe a bit too much as it was quite cold when the sun went behind the clouds... but a crisp fall football Saturday.
A quick stop at BuffaLouies for a bucket of wings, cold beer and we were ready for our tailgate. Louie passed away late in 2003 and his kids took over. First thing they did last year was get a new wing vendor and the size of the wings shrunk to the same as BW-3. Very disappointing. And I commented on it last year. Well I must not have been alone as this year the wings were back to their old size. Best wings around. I highly recommend them if in Bloomington.
Granted the game was between the 2 teams that the "experts" picked to finish 10th and 11th in the B10. But that 10th predicted team had Ron Zook at the helm. Yes the Ron Zook from Florida that was run out of town so UF could hire Urban Meyer.
IU jumped out to an early lead and played from the front the whole game. The offense was well balanced with Taylor and Washington rushing for 205 yards and Powers throwing for 198 yds. Powers continued to find the end zone throwing for 4 TDs and setting an all-time single season IU TD passing record at 18 TDs. Antwaan Randle El previously held this record with 17. Surprisingly, some of IU's best passers, Steve Bradley, Dave Schnell, Trent Green never had more than 14 in a season. And here Powers in his first full year at the helm has thrown 18 in 5 games. I think he will destroy this record. And with 2 more years, he should set the career record as well. Especially since he has 4 freshman wide receivers that are currently starting with one tremendous target in James Hardy. In Hardy's first 5 games, he has 8 TDs. Look out WR records.
The Defense was solid forcing 3 turnovers, 2 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery. The only TD for Illinois came after Powers was blitzed, sacked and fumbled on his own 6. Tough for the defense to keep them out of the end zone there.
IU 36 - Ill 13
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What's tailgating like at IU? Is it the kind of tailgating where it is a bunch of middle aged guys getting away for a Saturday?
It is amazing what a good coach can do with a team. I am glad to see IU actually winning some games. I just hope that the coach will stick around for a while. I am sure once some of the power house schools see how he has turned IU's program around they will try and lure him away.
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