*** Official #10 Illinois vs #4 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[Halincandenza]

This is a big pet peeve of mine. It's easy to use the word lazy when a lot of the things you are describing could be caused by hesitation, overthinking, and just not being comfortable in what they are doing. It's incredibly unfair to just assume these guys are being lazy when you have no idea what's going on in their heads. This team is one of the hardest working teams in the country and its bullsh!t when our own "fans" just start calling them lazy when the game isn't going the way we want it too.

And @clonedude dumbing this post tracks perfectly

Yeah it’s not laziness to me it reads more as
Nerves and playing too sped up.

 

[demoncore1031]

I'd like to see less double teaming. IL can pass well.

This. And we need to move the ball like that on offense to get some open looks.

 

[ClubCy]

So is this the only hyped game this season?

Jesus. So you take everything extremely literal.

 

[cycfan1]

So is this the only hyped game this season?

I guess the big hyped game is always the last game of the year... which everyone else except for 1 team loses.

 

[isucyfan]

Run some early sets for Milan. We don't have a chance without getting something from him.

 

[peachy]

You don't think we could have taken better shots? Hell, even the announcers criticized our shot selection all half, and they are supposed to be neutral.

Frankly, I don't see anything that we could have done better.

 

[clonedude]

Well, it appeared Ward took the rebound for granted. Give the other guy credit I guess, but that shouldn’t happen. We certainly aren’t a lazy team. Doesn’t mean we don’t occasionally have a brain fart and perhaps get “lazy”.

Excessive fouling is a sign of being lazy. Sorry if it offends any snowflakes. We gotta be better.

 

[madguy30]

Jesus. So you take everything extremely literal.

I mean you said every hyped or big game or whatever.

 

[chadly82]

Yeah, Pearl can say whatever he wants about our game. He's sitting there because HIS team lost early. Look inward, Bruce.

How they let dbags like him do that is crazy

 

[Thomasrickj]

Not out of the game yet but we desperately need to clean things up on offense. Hopefully these guys have settled down and come out ready to go on offense.

 

[trevn]

I’m telling you all…Illinois will give us chances. We just have to capitalize when they are there.

 

[cyclones12321]

Hurry up second half

 

[pulse]

Oof 29%

 

[AllInForISU]

Calling this team lazy is about the dumbest take I've seen all year, and that's saying something on CF. They may make mistakes, but its not because of a lack of effort.

There is a difference between physically lazy and mentally lazy. The team was mentally lazy that half.

 

[DSMCy]

Lookin good CW haha

 

[ClubCy]

I mean you said every hyped or big game or whatever.

So you are taking it extremely literal haha. God focus on the second half man.

 

[Taz4President]

Illinois had 30 (!!!) rebounds in that half, including 10 offensive rebounds. That's the real difference IMO. Rebound the damn ball and we would be fine.

They are athletic and long, that tends to get you a rebound advantage.

 

[madguy30]

I guess the big hyped game is always the last game of the year... which everyone else except for 1 team loses.

So far it hasn't been ISU's night.

Let's see what happens.

 

[CY88CE11]

LET'S ******* GO!

 

[simply1]

Nice opening set to get Gilbert wide open