Social Media reacts to a trio of home losses for Big Ten West teams
Three different Big Ten West teams lost at home in critical conference games during the early afternoon slate on Saturday. Divisional teams Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota lost at home to Michigan, Illinois, and Purdue.
The Hawkeyes fell to the Wolverines 27-14, the Badgers lost to the Illini 34-10, while the Golden Gophers lost to Purdue 20-10. The Hawkeyes and Gophers both suffered their first conference defeats of the season, while Wisconsin has now dropped two straight conference games after losing to Ohio State last week too.
Iowa now heads to Illinois, Minnesota enters its first bye week, and Wisconsin heads to Evanston to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. Below is a collection of social media reactions from today’s slate of games. Please scroll through and let us know what you think about the results.
The triumphant return. 👏@IlliniFootball x @B1Gfootball pic.twitter.com/zsOMOIQrap
— Illinois on BTN (@IllinoisOnBTN) October 1, 2022
ʙᴜꜱɪɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʀɪᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ.#Illini 34, Wisconsin 10 pic.twitter.com/vBHJXA9s4M
— Illinois Football (@IlliniFootball) October 1, 2022
Final in Madison:
Illinois 34
Wisconsin 10Badgers had 2 rushing yards as a team. Yikes.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 1, 2022
#illini Bret Bielema said he was saving two recruiting calls to make after today's game.
(Wisconsin has two DL commits Illinois wanted)
— Jeremy Werner (@JWerner247) October 1, 2022
That Illinois defense is legit. I know Wisconsin’s offense is scuffling — but 2 rushing yards? 2 rushing yards.
— Brian Christopherson (@Husker247BC) October 1, 2022
Illinois has not beaten Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium since 2002. The Illini are currently ahead of Wisconsin 31-10 in the 3rd quarter.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) October 1, 2022
Wisconsin getting destroyed by Illinois
Iowa getting crushed by Michigan
Minnesota on the cusp of getting upset
*looks around*
*lowers voice*
…
…
… we can still win the B1G
— HuskGuys (@HuskGuys) October 1, 2022
The 24-point win was the largest margin of victory against Wisconsin since 1988! 💥@IlliniFootball x #B1GStats pic.twitter.com/NRiZ5XD4F9
— Illinois on BTN (@IllinoisOnBTN) October 1, 2022
MICHIGAN REMAINS UNDEFEATED‼️
The No. 4 Wolverines move to 5-0 on the season after a road W in Iowa City 💪 pic.twitter.com/R1wXZX7Vcl
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 1, 2022
TOUCHDOWN MICHIGAN 〽️@UMichFootball strikes first in Iowa City pic.twitter.com/30ED8HILDb
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 1, 2022
One more thing:
31 on Iowa just so happens to be stud LB Jack Campbell. 😱@blake_corum x @UMichFootball pic.twitter.com/WtJhTf6hlb
— Michigan On BTN (@MichiganOnBTN) October 1, 2022
#Michigan remains undefeated! They hadn’t won at Iowa in 17 years. Today, that changed. #W #GoBlue 💙💛 pic.twitter.com/JFidL7vatD
— themichiganpage (@themichiganpage) October 1, 2022
Michigan gets a win in Iowa City for the first time since 2005 pic.twitter.com/Z0Grc78iRB
— Zoey Holmstrom (@zoey_quinn) October 1, 2022
Watching this Michigan-Iowa 4th Quarter like pic.twitter.com/CD6GpD8zu9
— Trevor Woods (@WoodsFootball) October 1, 2022
Road win.
Road win at Minnesota.
ROAD WIN AT #21 MINNESOTA. pic.twitter.com/yxm6GRMmPX
— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) October 1, 2022
This INT sealed the win for Purdue as the Boilermakers upset No. 21 Minnesota on the road 😤 pic.twitter.com/lNVvXeKRS8
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 1, 2022
Brohm on 20-10 win at Minnesota:
"One of the prouder moments I’ve had being the coach here at Purdue"
— mike carmin (@carmin_jc) October 1, 2022
#21 Minnesota suffers a 20-10 loss to Purdue😬 pic.twitter.com/gE6Q7b4kh1
— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 1, 2022
DOWN GOES THE GOLDEN GOPHERS ‼️
Purdue upsets No. 21 Minnesota at home pic.twitter.com/uaBN5uV0yA
— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) October 1, 2022
Minnesota undefeated no more…Purdue wins on the road (20-10). pic.twitter.com/SAMVHCkM29
— Saturday Tradition (@Tradition) October 1, 2022
Purdue takes down No. 21 Minnesota, the Gophers are no longer undefeated. pic.twitter.com/J6wU3Azjh9
— College Football (@elitecfbnow) October 1, 2022
Illinois crushes Wisconsin.
Purdue hands Minnesota its first loss.Give me your Big Ten West power rankings as of this moment.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 1, 2022
PJ Fleck now sub .500 in B1G play in his career at Minnesota, and another loss as a double digit favorite at home. What a coach 🔥
— Radical Husker (volleyball) Extremist (@radicalhusker) October 1, 2022
Purdue with a BIG upset over the #21 ranked Golden Gophers. A sad Saturday for Minnesota fans. 🥲
(via @SBNation) pic.twitter.com/0uF6l3IE9r
— theScore (@theScore) October 1, 2022
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