Illinois 31, Nebraska 24 OT Postgame

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Illini IndyCar Fan
ILLINIShox24 said:
* Bret Bielema has had the Illini ranked in two of the last three seasons. They were not ranked at all from 2012-2021.
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Bert!

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#260      
OrangeBlue98
illiram said:
I'm so happy. Sleep well Illini nation. Let's go take down the Nittany Lions in front of a primetime national audience next Saturday. Eight day rest :) Possible visit from ESPN College Gameday Or Big FOX show in Happy Valley???
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Since the Penn State game is already set for a night start, I don’t think Fox will have their show in Happy Valley.

But I have to think the Illinois-Penn State game will be the NBC prime time Saturday night game.
 
#262      
number1IlliniFan
Not much I enjoy more than winning on the road and sending the crowd home sad. Poor Husker fans. I remember being at Memorial Stadium a few years back and all the loud mouth Nebraska fans talking smack as we walked through the flyers. Then seeing them walk out with their tails between their legs.

So proud of this team. Lunmy called a great game and Luke executed it so well. And major props to Coach Henry and our stout defense. This was a great win.

Oskee Wow Wow!
 
#265      
Fly Illini Fly!
Bucktown said:
How about instead a win in Happy Valley and College Gameday vs Michigan?
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It just kinda feels like the game you just CANNOT LOSE at this point is Purdue...

and the big game - the game to really get amped up for - is Michigan. What an opportunity that is honestly. If we beat Purdue and they lose tomorrow to USC, will we be favored in that one? If we're not, can't imagine it being too much outside of that "toss up" zone.
 
#268      
Illiniskier
Two things that greatly concerned me tonight were our offensive and defensive lines. Both played very well, in my opinion. We couldn't run the ball at all in the first half but we ran it very well in the second half. Nebraska only had 48 yards in rushing the night. That is an amazing statistic. They were completely one-dimensional offensively. Kudos to our defense that really stepped it up. Great win! Not sure if I'll even sleep at all tonight!
 
#269      
Iamgroot
Iamgroot said:
My best friend my pup past away yesterday I needed this so much I love you butters thanks for being a Illini Fan fr. He was only 14 months old but he was painted up for every illini football and basketball and he loved the attention. I know he was routing for us the whole way fr
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May I ask my illini brothern&sistern I breed American micro bulldogs on ocassion to to keep my bloodlines going as there my best friends.how you'll feel about that as a new mascot.i would donate a pup asap I could.i know Georgia has there bulldogs but I'd really love the idea of American bulldogs especially with illini history with world 2 and etc.please lmk what you'll think please or if you prefer the king fischer
 
#272      
Illini IndyCar Fan
Saw a lot of Husker fans posting about how they "were the better team but still lost" tonight, which reminded me of the Jayhawk fan reaction after we won that game ... so I scrolled over to the Phog and some of them haven't changed. They're arguing about how much Illinois, UNLV, and now the Huskers are all terrible teams.

Man, I'd be really worried if I was a fan of "a better team" and had the Illini on the schedule. We're so terrible that we keep winning when we're not supposed to.
 
#273      
aaeismacgychel
GBR said:
Unreal the helmet to helmet wasn't called any the late hit out of bounds
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Honestly, I thought the contact on that play was fairly minimal. Now that's not to say flags haven't ever been thrown for that level of contact, but I think expecting a flag there is more wishful thinking or "boy it would be a nice break for us to get a flag here" than one you're going to get most of the time. If we want to talk blown calls, I think the defensive holding call on your guy was non-existent and we got a lucky break there. I also think we probably should have gotten DPI on another play that was a no call. I see the Huskers fans are angry about the 4th and 1 spot that went in Illinois' favor and I agree he looked short. That said, Nebraska also had an almost identical down and distance in the first half go in their favor where they looked short as well and got a favorable spot. On the other side there was a clear facemask on that 4th and 8 play for Illinois that should've been called. All of these plays would have an effect on the game, but there is one thing I'll say that you can bring home to the Husker boards if you want.

The Huskers shouldn't be blaming the refs for this loss, they should be blaming the really undisciplined play, both their o and d lines, and just the defense in general. They had 4 really clear and obvious facemasks or hands to the face- that stuff loses games right there. Both the o-line and d-line of Nebraska rightfully should have dominated us with the talent they have. Either the players didn't show up with the necessary effort or the coaches were terribly outschemed. It was a really tight and even game in my opinion and it would just come down to who could get the final stop. This time it wound up being Illinois.

Overall, Nebraska had some Frostian type issues rear the head today and that's why they lost. But thankfully he's not the coach for you anymore, so my guess is that after a very long week of film and practices, this game will only help you the rest of the season as Rhule will make sure what happened is known to be unacceptable. Losses never feel good but you're on the upswing, just lost a game to a team that played better on this night. Have a good one, and thanks for joining us in the pre and postgame threads
 
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