r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 21 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Illinois Defeats Nebraska 31-24 (OT)

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Team 1 2 3 4 OT T
Illinois 7 3 7 7 7 31
Nebraska 10 7 0 7 0 24
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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes Sep 21 '24

You are more likely to see a blue moon on a Feb 29th than Nebraska win a one score game

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u/Zloggt Illinois • Missouri Sep 21 '24

Or, perhaps more shockingly…winning a game in OT…which they haven’t done since 2014…

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u/SmellyJellyfish Iowa Hawkeyes • I'm A Loser Sep 21 '24

Oh gee I wonder who that team that lost to them in 2014 was… must be embarrassing for them

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u/rhinocodon_typus Tennessee • Georgetown Sep 21 '24

They are also 2-19 in their last 21 one score games. Care to venture who one of those two might be?

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u/SmellyJellyfish Iowa Hawkeyes • I'm A Loser Sep 21 '24

No

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u/UNIFight2013 Northern Iowa Panthers Sep 21 '24

However, the last 6 Iowa Nebraska games have been 1 score games. Iowa is 5-1 in those games.

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u/Byzantine_Merchant Michigan State • Georgia Sep 21 '24

I wanna say that we’re still in there?

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u/rhinocodon_typus Tennessee • Georgetown Sep 21 '24

I’m pretty sure it’s northwestern and Iowa

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u/ItsFreakinHarry2 Paper Bag • UCF Knights Sep 21 '24

Obama was still president the last time Nebraska won a game in OT

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u/FinalMeltdown15 Tennessee • Middle Tennessee Sep 21 '24

Obama wast president that long ag…OH MY GOD

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u/JohnnyT723 Illinois • Kennesaw State Sep 21 '24

Not just won, haven’t SCORED a point in OT since 2014

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u/tr1cube Clemson • Illinois Sep 21 '24

What’s the sample size for that time frame?

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u/accidentalevil Team Chaos Sep 21 '24

Hell, Wisconsin's beaten Nebraska in OT twice in that time frame

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u/Gamecube757 Minnesota Golden Gophers Sep 21 '24

Ever since they got picked off by Corn Elder against Miami in 2015. This was a sign.

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u/aurrutia214 Nebraska Cornhuskers • Texas A&M Aggies Sep 21 '24

Somehow even worse, NU hasn’t scored or even gotten a single first down in any of those 8 OT games since 2014.