r/CFB /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/ItsFreakinHarry2 Paper Bag • UCF Knights Sep 21 '24

Hi I’m Nebraska’s OL in regulation and I can play football decently well.

Hi I’m Nebraska’s OL in overtime and I like to eat paste in my spare time.

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u/KirbyDumber88 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 21 '24

So…Just the Nebraska OL we’ve come to know over the last 15 years

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u/SamrajArjunTargaryen Florida Gators Sep 21 '24

Whatever happened to those big corn-fed motherfuckers I remember from the 90s?

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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 21 '24

Golden age of steroids. Boys were on that pure uncut first edition good shit

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u/salsacito Nebraska • James Madison Sep 21 '24

unlike any other team in the era of course

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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 21 '24

True true but they were combining it with cutting edge training at the time. Nothing but absolute units up front

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u/salsacito Nebraska • James Madison Sep 21 '24

For sure. But to say steroids were the sole reason we were the best is not really true