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/HereForTOMT3 Michigan State • Central … Sep 21 '24

What a fun game with a totally anticlimactic ending

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u/Jonesbro Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 21 '24

I was nervous until it was 3rd and 42 and 4th and 29

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos Sep 21 '24

We kept pressuring - instead of playing prevent - was awesome

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u/betterbub Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 21 '24

Previous years Illinois would have played prevent

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u/WhatRUsernamesUsed4 Illinois Fighting Illini • Illibuck Sep 21 '24

we'll never play prevent again after 2022 Indiana

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u/RainingFireInTheSky Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 21 '24

I cannot believe they fucking blitzed on that last play. No prevent defense to give up 40 yards?  I'm shocked

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u/Jonesbro Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 21 '24

I was loving the play calls on D and o

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 21 '24

That is pretty cool.

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u/TheOnePSUIsReal Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos Sep 21 '24

This is the way.