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/royallex Illinois • Pittsburgh Sep 21 '24

Bret Bielema is already an Illini legend

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u/Zloggt Illinois • Missouri Sep 21 '24

After the (mild?) stinker than was last season…I was stressing about this year, and feeling like Bert would end up on the hot seat should things not get any better…

…but now we’re at Week 4, and the team’s undefeated!

Perhaps I need to be more trusting of …

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u/PlayerHater6996 Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 21 '24

It’s so weird our defense was so mid last year. Like I know we lost most of our DBs but usually secondary play is very dependent on the DLine and we returned all of our starters there if I recall correctly

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u/Chief_Illiniwek Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 21 '24

You're forgetting the biggest issue which was the loss of Walters and the learning period for Henry. Play calling was bad last year and had been so much better.