Some people touched on this, but the most frustrating thing for me was the terrible play calls on third and short. Just mind boggling.
Turnovers were good and we did have some plays (the Peters rushing TD, a couple tackles for loss, for example) that made me double check I was still watching the Illini. Special teams - the field awareness of Dre Brown on that out of bounds kickoff! - was so vastly improved, and our kicking and punting is excellent.
All of which makes this SO FRUSTRATING. I actually said I haven't been this mad since the 2005 NCAA championship basketball game. This was winnable. We gave it away by not being aggressive. And the fans I was sitting with did not give two hoots about cheering or getting loud or anything. I told my family I'm done being an Illini fan - coming from someone who believed firmly in Lovie until about 18 hours ago.
And the Nebraska fans doing their dumb Go Big Red chant when we had an injured player on the field, multiple times? They can go f themselves. Trash.
Turnovers were good and we did have some plays (the Peters rushing TD, a couple tackles for loss, for example) that made me double check I was still watching the Illini. Special teams - the field awareness of Dre Brown on that out of bounds kickoff! - was so vastly improved, and our kicking and punting is excellent.
All of which makes this SO FRUSTRATING. I actually said I haven't been this mad since the 2005 NCAA championship basketball game. This was winnable. We gave it away by not being aggressive. And the fans I was sitting with did not give two hoots about cheering or getting loud or anything. I told my family I'm done being an Illini fan - coming from someone who believed firmly in Lovie until about 18 hours ago.
And the Nebraska fans doing their dumb Go Big Red chant when we had an injured player on the field, multiple times? They can go f themselves. Trash.