To the remaining "but we're Illinois" crowd, I hope this game treated you well. This was the game you see in your nightmares when you think about Illinois football. A primetime game against our bitter rivals as we're building momentum where we face extreme adversity. The ending seemed destined to be another heartbreaking loss justifying your hesitancy to embrace that this time it's different. Except this time, it was different. The last-second fumble was called down. The backup kicker made the kick. The good guys prevailed. There's no curse and we're not snakebitten. We've just been a bad team and now we're finally turning this thing around.
Wow.......your words are so poignant..........concise..............to the point..........telling , to a level of instant understanding.............period.................................case closed........................end of the story , etc etc........
I posted last night a similar stance that the worm has turned on the "" Illinois being Illinois "" mantra...........it's more of a fabled belief that needs to be replaced by the "" every day guys and we will win "" optimism that is so exciting to this old Illini fanatic after so many years of disappointment........
I fully expect this Illini defense to keep us in every remaining game on our schedule.......Hopefully TDV is ready to go for the rest of the games also......
A 5-1 record , that by all rational thought should be 6-0 , has me really hyped up for each and every remaining opportunity , as BB calls them , and EXPECTING to see a good performance by the beloved.......Optimistic vs. pessimistic thoughts has NEVER been a dilemma for me.......
Even in the dark days of my marriage and medical problems i always thought optimistically about the future ....just seems the right thing to do......
be happy and smile at the travails of life ....it could be a lot worse ..................trust me , I know that for a fact....................
GO ILLINI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!