One inch.
Illinois couldn’t gain one inch. At the goal line. At home. Against a program in the first year of a rebuild. IN TWO TRIES.
If you ever needed an encapsulation of how 2023 has gone for Illinois, the end of its game-opening drive on Friday night was it. Two attempts. One inch. Stonewalled.
And that was just one on a long list of embarrassing developments against the Cornhuskers in a performance that felt like rock bottom, a place frequented by Illini fans for decades.
For starters, Barry Lunney and the Illini offense were completely broken.