HISTORY!
Bowl teams make comebacks. And now, Illinois is a bowl team.
Was this the Brandon Peters game? The Bhebhe game? Was this the Lovie Ball game? Whatever you want to call it, it’s the game that Illinois clinched its first bowl berth in five seasons. Bowl teams make comebacks. Illinois is a bowl team, clinching the win in the biggest comeback in team history.
The now bowl eligible Illini (6-4, 4-3) comeback from down 25 points to beat the Michigan State Spartans (4-5, 2-3) 37-34 in East Lansing.
On fourth and 16, Peters rolled right and turned left — launched a deep ball to the ever reliable Josh Imatorbhebhe —and set up the Illini for the game winning score.