It’s a gift and a curse for an Illini fan. You know, there really aren’t too many disappointing losses to gather in your craw. Sure, depending on who your neighbor is, anytime you lose to Northwestern or Purdue it suck and be embarrassing. But there has been so little on the line for so long, that those biting losses that stick with you (North Carolina 2005) don’t hold their sting.
I don’t want to imagine there was much on the line Friday night against Nebraska - I’ve long been a proponent for patience, and kept a pretty low ceiling on this Illinois team.