Corn Nation · Oct 8, 2023
Report Card: Huskers 20, Illinois Fighting Illini 7
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesI dare say many Husker fans had similar “here we go again” reactions when the Huskers started turning the ball over in the fourth quarter against Illinois. Nevermind ESPN’s consistently overstated “win percentage” of 99%; Nebraska’s offense was taking a hard left turn towards the banana peel.
Our Jon Johnston tried to claim that there was no way Illinois was going to come back barring some sort of “horrible screw-up” by Nebraska, to which I responded:
“Have you completely forgotten the last eight years, where Nebraska found ways to lose games?”