On the way into the locker room for half-time, trailing by three points to 3-7 Wisconsin, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema was asked by a reporter how the Illini can fix things in the second half. His following quote was a disrespectful quote towards Wisconsin; he said, "We got to play our game, not down to theirs." And while the Wisconsin team won't have time to see that bulletin board material before the second half starts, they still need to make him eat his words.
"We got to play our game, not play down to theirs.