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On the fifth play of the game, they scored a touchdown. Six plays after that, they forced their first turnover.
Same old, same old. The Illini aren’t playing around. They’re skipping the huffing and the puffing and going straight to blowing opponents’ houses down.
On Saturday, it was Nebraska’s. The Huskers were outclassed every which way in Illinois’ 26-9 win.
Anyone still waiting for the rug to be pulled out from the Illini has missed the point: Illinois is the big, bad wolf of the Big Ten West.