Illinois is an all-or-nothing team in conference play in 2018, and yesterday was one of those “nothing” days. Yeah that’s a tad hyperbolic, but Illinois has won twice in the Big Ten in blowout wins. Illinois has lost 5 times in blowout losses. No game Illinois has played in conference has been competitive in the fourth quarter.

This was a game that should have been closer. It should have been a game in the fourth quarter — a throwback to some vintage Big 12 Nebraska games of old to be sure. But it wasn’t. Mostly because...

The Illini got to 21 Points and then proceeded to do Some Incredibly Dumb Stuff

Illinois brought the score to a 31-21 Nebraska lead late in the second quarter with 0:53 seconds remaining.