What an effort by the Illini in Ann Arbor.
Illinois did what very few teams are able to do in college football — they went into the Big House and battled Michigan until the very end.
Unfortunately, they fell just short, 19-17, thanks to a heartbreaking Jake Moody field goal with 9 seconds to play.
As painful as it was to leave empty-handed, this game displayed how far the program has come — and how close they are — to truly breaking through under Bret Bielema.
We saw Illinois lose back-to-back games on its home field.