I know that sounds like Illinois, drinking Kool-Aid, propaganda. No, I don’t work for the athletic department and have no affiliation with the program. I just think this was an ugly loss, but it wasn’t with the team we have put out there most of the season and the team that will be out there for our bowl game. Let’s take a look at what we were missing on Saturday.
Brandon Peters was out for the game. He is our starting quarterback. That means Illinois was missing Peters, who has accounted for 81.4-percent of the passing yards and 94.