Seasons turn on moments.
Truths change from down to down, snap to snap.
With change being the central constant, steady leadership rights ships in troubled waters.
(Row that boat, PJ.)
Illinois’ season was on the brink in Minneapolis. A late touchdown by Gopher receiver Daniel Jackson seemed to put an immediate ceiling on Illini football’s season. It was a particularly bitter-tasting shot. It was a taste so metallic that Kam’s wouldn’t serve it.
But Illinois was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and give a starving alumni base some bragging rights.