Gonna be a battle of the secondaries between the Fighting Illini and the Hawkeyes.
On Offense: Quarterback vs. Secondary
Might come as a surprise to you but Illinois has a pretty decent pass defense. They rank 29th in the nation, only allowing 177 yards per game, 19th in pass efficiency defense and most impressively they're 1st in the conference with seven passes intercepted with six of those interceptions coming from the secondary. Those are probably the type of statistics that C.J. Beathard doesn't want to hear considering he's coming off one of, if not the worst game of his career.