Just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse, it did. The Fighting Illini football roster features just eight seniors and 24 upperclassmen — both numbers are the fewest in the nation. Illinois still managed to pummel the Gophers with explosive plays during a 55-31 win.
Until Saturday, the only wins Illinois posted were against an FCS program and two bottom-tier teams in S&P-plus ratings.
That’s a problem.
The defensive mistakes are starting to get out of hand for the Gophers. Minnesota is allowing a whopping 44.3 points per game in six Big Ten matchups.
With six key players from the Holiday Bowl team playing on the current Minnesota defense, the continued issues are starting to become a major problem.