Every week, our Ian McCafferty will go back and critically review one or more plays from the past Saturday's game. These are the plays that, more than any others, were crucial in determining the outcome of the game. He'll check the film, and breakdown the how and why of those decisive few seconds.
After taking a week off following Northwestern's huge win against Wisconsin, we're back to close out the regular season after a weird win against Illinois and the reclamation of the Hat. What made Saturday's game so weird was that for the first 20 minutes or so, it looked like Northwestern was on the verge of absolutely blowing out their instate rivals.