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#17 Illinois Fighting Illini (3-1, 6-1) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-2, 3-4)

3:30 - Lincoln, NE - ABC

Has Nebraska's improved play been due to moving away from the Scott Frost era, or simply an easier schedule?

ILLINOIS 31, NEBRASKA 14

Easier than Northwestern, N Dakota, and Georgia Southern? 

Illinois is a one minute 37 second miracle drive by Indiana's Conner Bazelak from being undefeated.  Still trying to wrap my head around Illinois being that good.

it was only a matter of time before Bert got that ship turned around. He’s a good coach and the B1G West is a cupcake compared to his old division of the SEC West. I don’t think it’s surprising he’s made them good- it’s surprising how fast he’s done it. Bert has Illinois 2 years ahead of schedule imo.

I wonder if he'd entertain "bigger" jobs.

If Notre Dame joined the ACC...bet he could crush it there. Freeman ain't gonna last long there.

Bert miscalculated terribly leaving Wisconsin for Arkansas. Wisconsin was in the easier division of an easier conference than the SEC and probably the top dawg in said division. Dude decides to jump ship for Arkansas to be like the 12th place team in the SEC and the 6th place team in his own division. In your own division Bama, LSU, A&M, Auburn for sure have massive recruiting/access to talent leg up on you if you're Ark- Ole Miss might even as well. Arkansas is just an impossible job. Made no sense at all to me why he'd take that headache on. He was almost guaranteed to fail. Only guys that could make that job work at a high level probably Saban and Urbs. BERT a damn good coach- but he ain't a GOAT like them dudes.

I could def seeing him leaving though. But he'll just be a lot smarter about where he decides to go this time and not be a fkn dumbass and leave an easy job to go to an impossible job.

At the time Bert left UW, he was in a division with OSU and PSU.

Would Wisconsin take him back?

I could def seeing him leaving though. But he'll just be a lot smarter about where he decides to go this time and not be a fkn dumbass and leave an easy job to go to an impossible job.

I wouldn't give him this much credit

stupid is as stupid does
but, I'd welcome him in Lincoln

Nebraska returns to Lincoln to begin the final stretch of the 2022 season when it takes on Illinois on
Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. Game time for the matchup between the Huskers and No.
17/18 Illinois is set for 2:30 p.m. CT, with television coverage provided by ABC.
The Huskers are coming off their second bye week of the season, following a 43-37 setback at Purdue
on Oct. 15. The loss to the Boilermakers dropped Nebraska to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in Big Ten Conference
play. The Illinois game starts a stretch of five games in 27 days to end the 2022 regular season, with
three of the next four games in Lincoln.
Nebraska was electric on offense at Purdue, averaging 9.2 yards per play with five plays that covered
at least 30 yards in the game. Wide receiver Trey Palmer set a Nebraska single-game receiving record
with 237 yards on his seven receptions, while totaling 297 all-purpose yards. Despite the effort by the
offense, Purdue secured the six-point win by controlling the football for nearly 43 minutes, allowing the
Boilermakers to run 101 offensive plays.
Illinois comes to Lincoln with a 6-1 overall record and a 3-1 mark in Big Ten Conference play. The
Fighting Illini are ranked 17th in this week's Associated Press Poll and check in at No. 18 in the coaches
poll. Illinois has won its past five games, and at 3-1 in the league it holds a 1/2 game lead in the Big
Ten West Division race.
The Illini are led by one of the nation's best defenses. Illinois ranks first in the nation in scoring defense
(8.9 ppg) and total defense (221.0 ypg), and is second nationally with 18 takeaways. Offensively, Illinois
averages nearly 200 rushing yards per game and ranks in the top 10 nationally in time of possession.