The Illini band is playing neutered versions of Led Zeppelin songs, so this seems as good a time as any to look at the stat sheet.
Illinois has 311 yards, or 13 more than Indiana had for the entire game last week. 172 of those are on the ground and 104 have come at the feet of one Juice Williams. The Illini offense is not complicated. Option. Draw. Option. Draw. Play action. Option. I can't for the life of me figure out why it is so effective.
Bacher is 12 of 19 for 135 yards and two interceptions, making it 12 picks in 14 quarters. That's one every 17.5 minutes of game time. Eep.
He also stands just 142 yards away from breaking Brett Basanez's record for passing yards in a season. If NU's season ends today, I give him an outside chance of getting it. If the Cats go to a bowl, he'll definitely get it. With like 25 interceptions. Eep again.
Illinois 21, NU 7. This half is for the season. The fate of these "scholar-athletes" will be decided in the next half hour on Zuppke Field (the name kind of ruins the gravitas of the situation, yeah?)
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