The Trench Report: Penn State

Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Football Analyst

September 18, 2023

I know that Illinois fans are smarting after suffering through the loss to Penn State on Sunday, but the film review reveals that, aside from the turnovers, the Illini showed out pretty well on Saturday. I know that's a pretty big IF to use, but I also don't think Illinois is likely to be minus 5 on the turnover battle very often and to hang in pretty well against a top 10 team while losing the turnover battle isn't such a bad result . . .

 

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