Reality check

[Bravesfan]

Really shocking to see Illinois down 47-27 at the half against Clemson! I'm not sure if Illinois would (or still will) win this game, but I expected them to conduct themselves better than this!

My point is that maybe Illinois is just not that great of a team. Don't get me wrong. This was still a great win for us, but maybe not as much of an impact win as we would have liked. Hopefully I'm wrong and Illinois gets its act together before too long.

[Guinness]

Yeah, and considering Illinois was ranked at #20 with Clemson at #19.....yeesh.

[jasonpeoria911]

I'm not sure of the halftime totals but Illinois had 10 turnovers with about 5 minutes left in the 1st half. Seems like they were scoring pretty decent but them turnovers slaughtered them.

Jason

[jeffsu]

While Illinois may not be who we thought they were...

Clemson is better than everyone thought. They will be TOUGH all year if they keep it up.

[jasonpeoria911]

Illinois is scorching in the 2nd half. Chance to cut the lead to 1 point with 10 minutes left.

Jason

[bugregshu]

Tie game 61-61... scratch that, a steal and illinois leads 63-61

[Braves4Life]

Yeah, and considering Illinois was ranked at #20 with Clemson at #19.....yeesh.

I've seen several Clemson games. They're the real deal, probably under rated right now. I think they could be a top 10 team by year end.

Illini probably a little over rated right now with all of the youngsters but should be top 20 by year end.

[jasonpeoria911]

Game now tied at 61 with 9 minutes left.

Jason

[jasonpeoria911]

Illinois outscoring Clemson 36-14 thru first 11 minutes of 2nd half.

Jason

[jasonpeoria911]

Illinois up by 1 with 2:20 left and heading for 1 and 1.

Jason

[jasonpeoria911]

Correction, no 1 and 1. Illinois committed another moving screen and then CLemson knocked down a 3. Illinois down by 2 with 1:30 left.

Jason

[jasonpeoria911]

Heading into timeout, Illinois missed a FT to tie it. Illinois ball again, down by 1 with 54 seconds left.

Jason

[jasonpeoria911]

Illinois makes a layup to go up by a point. Tisdale then gets a block, now Illinois goin to FT line with 10 seconds left. They might just pull this one out. Amazing come back.

Jason

[bugregshu]

Illinois with a comeback win 76-74! I know its early, but that's huge for our resume!

[jasonpeoria911]

WOWWWWWW, Illinois missed on 2nd FT, then Clemson misses a near point blank layup. ILLINOIS WINS BY 2 after being down by 22 at halftime.

Jason