Yeah that’s exactly my point, it was a toss up game in most people’s minds. The only reason this board acts so shocked is because all season long the Big Ten was getting dumped on so losing to a team that everyone says is trash from a trash conference that can’t handle defense feels like this big loss when in reality it was basically a pick em.
I don't think many saw Illinois as bad or Purdue although still not sure with Purdue's recrnt history. They've come out swinging though.
Nobody else in the conference really were very good or capable of doing much.