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Illinois football Twitter account celebrates nail-biter over FCS team a little too hard

Our 0-8 Big Ten record. Our one-score win over the Salukis.

by Jason Kirk
USA TODAY Sports
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Our voice-modulatin’ head coach. Our 425 yards allowed against a FCS team.

Our nine-game losing streak snapped. Our opponent, which won the 2007 Grantland Rice Bowl.

STATE CHAMPS, BABY.

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