Big Ten getting hilariously trolled for awful start to the 2021 season
By Jake Rill
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College football has returned. And the first quarter of the first game of the 2021 season was … well, something.
Nebraska and Illinois faced off Saturday in a Big Ten showdown, and those teams certainly didn’t get off to a clean start. The first quarter was filled with blunders, as the Fighting Illini had a 2-0 lead after scoring a safety on an illegal forward pass during a punt return.
The Cornhuskers got into the end zone less than a minute into the second quarter, with Markese Stepp scoring on a 2-yard touchdown run. However, Nebraska missed the extra point, so its lead was 6-2. It then couldn’t get into the end zone on its next drive, having to settle for a 27-yard field goal that made it 9-2.
Here’s some of the Twitter reaction of the Big Ten getting trolled for the incredibly slow start:
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) August 28, 2021
Big Ten is back:
Illinois 2, Nebraska 0
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 28, 2021
1st quarter since Big Ten joined the Alliance:
4 punts, 1 missed field goal, 1 safety, 0 TDs
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 28, 2021
Four punts, one missed field goal and two total points. Big Ten football is back.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) August 28, 2021
If you don’t like this, you don’t like Big Ten football
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 28, 2021
"the teams will trade punts on the first drive of the year" Big Ten football is BACK
— Richard??Johnson (human) (@RJ_cfb) August 28, 2021
Not to be outdone, Nebraska has now missed an extra point. Big Ten West already in mid-season form ??
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) August 28, 2021
6-2 football game in the second quarter in the Big Ten.
Nature is healing.
— Ryan Reynolds (@RyanReynolds) August 28, 2021
Add a missed XP to this scintillating start to the Big Ten season. Omaha Storm Chasers 6, Peoria Chiefs 2.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) August 28, 2021
One quarter into the college football season, we’ve got a safety, an injured starting QB and a missed PAT. Thanks, Big Ten!
— Brady McCollough (@BradyMcCollough) August 28, 2021
Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.
