WATCH: Nebraska Football Quarterback Dylan Raiola Postgame; Cornhuskers Fall to Illini in Overtime

Nebraska football quarterback Dylan Raiola met with the media following a 31-24 overtime loss to Illinois. The Huskers fall to 3-1 on the season.

Kaleb Henry | Sep 21, 2024

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Nebraska football quarterback Dylan Raiola met with the media following a 31-24 overtime loss to Illinois. The Huskers fall to 3-1 on the season.

You can watch the full appearance above. Below is a portion of what Raiola had to say.

On what he saw on play at the end of the fourth quarter

“I saw Luke (Lindenmeyer) wide open. I don’t know. I missed the throw to win the game. I mean that was our chance to win the game. I’ll take this game on my back and I have to get better and be better for our team. I put us into a position to win.”

On immediate takeaways from first Big Ten game

“It wasn’t anything different. Same old football. It’s not a different kind of football playing in the Big Ten and playing other conferences. It was fine. It was fun. Great atmosphere. We came up short.”

On the defense’s performance

“It’s not really the defense’s fault. It’s our job to score regardless of circumstances. They had a fine oiled machine on offense. Their quarterback played his butt off. Hats off to them. Had a great game plan. There’s really no added pressure. It just comes down to execution. I think our defense played very well. There’s little things that we want to obviously get back and change the game.”

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Published Sep 21, 2024

KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.