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Illinois LB earns Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week honors
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What happened in Week 8 of the college football season?
Alabama won. Shocker. Ohio State won. Shocker. LSU won. Shocker.
But what was actually shocking was that No. 6 Wisconsin lost to Illinois 24-23 on a last-second field goal.
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Fighting Illini linebacker Jake Hansen registered 11 tackles and one sack in the unthinkable upset and with that performance, was named the Walter Camp National Player of the Week:
SMU QB Shane Buechele & Illinois LB Jake Hansen named Walter Camp National Offensive & Defensive Players of the Week
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 20, 2019
Illinois shocked the college football world with its win and Hansen certainly played his part. After the game, Hansen talked about the 31-point Vegas line that favored the Badgers over the Fighting Illini.
“31-point spread, huh?” Hansen reportedly yelled after the game. He also said the win over Wisconsin was “a big F you,” to the doubters of the Illinois program.
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.