By TOM CANAVAN
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)– Trailing by one at the 40-yard line with 14 seconds to play and no timeouts, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent out in a play called “church” to Luke Altmyer.
The quarterback was to strike a receiver who was to go to the ground instantly. The offense would hurry to the line of skirmish and Altmyer would surge the ball to establish a prospective winning basket.
Pat Bryant captured the pass at the 22 and after that called his own split-second audible. Seeing a course to the end zone, the star receiver stumbled upon the field en route to the winning goal with 4 seconds left, sending out the Illini to a wild 38-31 success over Rutgers on Saturday.
“Coach called a best play,” Bryant stated. “A play we run all the time in our two-minute drill. I captured the ball and saw the sideline and saw no one was over there. I had one guy to beat. I offered him a little relocation. I heard everyone dive and state ‘Get out, go out,' however I put trust in myself and scored a goal.”
Bryant's ninth TD reception of the season topped a roller-coaster surface to a Big Ten video game that included 3 lead modifications in the last 3:07.
Illinois (8-3, 5-3) was down 31-30 when it sent out long kicker Ethan Moczulski out for a desperation 58-yard basket. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano required a timeout right before Moczulski's effort was broad left and about 15 backyards brief.
After the missed out on basket was waved off by the timeout, Bielema sent his offense back on the field.
“Pat is so familiar with his environments,” Bielema stated after Bryant completed with 7 catches for a career-high 197 backyards. “He saw that corner and removed.”
Schiano didn't second-guess his timeout however stated he ought to have called it well before Moczulski kicked.
“They made one more play than we did,” Schiano stated.
Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) quit a security on the last kickoff return, tossing a ball out of bounds in the end zone as gamers passed it around wishing for a wonder goal.
Altmyer was 12-of-26 passing for 249 lawns and 2 goals. He put Illinois in front with a 30-yard TD kept up 3:07 to go. He passed to Josh McCray on the 2-point conversion, making it 30-24.
Rutgers reacted with a 10-play, 65-yard drive. Athan Kaliakmanis had a 15-yard operate on 4th down. He passed to running back Kyle Monangai for a 13-yard TD with 1:08 staying.
Illinois then drove 75 backyards in 8 plays for the win.
“That's big-time football,” Monangai stated. “They made a fantastic play at completion of the video game. I believe we played our hearts out to completion,
