That's what's really the crapper about the Illinois game. The Badgers are "good enough" about 1 out of 5 years to be serious challengers to get into the CFP, and this was one of those years. Unfortunately, the Buckeyes are out of this world good this year. Point being, we had a chance. And to lay an egg in Illinois just really sucks. We'd be playing to get into the CFP tonight if not for that game in Illinois. We'd still be saying "we'll probably lose to Ohio State", but at least we wouldn't be relying on a series of probably 4 or 5 wildly improbable upsets needing to happen as well. I'll be perfectly happy with the Rose Bowl or a NY6 bowl, don't get me wrong, and this season has still been fun (stomping Minnesota, beating the heck out of Michigan).... I measure success differently than some people ...... but this season definitely has a "coulda been" feel to it.