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However, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema took offense to Pate's rating since his Illini team was left out of the top 25. Illinois finished 10-3 overall and 6-3 in the Big Ten Conference.

The incident started when Bielema took exception to a T-bar gesture by a Gamecocks return man on a kickoff, with his Illinois team taking it to mean the returner was signaling for a fair catch.