"My hat is off to Illinois State," Prince said. "I don't think it's so much what our players didn't do. I think it was what they did."
"This game is no different then how it turned out at Iowa State last year. Really, it was a carbon copy."
So, can the Wildcats celebrate?"Absolutely," Campbell said. "A win's a win. A lot of D-I teams playing a I-AA may have backed down and said, 'I can't believe this is happening.' But they're a solid team. I knew they had playmakers, and they did a good job."
“People might look at it like we should be ashamed, that we should be sad,” Echols said, “but at least we know we can win a close game.”