At halftime, Duke football felt it was in a good spot in its matchup against No. 11/12 Illinois at Wallace Wade Stadium.

The Blue Devils , trailing by just a point, saw themselves out-gaining the Fighting Illini 240-132 and holding them to -4 yards rushing with four sacks and eight tackles for loss.

The second half, though, was a different story. Duke committed three turnovers – with Illinois scoring off of all of them, as it was outscored 31-6 across the final two quarters.

"Unfortunately in the second half, we were still the architects of our own demise," Diaz said following the loss.

"Really it was 6-0 in turnovers and that made a game, in my mind that was very competitive between two very evenly matched teams that were probably headed down towards a fantastic finish, and that

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