Illini to get earful at Indiana

"It may not get as much publicity as our rivalries with Purdue and Kentucky, but it's certainly a game that everyone marks on their calendar at the start of the season."

So the Illini are in an elite club. Flattering, right?

"It's not quite at the Purdue-Indiana level, but it's getting there," said Indiana writer Dustin Dopirak of the Bloomington Herald-Times, adding, "I'd put Illinois at a solid third (behind Purdue and Kentucky)."

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