2012 Illini football preview
May 27, 2012 3:17 PM
There's an opening. It's a small one and it's closing very, very quickly, but it's there.
Illinois doesn't have to win an 11-team conference to get to the Rose Bowl; it only has to win in a five-team race this season to have get to the Big Ten title game and the team is in place to do it.
Ohio State is ineligible to play in the championship and Indiana stinks. Penn State is still a hot mess and Purdue, while fine, is still Purdue. If Illinois has any thoughts about being good enough to win the Big Ten title it has to be good enough to beat the Hoosiers, Nittany Lions and Boilermakers. That leaves Wisconsin to get by, but Bucky isn't going to be the juggernaut it's been over the last few seasons. Basically, Illinois has a puncher's chance.
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Illinois doesn't have to win an 11-team conference to get to the Rose Bowl; it only has to win in a five-team race this season to have get to the Big Ten title game and the team is in place to do it.
Ohio State is ineligible to play in the championship and Indiana stinks. Penn State is still a hot mess and Purdue, while fine, is still Purdue. If Illinois has any thoughts about being good enough to win the Big Ten title it has to be good enough to beat the Hoosiers, Nittany Lions and Boilermakers. That leaves Wisconsin to get by, but Bucky isn't going to be the juggernaut it's been over the last few seasons. Basically, Illinois has a puncher's chance.
scout.com
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