I absolutely love to see this. Some fans seem to prefer this "underdog" track for a season and fear the hype gets to players' heads ... not me, and I don't see that happening with this squad. This is amazing exposure for the program!!!!
P.S. As I have mentioned here before, despite being a lifelong and unwaivering Illini fan since birth, I did in fact attend the University of Iowa (that instate tuition as an Iowan vs. the out-of-state tuition to go to Illinois with not much scholarship made my Champaign dreams die quickly, lol) ... so a LOT of my friends are Hawkeyes fans. Two of my very best friends are Wisconsin fans. I am SO looking forward to this year! We talked a lot of smack last year, and it felt OH so good to take UW down in Madison and end Iowa's season with a Kofi block of Garza! Can't wait for more!