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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1254531" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>You can divide the last 50 years of Illinois football in 2 equal 25 year periods. </p><p></p><p>From 1967 to 1991, from the Slush Fund scandal until Mac left for Texas, Illinois went 72-50-6 (.586) against Iowa, Minny, Wisc, NW, PU, and MSU. Those 6 schools are historically Illinois' peers. The ones we should be competing against. The ones we should be measuring ourselves against. </p><p></p><p>From 1992 to 2016, the Guenther and Thomas eras (and since both Smith and Whitman came in midway through the offseason, I'm including 2016) Illinois went 35-80-1 (.306) against those same 6 schools. </p><p></p><p>Hopefully 2017 can be the start of a new era. Lovie's first whole season with the team. I want to see strides in play, if not necessarily in win loss record. We need to start competing against our peers again, and in a couple years, beating them with regularity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1254531, member: 26283"] You can divide the last 50 years of Illinois football in 2 equal 25 year periods. From 1967 to 1991, from the Slush Fund scandal until Mac left for Texas, Illinois went 72-50-6 (.586) against Iowa, Minny, Wisc, NW, PU, and MSU. Those 6 schools are historically Illinois' peers. The ones we should be competing against. The ones we should be measuring ourselves against. From 1992 to 2016, the Guenther and Thomas eras (and since both Smith and Whitman came in midway through the offseason, I'm including 2016) Illinois went 35-80-1 (.306) against those same 6 schools. Hopefully 2017 can be the start of a new era. Lovie's first whole season with the team. I want to see strides in play, if not necessarily in win loss record. We need to start competing against our peers again, and in a couple years, beating them with regularity. [/QUOTE]
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