Ah... and I recall both sweet victories. In late '99 my girlfriend was a UVa grad. She invited ~ dozen of her UVa friends over to her place to watch the game with us. They all talked smack from walking in the door. I maintained Buddha-like composure. She bet me a dinner at a posh Northern Virginia restaurant on the outcome.
It started off 7-7 in the first quarter. By halftime we were up 42-7. The lamentations of all those UVa alums (mostly women) as the Illini drove them into the wilderness still resonate sweetly in my ears 20 years later. The next night was New Year's Eve of the millennium, and it was only Friday night.
That was a pretty darn satisfying weekend.