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<blockquote data-quote="UI2009" data-source="post: 1324256" data-attributes="member: 607863"><p>It pains me to say it, but NW is probably our biggest (football) rival. I hate that it’s even a rivalry to begin with, though. When I was at Illinois, we didn’t even think about NW; it was a rivalry game in the same technical sense as OSU is a rivalry game (i.e., that we’re really not actual rivals). Then Captain Lasagna gets hired on and tries to make the IL-NW rivalry a thing, which bothered the crap out of me. Combine that with the “Chicago’s Big Ten Team” campaign, and NW has turned into the team that I am most annoyed with. It’s nothing to do with the school or fans, it just seems forced. Rivalries should be natural. So I’d be fine letting this game go off the schedule. I hate Ryan Field in late November anyways.</p><p></p><p>More natural rivals would be Iowa and Wisconsin, I feel. Large parts of the fan bases are from Chicago-land. We compete for recruits. What’s more, Iowa and Wisconsin students/alums always seem to have to tell Illinois students/alums how great their schools are (trying to justify their not getting into Illinois, most likely <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />). Unfortunately, they already have their rivalries, and we need to step up our performance to make those games matter. So B1G-wise, we are left with NW more out of a lack of options than actual hatred.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UI2009, post: 1324256, member: 607863"] It pains me to say it, but NW is probably our biggest (football) rival. I hate that it’s even a rivalry to begin with, though. When I was at Illinois, we didn’t even think about NW; it was a rivalry game in the same technical sense as OSU is a rivalry game (i.e., that we’re really not actual rivals). Then Captain Lasagna gets hired on and tries to make the IL-NW rivalry a thing, which bothered the crap out of me. Combine that with the “Chicago’s Big Ten Team” campaign, and NW has turned into the team that I am most annoyed with. It’s nothing to do with the school or fans, it just seems forced. Rivalries should be natural. So I’d be fine letting this game go off the schedule. I hate Ryan Field in late November anyways. More natural rivals would be Iowa and Wisconsin, I feel. Large parts of the fan bases are from Chicago-land. We compete for recruits. What’s more, Iowa and Wisconsin students/alums always seem to have to tell Illinois students/alums how great their schools are (trying to justify their not getting into Illinois, most likely :o). Unfortunately, they already have their rivalries, and we need to step up our performance to make those games matter. So B1G-wise, we are left with NW more out of a lack of options than actual hatred. [/QUOTE]
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