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Week 8 Polls - Illinois #18 in AP Poll
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<blockquote data-quote="superfan" data-source="post: 1802578" data-attributes="member: 3346"><p>I think you might be right. My no-so-hot take at the time was that the IU loss made it less likely to get to 6 wins but somehow MORE likely to get to 8 or more. Wait— what? Yeah, I can’t justify the math to anyone other than my own internal monologue, and I know it sounds like mindless fan optimism and cognitive dissonance after a loss. But my thinking was that if Illinois was tracking to be a middling, mediocre team, then every win counts and every loss hurts. But if Illinois was on the road to something special, then that loss could be the final secret ingredient.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="superfan, post: 1802578, member: 3346"] I think you might be right. My no-so-hot take at the time was that the IU loss made it less likely to get to 6 wins but somehow MORE likely to get to 8 or more. Wait— what? Yeah, I can’t justify the math to anyone other than my own internal monologue, and I know it sounds like mindless fan optimism and cognitive dissonance after a loss. But my thinking was that if Illinois was tracking to be a middling, mediocre team, then every win counts and every loss hurts. But if Illinois was on the road to something special, then that loss could be the final secret ingredient. [/QUOTE]
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