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Reviewing the 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini

The Illini are really bad on defense, but with Reggie Corbin and former NU QB AJ Bush, they can run the ball all day long.

In my preseason preview of Illinois, I closed by suggesting that the Illini would be better than Minnesota in 2018.

If I had to pick the order of finish in the Big Ten’s west division, I’d keep the Illini out of the cellar in sixth place.

Well, last Saturday, Lovie Smith and the Illini validated my prediction with a 55-31 victory over the Gophers to move to 4-5 on the season. That’s a two win improvement on 2017; the Illini’s other wins were against Rutgers (38-17), Western Illinois (34-14) and Kent State (31-24). Illinois let a couple of other games slip away from them. South Florida scored the game winning touchdown with just over two minutes left, while Penn State scored six straight touchdowns to slam the door after Illinois took the lead in the third quarter.

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