Illinois football kicks off their season in eight short days. The writers here at TCR will have you covered with preview content, leading up to the Week 0 kickoff against Wyoming. Today, our writers predicted how many football games Illinois will win:
Kyle Tausk: Illinois goes 7-6 with a bowl victory
I think this Illinois football season follows a similar script to last year, but Barry Lunney’s new offense is enough of an improvement to get them that 6th win that they couldn’t quite get. I don’t think this is some great, breakthrough team mainly because of the experience lost from last year’s breakout defense and the questions that remain at quarterback.