Happy Sunday, Illini Nation!
It was going to happen at some point. Illinois basketball and head coach Brad Underwood have been dominating several border state rivalries. After winning recently in Madison, Illinois ran its winning streak to six against the Badgers.
Underwood and his squad has similar success against bordering Iowa, winning five straight in those contests, dating back to the “Chin Coleman Dustup,” pre-pandemic. This was the moment that Illinois went from also-ran to Big Ten and Border Bully. Great stuff.
Gasoline was poured on the rivalry flames this week, as all national media outlets picked up “The Orange Krush Hates Children and Iowa Has a Hospital by Its Football Stadium” story.