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Illinois Football: Opening Thoughts Against the Ohio State Buckeyes

The Illinois football team welcomes the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes into Memorial Stadium on Saturday for what is hopefully one of the biggest upsets in Illinois history.

Ohio State comes into this contest with most of the country really ragging on them. They have started 9-0 this season and are coming off a 2015 campaign that saw them win the National Championship.

The main reason for people’s discomfort with this team is because of their quarterback situation.

I think they finally have settled on J.T. Barrett as the starter for the rest of the season, but it didn’t start out that way.