Last week’s win over the Iowa Hawkeyes was a historic achievement for Illinois football. Both the players and the coaching staff deserve the No. 24 AP Poll ranking that they earned through the win.
But the game also exposed some deficiencies that teams better than Iowa will exploit. Lo and behold, the Minnesota Golden Gophers are coming to Champaign this Saturday intent to earn a revenge win of their own after the Illini defeated them 14-6 last season in the Twin Cities.
Can the Illini continue their climb in the rankings with a win on Saturday?