Greetings from bitterly cold Iowa City. The temperature might — and I stress might — get to double digits by the end of today's game between Illinois and No. 23 Iowa. Now? Bundle up if you're headed to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Of course, between the cold and the snow and ice the last couple days, this game might not be particularly well attended.
Certainly have to think Illinois fans will be in short supply given the road conditions between, let's say, Champaign and Iowa City. They're not better if the Illini faithful would have been driving from Bloomington or Decatur or Peoria or Chicago or .