Illinois had to have had just about the worst Madison experience possible Saturday. An away game versus a ranked opponent on their homecoming weekend where the score ballooned exponentially sounds miserable right? Well it also snowed. Hard.
#Badgers …. it’s October 20th. Great day for football. pic.twitter.com/GGWiEM2Ype
— Badger Herald Sports (@BHeraldSports) October 20, 2018
Wisconsin (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten), hosted Illinois (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) in their own midwestern torture chamber also less aggressively titled Camp Randall Stadium. Extreme weather games always seem to carry that extra allure, so what began as a relatively unremarkable matchup became must-watch Saturday afternoon television.