same here, which is why i think that people sticking a fork in illinois (mostly illinois fans) are doing so prematurely. they lost a neutral site game against a team that everyone agrees is top 5 in the nation, and a nighttime road game to a team that will be top 10. they hung in both games and were competitive - not really close to winning, but certainly didn't get embarrassed either. illinois will beat minnesota, indiana, iowa and western michigan. the big thing is, what do they do with their other four games (@michigan, vs ohio st, @wisconsin, @nw'ern). if they go 2-2 or 3-1 in those games, they should be headed to a nice bowl, probably new year's day. if they do worse than that, then they're headed to el paso or something.