Every week during football season, we'll be reaching out to opponent SB Nation sites or opponent beat writers to give readers another perspective on Saturday's upcoming game.
This week, Northwestern heads to down to Soldier Field in Chicago to take on rival Illinois. The Illini have a bowl berth at stake and Northwestern, at 9-2, still has a shot at a New Year's Six Bowl. Jim Vanisi of The Champaign Room gives his takes on the upcoming game:
INU: With all that's gone on this year with the University of Illinois, Bill Cubit's done a pretty good job getting this team to the brink of bowl eligibility, and Pat Fitzgerald said that he was impressed by how Cubit rallied his troops after a horribly bad start to the year.