Let’s skip straight to overexcitement about Illinois football, shall we?
Saturday’s 34-10 smack-around of Wisconsin in Madison was the Illini’s biggest victory since the Ron Zook years, the last of which was 2011.
And this is the best Illini team since the Zook years.
Look, I already admitted to possibly being a tad overexcited, didn’t I?
It really was an outstanding day for Bret Bielema’s team. Of course, it was mighty sweet for Bielema himself, who was greeted with boos in his homecoming at Camp Randall Stadium only to see the student section empty immediately after “Jump Around” played heading into the fourth quarter.