In case you missed it, USC and UCLA are leaving the PAC-12 and joining the Big Ten in 2024.
A lot has already been made about how this affects the landscape of college athletics as a whole and all that big picture nonsense. A more important question is whether Illinois can beat these two future Big Ten members on the field/court/mat/beam/rings/floor/vault/bar/in the pool.
So let’s take a quick look at how the Bruins and Trojans have done historically, where they’re at now, and, based on all of that plus vibes and a touch of bias, if Illinois could beat them.