Here we are, standing on the doorstep of the 2018 Fighting Illini football season with just a handful of painstakingly long hours until we kickoff the first game of the year at Memorial Stadium.
You have read all of the pre-season coverage breaking down every position of every side of the ball, previewed the incoming talent and how they can make an immediate impact, and made your own predictions on how many conference wins the Illini will muster this year. So instead of analyzing every last angle of Lovie Smith’s team, let’s take a look at what it would be like if EVERYTHING went right this year.