The Champaign Room · Dec 21, 2021
It’s been too long since Illinois won Braggin’ Rights
It’s that time of the year again — tomorrow night, Illinois and Missouri will meet in St. Louis for the 41st edition of the annual Braggin’ Rights game.
The series has historically been a streaky one, and the past few years have been no different. Missouri has won the previous three meetings between the two teams, and Illinois hasn’t had Braggin’ Rights over its southwestern neighbor since 2017. For a program with as much success — recently and historically — as Illinois, it’s been a long time since it last defeated its biggest rival.
But Trent Frazier has been at Illinois for a long time. As long ago as it seems, the last Illini Braggin’ Rights victory in 2017 was Frazier’s coming out party.