This thought started bubbling in my head 11 months ago. It was before the game at Camp Randall against the reeling Badgers.
Because even those Badgers were better than the Illini, right? I mean, they always bring enough fire to burn Champaign to the ground.
But that game felt huge.
It was Bielema returning to his old stomping grounds for the first time as an opposing head coach. It was the long history of Badger dominance. It was Wunderkind defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard vs.