Chase Brown is back, that’s good. It sounds like Brian Hightower and Jafar Armstrong are back, that’s also good. But historically, Illinois doesn’t play well on the road. I don’t think it’ll be a blowout, but Virginia will do enough to stifle any hopes for an Illini upset.
Steve Braun: Virginia 44, Illinois 13
Illinois on the road in the nonconference? Lmao. Nothing ever changes. We get pushed around by middling G5 teams at home and we can’t field a punt. These things persist, outlasting AD’s and coaches alike. I’m watching the same thing year in and year out.