If the Gophers want to assure themselves a chance at a bowl game then they had better beat Illinois.
Opening Thoughts
Can I make a confession? My feelings coming into this Illinois game we can be summed up like this...
I just...I can't raise any sort of feelings. Good, bad, or otherwise. It's a game on the schedule. It's a game I pretty much expect Minnesota to win (even in a season like this where I honestly can't be sure of that because of inconsistency and injury). Even a nonexistent place like Purdue managed to draw forth a little more feeling from me than Illinois.