We love Rutgers. Why? Lots of reasons, personal, professional, emotional. But the people we play, their fans, love their schools, too. Why? Each week we’ll tell their story. Today with go with this week’s Homecoming opponent, the University of Illinois. Doing the honors, this week we got the Illini’s NYC Alumni President Kelly Belford to compile some consensus responses from a group of alums gathered for a watch party earlier this season.0
OTB: Why did you decide to go to UI ?
The NYC Illini: Illinois was ranked higher academically in more fields than any other school I applied to.