Here are various predictions for today's Illinois-IU football game - many of which are very similar. The Illini are currently two-point favorites for the game. What are your thoughts?
ESPN College GameDay: Lee Corso - IU win; Mark Cuban (special guest) - IU win; Kirk Herbstreit - Illinois win
Illinois 27, IU 20 - ESPNChicago.com: "Whether Juice Williams, Eddie McGee or both see playing time at quarterback on Saturday, Illinois' offense should be able to move the ball against Indiana."
Illinois 27, IU 26 - ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg on the Big Ten Blog: "I can't get two images out of my head: the Illini shredding Indiana's secondary last year and Indiana failing to show up on defense last week."
Illinois 30, IU 24 - pjstar.com (Peoria Journal-Star)
Illinois 26, IU 20 - herald-review.com (Central Illinois news): "Maybe it says a lot more about Indiana than Illinois, but I'm picking the Illini to win Saturday night."
Illinois 27, IU 21 - Indiana Daily Student (idsnews.com): "There's an unwritten rule that you don't pick a team to win after they lose by 40 points to a team on the bottom of the ACC standings."
IU 24, Illinois 21 - bleacherreport.com: "Indiana must do a better job at getting to the QB, but making sure he is contained within the pocket so he can't run for forward yardage."
Illinois 24, IU 13 - Chicago Tribune: "If Illinois doesn't beat Indiana, it will be the first season the Illini have gone six games without two victories since a 1-11campaign in 2003."
Who do you think wins tonight?
Oh, and check out this video of running back Bryan Payton giving a tour of the IU School of Journalism aired on the Big Ten Network last night. Our very own Greg Rosenstein makes a cameo appearance.
