I believe we are currently in the longest period without winning the Big Ten Archived Message
Posted by Ron McDon on October 9, 2023, 13:39:49, in reply to "Could. I like the new schedule from a fan interest standpoint"
(Or within a year or so) in our history. I know the increased money is great. But things are about to get even harder from an on the field competition standpoint. It’s going to be basically impossible for this program to win another conference title. Things would have to change so radically. Previous Message but I don't think it helps whatever faint hopes we have of ever becoming a long-term successful program. The time for that was the 1990s, when Wisconsin did it. Previous Message ...getting back to playing a real Big Ten schedule rather than being pigeonholed into the west could benefit Illinois from an interest standpoint. Playing against the best and being a part of (arguably) the best conference in the country is a little different discussion than being in the laughingstock division that is clearly inferior to the other side. Being in the Big Ten hasn't really ever felt like being in the Big Ten when Michigan and Ohio State aren't part of the schedule on a (near) annual basis. But that's just the old guy in me talking.
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