We have nothing to gain from that. A loss to KU would knock
Posted on: December 3, 2024 at 12:40:09 CT
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us out of playoff contention, any given season.
Win, no one cares because it's lowly KU.
Lose, and we're out of the playoffs for sure.
And while we *should* beat them every year, anything is possible in a rivalry game (as we saw with OSU & Michigan this week).
Illinois would be an acceptable end-of-season rival. They're a Big Ten opponent and mid-tier power-conference program. A loss to the Illini wouldn't knock us out of playoff contention. Plus, the school isn't super trashy like KU, so I wouldn't mind MU being associated with them as a rival.