{"id":6206,"date":"2017-10-27T16:12:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T21:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=6206"},"modified":"2018-02-09T13:55:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:55:17","slug":"know-your-enemy-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/know-your-enemy-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Enemy: Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"

Party like it\u2019s 2004! For the first time since Janet Jackson\u2019s Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction coined the term \u201cwardrobe malfunction\u201d<\/a> and changed the country forever, Wisconsin football is 7-0. Granted, the best opponent Bucky has faced so far is a Purdue squad that just lost to Big Ten cellar-dweller Rutgers, but No. 5 in the nation feels pretty good.<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning the Badgers will visit Memorial Stadium in Champaign to face the University of Illinois. It\u2019s the Fighting Illini\u2019s homecoming. Usually homecoming involves scheduling an opponent you expect to beat, and beat convincingly \u2014 see \u201cMaryland at Wisconsin\u201d or \u201cRutgers at Michigan\u201d \u2014 so 27-point favorite Wisconsin makes for an interesting choice. Maybe Lovie Smith has some tricks up his sleeve. Wait, Lovie Smith?<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a peek at our neighbors to the south before the 11 a.m. kickoff on ESPN.<\/span>\n

\"Lovie
Illinois Athletics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lovie is in the Air<\/h2>\n

Finding out Lovie Smith is the coach of the University of Illinois football team is like running into your high school teacher at their second job at Starbucks. A former Wisconsin linebackers coach (1987<\/a>) and once considered among the best coaches in the NFL, Smith\u2019s career took a nosedive after an up-and-down nine-year run with the Chicago Bears. Before becoming a collegiate head coach, he briefly led\u00a0the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014, which anyone could have told him was a bad idea. Come on Lovie, why did you do it?! It\u2019s the Bucs!<\/span>\n

Clout College<\/h2>\n

In 2009, the Chicago Tribune<\/em> began publishing a series of reports<\/a> accusing the University of Illinois of accepting students with subpar applications due to their political connections. Approximately 800 students over five years were found to be on the \u201cclout list.\u201d This was huge news, mainly because most people were unaware you could submit an application to Illinois that would be considered subpar.<\/span>\n

\"Hugh
The Daily Illini<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Memoriam<\/h2>\n

This season the Fighting Illini have dedicated their season to distinguished alum<\/a> and deceased pornographer<\/a> Hugh Hefner. Well, not officially, or unofficially, but I feel that it\u2019s a safe assumption that it\u2019s been discussed at halftime. After all, isn\u2019t Hugh Hefner what \u201clocker-room talk\u201d<\/a> is all about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Party like it\u2019s 2004! For the first time since Janet Jackson\u2019s Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction coined the term \u201cwardrobe malfunction\u201d and changed the country forever, Wisconsin football is 7-0. 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