Citrus Bowl: Against South Carolina, Illinois shoots for its best bowl win in a scary-long time
Lots of folks in SEC country have been saying it.
It wasn’t 9-3 Alabama that would’ve had an honest chance to go all the way in the College Football Playoff. It wasn’t 9-3 Ole Miss, either.
It was 9-3 South Carolina, which was playing lights-out ball — right up there with Texas and Georgia, for sure — as the regular season ended.
When it takes the field Tuesday against the Gamecocks in the Citrus Bowl (2 p.m., Ch. 7), Illinois, also 9-3, will have its hands more than full. The... Читать дальше...