Illinois 2012 schedule set
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The illinois football team will open the 2012 season at home against Western Michigan on Sept. 1.
Other nonconference games include a trip to Arizona State (Sept. 8) and home games against Charleston Southern (Sept. 15) and Louisiana Tech (Sept. 22).
Illinois has seven home games in 2012, hosting Big Ten games against Penn State, Indiana, Minnesota and Purdue.
Future Illnois football schedules
2011
Sept. 3 vs. Arkansas State
Sept. 10 vs. South Dakota St.
Sept. 17 vs. Arizona State
Sept. 24 vs. W. Michigan
Oct. 1 vs. Northwestern
Oct. 8 at Indiana
Oct. 15 vs. Ohio State
Oct. 22 at Purdue
Oct. 29 at Penn State
Nov. 12 vs. Michigan
Nov. 19 vs. Wisconsin
Nov. 26 at Minnesota
2012
Sept. 1 vs. W. Michigan
Sept. 8 at Arizona State
Sept. 15 vs. Charleston So.
Sept. 22 vs. Louisiana Tech
Sept. 29 vs. Penn State
Oct. 6 at Wisconsin
Oct. 13 at Michigan
Oct. 27 vs. Indiana
Nov. 3 at Ohio State
Nov. 10 vs. Minnesota
Nov. 17 vs. Purdue
Nov. 24 at Northwestern
FINALLY! These schedules make great seasons and bowl destinations - you've got to pad it with cupcakes! This is how and why the power house schools like Nebraska and Ohio State (just to name a couple) have great seasons and consistently make it to a BCS game. Thank you Ron Guenther!
Earl makes a good point, statistically the Illini have been playing the hardest non-conference schedule the past three years
"""Here’s my math.
Combined regular-season record of FBS non-conference opponents the last three seasons:
Illinois: 80-28
Ohio State: 64-44
Purdue 64-44
Minnesota: 59-49
Michigan State: 56-52
Penn State: 54-54
Iowa: 50-58
Michigan: 48-60
Wisconsin: 46-62
Indiana: 40-68
Northwestern: 27-81
Not a misprint. Checked my numbers 3 times. The last non-conference team we’ve played that had a losing record was Syracuse in 2007. The last non-conference team that Northwestern has played that had a WINNING record was Nevada in 2006.
And that has made all the difference."""
^This stat came from ALionEye.com
Thank you Camazing! Your stat backs up my point that there no need to show how tough we are in nonconference. We haven't succeeded with a tougher non conf schedule. It's about time we got smart. We've now officially lowered the bar, but the reality is this program has never been consistently good enough to beat good teams let alone very good teams.
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