There’s a Big Ten team that just has a way of making its rival all kinds of miserable on the last Saturday of November. Maybe things used to be more even between the schools. At times, rivalry success may even have swung the other way. But not anymore. Is this an Ohio State-Michigan thing? Well, sure. But it’s also a Northwestern-Illinois thing. More on the Buckeyes and Wolverines shortly. Northwestern (+6½) at Illinois (2:30 p.m., BTN, 720-AM, 890-AM) is a chance for the Wildcats — mired in 3-8 misery — to run their Land of Lincoln trophy winning streak to seven. It also happens to be a chance for the 4-7 lllini to make themselves heard for a change and maybe even sneak into a bowl game with a fifth “W.” The oddsmakers are expecting the first part to happen. “You throw [the records] out in any rivalry game,” Northwestern…
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