Down through the years it has been the Northwestern-Illinois football game that closed out the Illini regular season. Most of the time the Illini battle with the Wildcats has been played the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving. This year the Big Ten Conference gave the Illini the "bye" week leading up to Thanksgiving. On one recent occasion (2001 Sugar Bowl season).... the Illini actually played on Thanksgiving Day itself.
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Buckeyes lead Michigan at the half, 14-3
