Other than getting destroyed by Indiana, theyve been fine.
Prior to losing to UW, they had two losses...to #1 and #2
That's because other than playing tOSU and IU, Illinois has played nobody with a pulse. Same as UW losing to the only good and decent teams it has faced prior to Illinois.
The Illinois win was the best performance by UW in a year, but let's not overhype the quality of the opponent. Illinois hasn't been good at football in 60 years and certainly is not now. I'm pretty sure that school has finished the season ranked only 5 times since 1963.
They beat 6-2 USC
Lotta omitting around here
At home, by like 2 points. And USC is not that good. I watched that game and USC couldn't stop anything on defense that game. Ask every poster on HH how shitty of a coach Riley is and they'll all confirm this.
One of the mysteries of this season, as far as UW, was how badly they played against shitty Michigan while USC was able to crush Michigan. This is my ongoing question mark about Fisch and why I'm not sold on him. He can't compete against decent teams on the road. No team should be as Jekyll and Hyde as UW is at home versus on the road.