Many of us 11W regulars probably woke up this morning and immediately checked the weather forecast for Champaign. Well, we couldn't expect much better conditions playing in ILL's "wind tunnel" of a stadium in November: dry and 55 degrees; the wind is expected to be about 12-13 mph, which is pretty tame for that place.

ILl has a good defense that probably won't give up easy gash runs and allow receivers to get wide open downfield. Given that the weather should be okay for passing, but that JT will probably have to "throw his receivers open," I predict a big day for Michael Thomas. Let's say, 120 yards receiving and 2 TDs.