After narrowly falling to the eighth ranked Missouri Tigers in the annual "Braggin' Rights" game played in St. Louis, Illinois head coach had to feel pretty good about how his young team fought back in a hostile environment against a Top 10 opponent.
Weber knew his young team played hard, but a loss to Mizzou always hurts, no matter the circumstances.
Illinois, who is 11-2 on the season as they prepare for the grueling Big 10 conference schedule, has dropped two of their last three games now on the season.
Illinois will open Big 10 play on Tuesday night when they play host to Minnesota in Champaign and will have plenty of work to do if they hope to regain entrance into the Top 25.
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Weber knew his young team played hard, but a loss to Mizzou always hurts, no matter the circumstances.
"When they're kicking our butt, you're hoping to survive and stay in it. We had a chance to win it and now it hurts."This year, the loss hurt more than usual as it propelled the Fighting Illini out of the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll.
Illinois, who is 11-2 on the season as they prepare for the grueling Big 10 conference schedule, has dropped two of their last three games now on the season.
Illinois will open Big 10 play on Tuesday night when they play host to Minnesota in Champaign and will have plenty of work to do if they hope to regain entrance into the Top 25.
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