The Gophers will still struggle to run the ball in this game, even against a bad run defense. Run blocking is currently the most broken part of the team. But against Illinois it's still enough.
I have never, in my entire life, seen a defense totally give up on plays like this defense has. I still believe in PJ and his rah rah. I don't know, but I've seen a lot of Gopher losses in my 56 years.
I am having visions of the 2014 Gophers pissing away a game they should easily win. However, I am going to go away from that ugly vision and see the Gophers winning 38-23.
27-10 Minnesota over Illinois
They just can't lose this one. Take a weekend break from 'failure is success', or however it goes. Try something like 'winning begets winning'.