LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- After three weeks of smooth sailing, the air pressure in Bloomington has changed. The first true barometer of Curt Cignetti’s second season at Indiana has arrived. And it’s walking in with shoulder pads and swagger.

The No. 19-ranked Hoosiers begin their Big Ten season Saturday night at 7:30 against No. 9 Illinois in front of an NBC viewing audience and a sold-out crowd at Memorial Stadium.

"We’re a good football team," Cignetti said this week. "They’re a good football team. That’s the matchup."

He didn’t blink saying it. Cignetti doesn’t blink much.

But this week is different. This isn’t Indiana State or Kennesaw State. This is a nationally ranked Illinois team with its highest AP ranking in September since Dick Butkus was terrorizing backfields in 1964. This

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