Michigan football has a bigger-than-expected game on Saturday against No. 21 Illinois and the Illini are treating it as one of their biggest games in quite some time.
Head coach Bret Bielema got choked up discussing the forthcoming contest as he recalled the two-point loss to the Wolverines in 2022. The game is also serving as the 100th-anniversary rededication of Memorial Stadium as the Illini commemorate Red Grange’s historic 1924 performance against the maize and blue as he mounted an almost single-handed incredible comeback vs. the Wolverines.
And while we won’t know what the maize and blue will be wearing on Saturday, we do know that Illinois will be wearing special uniforms for the game.
Illinois will be wearing their 1920s throwbacks this week to commemorate Red Grange’s incredible game against Michigan in 1924, where he ran for 5 TDs, passed for 1 TD and intercepted 2 passes on defense. pic.twitter.com/TF6HdXrwJ6
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It’s definitely an interesting look and it will be made all the more interesting considering that the Wolverines won’t likely be wearing anything outside of the usual.
Regardless, the crowd in Champaign will be fired up and Michigan will need much more than usual to be able to take down the Illini.