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Illinois strong safety Kevin Mitchell has the utmost respect for top-ranked Ohio State (9-0, 5-0) but welcomes the challenge Saturday’s game will pose for the Illini (2-7, 1-4).
“Everybody wants to play the No. 1 team,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity to know where we’re at and let others know where we’re at. We’re coming along as a football team. We can be dangerous.” . . .
If it weren’t for costly mistakes, the Illini would be going into Saturday’s game with a five-game winning streak instead of a four-game losing streak. “Death by a thousand paper cuts,” is how linebacker Brit Miller describes the losses to Indiana, Ohio, Penn State and Wisconsin that went down to the last two minutes.