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Illinois-Northwestern: The Land of Lincoln Trophy rivalry, a hatred that sort of exists

Contributors: Rodger Sherman, Loretta8, and MountainTiger

Chronicling the trials and travails of Northwestern-Illinois, a game played for a Monopoly piece, and the repeated botched attempts of Illinois' athletics department to make it a rivalry.

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Aug 11, 2011, 10:01am CDT

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February 6, 2014
LOL at Tim Beckman

By Rodger Sherman

The Wildcats firmly pounded Illinois on the recruiting trail, but Tim Beckman still made a joke about Northwestern. WE LOVE TIM BECKMAN.
January 12, 2014
NU BEAT ILLINOIS IN HOOPS

By Rodger Sherman

THE NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS WON A BIG TEN BASKETBALL GAME IN 2014 WHAT IS THIS HAHAHAHASJ;KLDSFJL;ASKHDGL;IHADSPOFIJ
November 30, 2013
HAT!

By Rodger Sherman

hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat
November 29, 2013
HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT HAT

By Rodger Sherman

NOTHING HAS GONE RIGHT THIS SEASON, BUT HAT CAN SAVE ALL.
May 9, 2013
Snoop, Tim Beckman fire NU-Illinois shots

By Rodger Sherman

Northwestern-Illinois hate doesn't take a day off. Tim Beckman co-opted Northwestern's acronym, and Snoop Dogg forgot which side of a bitter hatefeud he finds himself on.
May 2, 2013
Illini still bad at rivalries, Evanston event axed

By Rodger Sherman

Illinois keeps trying to make us hate them, but hahaha, HA, guys, stop, you're tickling us.
March 20, 2013
Tim Doyle Punched Out by Kendall Gill

By Loretta8

Northwestern basketball's least favorite son managed to annoy Kendall Gill enough to where Gill attacked him. Which was a bad idea, given that Gill took up boxing after his basketball career.
February 17, 2013
Sterling, Illinois edition

By Rodger Sherman

Northwestern gave up 26 unanswered points, so here's your postgame thread!
January 17, 2013
Northwestern, 68, No. 23 Illinois, 54

By Rodger Sherman

In a weird twist, Northwestern won a basketball game against a ranked team. It's both cooler and less cool that it was a dying Illinois team.
November 24, 2012
Northwestern 50, Illinois 14

By MountainTiger

Northwestern got their ninth win on senior day
November 21, 2012
Fitz intense-o-meter: Illinois

By Rodger Sherman

Northwestern takes on Illinois in a game the Wildcats wanna win for a bunch of reasons: it's senior day, the last game of the year with a great bowl placement in sight, and also Illinois is our most bitter rival and really bad at football.
October 22, 2012
A fond SoP welcome to The Champaign Room

By Rodger Sherman

We have a new internet friend - The Champaign Room is SB Nation's new Illinois Fighting Illini blog.
August 7, 2012
Illinois still dumb at awful rivalry thing

By Rodger Sherman

Illinois is silly.
April 17, 2012
Tim Beckman Really Doesn't Like Northwestern

By Loretta8

Is Tim Beckman turning Illinois into Northwestern's little brother?
September 27, 2011
Monopoly piece power rankings

By Rodger Sherman

I don't know why our trophy is a Monopoly piece, but if we made it one, it should've been the cannon.
August 11, 2011
Illinois AD wants to be "King of Chicago"

By Rodger Sherman

Is there a battle for Chicago brewing?

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