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Illinois focused on Indiana football and avenging loss last year: ‘We lost to these cats a year ago’

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Indiana football heads to Illinois football this week.
Illinois head coach Bret Bielema discusses where his team stands heading into this weekend's matchup with the Indiana football program. (Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports)

The Indiana football program heads on the road for the second-to-last time this season, heading to Illinois.

Indiana has put together two very good back-to-back performances and finally put together a fourth quarter to find its first Big Ten win of the season last week.

Illinois has been extremely inconsistent this season but is focused on one thing; Indiana football.

“When I came in and talked to you guys after the (Minnesota) game, there was talk about the game but everyone wanted to go to the end of the season. It’s very, very common for everyone to talk about the season,” Illinois head coach Bret Bielema said this week. “We’re about Indiana. We lost to these cats a year ago on a Friday night in a fashion that I felt we didn’t play at our best. I was very clear with our guys that this week is about Indiana. I have a tremendous amount of respect for them and what they’ve done. They’ve kind of turned their season (around). We’re getting ready to play Indiana …”

Below is the full weekly press conference from Bielema who discusses Indiana football, takeaways from last week’s come-from-behind win over Minnesota, injury updates and more.

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