The Illini own a 4-2 advantage in the head-to-head series between these two. They lost to # 8 Alabama earlier in the year and very nearly took down #1 Tennessee two weeks back. Illinois will most definitely be able to provide a staunch challenge, and the Ducks are really going to feel it on the blocks, where there will be lots of physical contact, something they haven’t experienced a lot of with Bittle down low. Illinois should get the outright win here on Thursday night.