Everyone is questioning the honor of this once-proud conference.  Last year's bowl record of 1-6 certainly poured gasoline on an already burning fire.  And while the overall record for opening weekend was very good on paper (10-1), one finds lots of concerns when one looks just below the surface.

Most of the conference dined on the usual diet of cupcakes that populate the schedules of teams nationwide during opening weekend.  However, against Missouri, Illinois WAS the cupcake.  They lost to Missouri by 4 touchdowns.  

This is the Missouri team that lost it's starting quarterback (Chase Daniels), it's best playmaker (Maclin), and their offensive coordinator.  This team is picked to fi...

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