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Illinois, Missouri poster children of underachieving programs

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Friday, August 31, 2007

ST. LOUIS -- Missouri and Illinois open the football season against each other here Saturday (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m. ET), a neutral-field game called the Arch Rivalry. That's clever, given the most famous local landmark, and it's wise not to recycle the moniker of the annual basketball game between the two in the same border city. That one is called the Braggin' Rights game. There is very little braggin' to do at the football intersection of Missouri and Illinois. Laggin' behind their conference ...

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