It is unusual to get this deep into the season with three conference losses and still be alive for a divisional title, but welcome to the Big Ten West. Purdue has a chance this weekend to secure a major tiebreaker and move into first place with a win over the Illinois Fighting Illini in Champaign. Purdue has won five straight in Champaign, but this will be a much tougher foe, as Kory and Travis discuss. Among the highlights:

- Illinois has the No. 1 ranked defense in the nation based on scoring and in yards given up.

- Chase Brown also leads the nation in rushing, giving them a formidable ground game.

- Kory actually played against Bret Bielema in Bret's first season in the Big Ten.

- Is Illinois just a better version of Iowa?

- We touch on what it means to go to a Detroit Bowl game (hint: Kory doesn't like).