See that photo above. That is the face of debacle. The man who has singlehandedly defeated the Illini on four occasions in the last two years. It is Talor Battle. Penn St. junior guard. He even has a blog named after him.
It is perhaps a sad comment on the state of Illini basketball that its most fearsome nemesis right now is a guard from Penn St. It is certainly a sad comment on the state of Illini basketball that they have lost to Penn St. four times in two years. I'd rather lose to an Indiana team with Eric Gordon, or a Kansas team with Sherron Collins, or a Villanova team with Scottie Reynolds, or a Purdue team with E'twaun Moore, or even a Duke team with Jon Scheyer.
But not a Penn St. team with Talor Battle.
Not any Penn St. team for that matter.
An Illini win tonight puts them at 4-0 in the Big Ten. Let's pad that cushion.
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