Look out Ohio State–Michigan, because Northwestern–Illinois is hot in your heels as the nation's fiercest rivalry.
For proof of this, look no further than Love Smith's latest tactics in Champaign:
Lovie borrows a page from Woody Hayes, calls Northwestern "the school up North."
— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) March 29, 2016
Looks like that 1995 season Lovie spent as a DB coach in Columbus had an effect.