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If you want a great example of "cycles" in a series, check out our all-time series against Illinois:
First 18 games: 5-11-2 (won two stright only once, and one 2-1 stretch)
Next 16 games: 15-1 (including 11 straight)
Next 8 games: 3-4-1 (Illinois won two, then we won 2, then loss, tie, win, loss)
Next 34 games: 28-5-1 (including 15 straight, and a single two-game losing streak)
Next 7 games: 1-6 (including a five-game losing streak)
Last 11 games: 8-3
They owned us for 18 games, then we owned them for 16, played even for eight, we owned them for 34, they owned us for seve, and then we've owned them the last 11 (last year not withstanding). A clear ebb-and-flow in the series, although our tides have tended to be higher and of longer duration.
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