The days of the Big Ten being a "Midwestern" conference were probably over in 1990 when the conference expanded to 11 teams and expanded their national footprint with the addition of Penn St.
The NCAA and the WWE have formed a partnership and Luke Ford from the University of Illinois has a chance to keep using his football skills as a career after college.
The next time you hear someone say that they need to get out of here and go someplace fun, you can point out that "fun" and "Illinois" are not necessarily mutually-exclusive terms.