The Illini can certainly stumble into a title game. I’d like to consider this article a practice in procrastination. Beneficial procrastination — call it patience. This article, three weeks in the making, is the fruit of patience. Despite time management poor enough to make Lovie Smith blush, I’ve convinced myself that this delay was beneficial. The original plan was to publish after Illinois’ victory over Virginia. The 2-1 Illini looked… promising? The rest of the division… did not. Miss the deadline, dang it. Happens to all of us, right? And look at that! Illinois has an early bye week! Perfect,…