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Throwback Thursday: Tavon Wilson
Catching up with former Fighting Illini defensive great Tavon Wilson.
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21 hours ago
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What is behind Northwestern's success at recruiting?
Morrissey was right when he sang "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful." Of course, we hate it more when our rivals or enemies become even more successful. That's the case as Tom Fornelli of the Illinois blog The Champaign Room, whom apparently is more than a little envious of the Fighting Illini's in-state rival Northwestern's recruiting success this...
Two players kicked off of Illinois football team
Wide receiver Darius Millines and defensive end Darrius Caldwell have been kicked off the University of Illinois football team for unspecified rules violations, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
Last season Millines was the second-leading receiver on the Illini catching 32 passes for 319 yards in his junior season.
Millines was the Illini’s second-leading receiver last...
Throwback Thursday: Whitney Mercilus
Catching up with former Fighting Illini defensive great Whitney Mercilus.
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8 days ago
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Frysinger Moving Forward
Former Illini wideout Jordan Frysinger has the option to continue his academic path at Illinois if he so chooses.
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10 days ago
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Illini Coach Tim Beckman rips off Northwestern football slogan
Illini college football coach Tim Beckman went on 670 The Score in Chicago today. Around 4:30 CDT with Boers and Bernstein. Tim Beckman appeared with Illinois Athletic Director Mike Thomas and college basketball coach John Groce. If and when WSCR posts the audio, I’ll link it here.
The Northwestern Twitterverse (there’s not many of them, but there are some) are blowing up about...
Illinois Men's Basketball: Assembly Hall is now the State Farm Center
The renovation plans for the Assembly Hall have been announced in the past months, but a major announcement came in at a 2 p.m. Monday press conference in Champaign.
The Assembly Hall will be renamed for the first time in the history of the 50-year structure. Thanks to a 30-year, $60-million deal with State Farm Insurance Company, Assembly Hall will now be known as the State Farm...
Illinois Fighting Illini football: New Big Ten division alignment puts Illini in West
The realignment of the Big Ten has been finalized for 2014. With the additions of Rutgers and Maryland, the 14-team Big Ten will be split into two seven-team divisions, the East and West.
Illinois will be in the West with Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin.
The East will consist of Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and...
Illinois Football: Tim Beckman must keep kids in Illinois
With the April 20th commitment of Enoch Smith Jr. to Michigan State, the questions regarding the Illini's recruiting ability inside their own state are reasonably fair to the coaching staff.
Smith, a defensive tackle out of Mount Carmel, was Rivals' top-ranked player at his position in Illinois for the 2014 class. At 6-foot-3, 265 pounds, the defensive lineman could have...
Illinois basketball: What kind of expectations should be set for John Groce's second season?
About one
week ago, the Illinois Fighting Illini gave Head Coach John Groce a one-year
contract extension and a nice pay raise, $200,000 to be exact. Groce was given this pay bump and extension
because he led the Illini to a 23-13
record and an 8-10 record in the Big Ten. And lets not forget, a NCAA tournament
appearance and a victory in his first year.
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2012-13 Big Ten Basketball Review: Illinois Fighting Illini
If you've been following along with us all season long then you know that we tend to do things that aren't always done by other outlets and one of those things is taking a look back - back to what they said when previewing a season - and frankly we find that a bit odd.
I mean, you are brazen enough to go out on a limb and predict the season, but aren't willing...
Illinois basketball: Illini program continues to gain momentum
On March 24th, the Illinois Fighting Illini basketball program suffered a gut-wrenching defeat to cap off an amazing 12 or so months for the program. It might sound strange to use the terms "cap off" and "amazing" to describe a loss, but I meant it. I also meant gut-wrenching, but I won't rehash the end of that game. The Illini's inspired effort to nearly...
Illinois students kick field goals at student appreciation practice
This is easily one of the coolest ideas I’ve seen from a college football team. On Wednesday afternoon, the Illinois Fighting Illini invited students out to watch a live scrimmage and gave them free pizza. When the scrimmage was over, three lucky students were given the opportunity to kick a field goal. All three students made the kicks with the players cheering them on,...
Gophers get early postseason test with Illinois
MINNEAPOLIS From eighth in the country to the ninth seed in the Big Ten Tournament. Thats how far the Gophers basketball team has fallen this season.
When the conference tournament kicks off this Thursday, Minnesota will be the No. 9 seed against No. 8 Illinois quite the tumble from where the Gophers were earlier in the year. At one point, Tubby Smiths team was ranked in the Top...
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March 11, 2013
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CONSIDER COURT STORMED
Illinois tops No. 1 Indiana on buzzer-beating layup
Another day, another game where a No. 1 team gets upset. Indiana, who finally claimed the top-ranked seed this week after beating No. 1 Michigan, blew their chances Thursday night in a 74-72 upset loss to Illinois. Illinois fought their way to coming close late in the game after trailing 41-29 at halftime. With .9 seconds left, the Fighting Illini were able to catch senior forward Tyler...
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February 07, 2013
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