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August 01, 2008

2008 Big Ten preview: Illinois looks to repeat surprise season

http://mvn.com/outsider/2008/08/01/2008-big-ten-preview-illinois/

Chances are, when you think of the Illinois Fighting Illini, you don't think "football." You think of Bruce Weber, orange blazers, the days of Deron Williams and Dee Brown, and Lou Henson. Ron Zook is slowly starting to change that.

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