All the statements reacting to Big Ten realignment have been released. And you might have guessed all the soundbites and quotes are of the cheerleading variety; so I figured “might as well have cheerleaders as the lead pictures for the posts.” Here’s the Illini reaction from Champaign-Urbana.
Video interviews of Illini reaction to the announcement of division alignments by the Big Ten Conference today:
Director of Athletics Ron Guenther:
Head Football Coach Ron Zook:
Big Ten press release on division alignments, including video of the official announcement on the Big Ten Network and conference schedules for 2011 and 2012: