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#20 Illini Fighting on in Las Vegas Invitational

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By Paul M. Banks It's Feast Week! When there's non-stop college basketball, so many games start at bizarre times. And not just because games are going on in obscure parts of the world in far away time zones. In order to accommodate the television coverage, some games start at...like this one starts at 8:30 pm. #20 Illinois vs. the Wofford Terriers in the second round of the … [Read more...] about #20 Illini Fighting on in Las Vegas Invitational

A Glimpse Into The Illini Future: Quarterback Jacob Charest

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By Paul Schmidt While the Illini were falling to the Northwestern Wildcats, essentially ending their long shot run at a bowl bid, Illini fans did get an extended look at next year's early leader in the starting quarterback race, Jacob Charest, the redshirt freshman out of Butler High School in Matthews, North Carolina. Charest posted some modest numbers but, after being … [Read more...] about A Glimpse Into The Illini Future: Quarterback Jacob Charest

Illini Ink Top 10 Recruiting Class

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By Paul M. Banks In case you missed it, today was "National Signing Day" for basketball. I totally understand if it's not on our your radar, because it's the day that we "officially" learn what we've already known for months, and sometimes years. We pretty much know where all the top recruits are going, but this is the day it becomes a contract. It just puts the notoriously … [Read more...] about Illini Ink Top 10 Recruiting Class

Ron Zook Explains It All

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By Paul Schmidt Most of the time, after a tough loss, I take a lot of what coaches say for granted.  Typically you get a bunch of coach-speak anyway, cliches abounding, and most of it is useless quote fodder. Not Ron Zook tonight. He made a bunch of interesting comments in the presser, and once again gave very little insight into what is actually happening with an … [Read more...] about Ron Zook Explains It All