Published on: 21st December, 2010
This year’s edition of the Texas Bowl features the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Baylor Bears. Both teams had disappointing finishes to their once impressive seasons and have stumbled into their matchup on December 29th. The time off will be good for these two teams. Illinois’ last game was December ...Published on: 29th October, 2010
When: Saturday @ 12 PM EST TV: ESPN2 The Illinois Fighting Illini welcome the Purdue Boilermakers to Champaign, looking to hoist the Purdue Cannon trophy for the first time since 2002. The Boilermakers have had the trophy since 2003 and hold the all time series lead at 30-26-2. The Illini and the Boilermakers enter ...Published on: 21st October, 2010
The Illinois Fighting Illini have reached the halfway point of their season and have been one of the surprises in the Big Ten this year. Through their first three games in the Big Ten, Illinois has losses to Ohio State and Michigan State to go along with an impressive victory ...Published on: 4th October, 2010
The Illinois Fighting Illini travel to University Park to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions this Saturday in a matchup of two teams that are led by freshman quarterbacks. Nathan Scheelhaase and Robert Bolden have both shown signs of promise as well as inexperience thus far in the 2010 ...Published on: 1st October, 2010
Donovan McNabb has been traded from Philadelphia to the division rival Washington Redskins, and Michael Vick has returned to NFL stardom.Those two worlds will collide this week as the Redskins travel to Philadelphia in a game that has more storylines than usual. The Redskins are 1-2 and in need of ...Published on: 1st October, 2010
Week 5 of the college football season is upon us and conference play is getting into full swing. The USC Trojans were victorious in their Pac-10 opener, defeating the Washington State Huskies 50-16. The Washington Huskies had a bye last week, so this matchup with USC presents Steve Sarkisian and ...Published on: 27th September, 2010
Coming off of a dominant 73-20 victory over Eastern Michigan, the Ohio State Buckeyes (3-0) travel to Champaign this week to open up their Big Ten schedule against the Illinois Fighting Illini. Currently ranked second in the nation and sporting a roster that has a Heisman candidate on it (Terrelle Pryor), ...Published on: 27th September, 2010
The Boise State Broncos defeated another nationally ranked opponent in convincing fashion on national television for the second time this season. Despite the massive amounts of penalty yards that the Broncos have amassed, they have still looked impressive in 2010. They have the unique opportunity of being the first team ...Published on: 20th September, 2010
With the NFL’s second week all but completed, except for tonight’s Monday Night matchup, the season has gotten off to another interesting start. Teams with high expectations have flopped, and teams with low expectations have overachieved. Last week, certain teams and players played so well that their stats resemble the kinds ...Published on: 11th September, 2010
The Illinois Fighting Illini welcome the Southern Illinois Salukis to Memorial Stadium Saturday night. The Fighting Illini currently sport a record of 11-0 against in-state public schools, but they should not take the Salukis lightly. Southern Illinois is currently ranked second in the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) and are coming ...