Off this weekend after letting NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish run wild last Saturday, Illinois will need to do a much better job of containing an even bigger running threat at quarterback, Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor, next week in Champaign.
As the Illinois Fighting Illini football team enjoys a bye week, Thursday’s Cram Session has been moved to the original Saturday Afternoon Gridiron Wrap.
With that said, here’s a compilation of this week’s news on Fighting Illini football.
ILLINOIS FOOTBALL PLAYER NEWS
#2 Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase
→ SCHEELHAASE’S DAD COMES TO SON’S DEFENSE
→ SCHEELHAASE MAKES ILLINI COACHING STAFF NERVOUS WITH ACROBATICS
#2 Linebacker Martez Wilson
→ WILSON WORKING TO MEET AMBITIOUS GOALS
#5 Running Back Mikel Leshoure
→ LESHOURE FINDING HIS PLACE IN ILLINI BACKFIELD
→ LESHOURE LOOKING TO BE THAT GUY FOR ILLINI
#16 Quarterback Miles Osei
→ FRESHMAN OSEI FILLING UNEXPECTED ROLE FOR UNEXPECTED SCHOOL
#18 Linebacker Nate Bussey
#31 Cornerback Travon Bellamy
→ TRAVON BELLAMY OVERCOMES ADVERSITY FOR UI
#45 Linebacker Jonathan Brown
→ JONATHAN BROWN IMPROVING RAPIDLY FOR ILLINI (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED)
#72 Offensive Lineman Hugh Thornton
→ RON ZOOK PROVIDES GOOD NEWS ON HUGH THORNTON
→ DOCTORS SAY THORNTON WILL BE OK AFTER SCARY INJURY
→ NECK STRAIN FOR HUGH THORNTON: ALL TESTS NEGATIVE AND HE’S BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL
#87 Punter Anthony Santella
→ ANTHONY SANTELLA LEADS NATION IN PUNTING
ILLINOIS FOOTBALL TEAM NEWS
→ FRIGHTENING THREE GAMES AWAIT FRAGILE ILLINI
→ STATISTICS REFLECT ILLINI EFFORT SO FAR
→ FOOTBALL TO HEAL UP OVER BYE WEEK
→ ILLINI OFFENSIVE LINE COMING TOGETHER
→ ILLINI FOLLOW GOOD PRACTICES WITH TIME OFF (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED)
→ UI TRAINING STAFF STAYING PREPARED WITH SERIOUS INJURY POLICY
→ UPON FURTHER REVIEW: ILLINI GETTING BETTER
→ WILL IT BE A GOOD BYE FOR ILLINI?
→ TUPPER: ILLINI IN PATTERN OF FAMILIAR MEDIOCRITY
→ FOOTBALL ROYALTY: PETE PRINCI
ILLINOIS FOOTBALL COACHING NEWS
Head Coach Ron Zook
→ WITH WEEK OFF, ZOOK SAYS ILLINI WILL WORK ON FUNDAMENTALS
→ ZOOK HOLDS SIUC IN HIGH ESTEEM
→ ILLINI FOOTBALL NOTES: ZOOK JUGGLES RECEIVERS
Offensive Coordinator Paul Petrino
→ PETRINO: ILLINOIS NEED BETTER PASSING GAME TO MOVE ON BUCKEYES
→ NEW COACHES BRING WORK ETHIC, KNOWLEDGE AND HUMOR TO ILLINI
FORMER ILLINI PLAYER NEWS
#47 Linebacker J Leman
→ J LEMAN ON THE ILLINI DEFENSE
#41 Fullback Russ Weil
→ THE STORY OF 2 LIFELONG DREAMS INTERTWINED AROUND ILLINI FOOTBALL
#92 Defensive Lineman Josh Brent
→ JOSH BRENT SEIZED AN OPPORTUNITY
ILLINOIS FOOTBALL RECRUITING NEWS
→ CHRIS BRYANT: WEIGHING OPTIONS
→ BARRINGTON JUNIOR LINEMAN ENJOYS VISIT
NEXT OPPONENT: OHIO STATE FOOTBALL NEWS
→ BUCKEYES THRASH EAGLES 73-20
→ OHIO STATE TO KEEP SCHEDULING IN-STATE FOES
→ HARMON FAMILY GIVES $5M TO OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
→ OSU’S ORHIAN JOHNSON HAPPY TO BE HITTING QBS
→ OHIO STATE RUNNING GAME STILL WARMING UP
→ JOBS OF OHO STATE’S SAINE AND HERRON ARE SECURE
→ MEMORY LANE: BOWL HOPES SLIP AWAY
→ OHIO STATE SHIFT TO PASS-FIRST STYLE CATCHES OPPONENTS OFF-GUARD
→ TALIAFERRO LIVING NORMAL LIFE, 10 YEARS AFTER SPINAL-CORD INJURY
→ TALIAFERRO THRIVING 10 YEARS AFTER TRAGIC INJURY
→ OHIO FOOTBALL TAM MASCOTS SCUFFLE ON FIELD
→ FORGOTTEN JEWEL: FRED NORTON
→ OHIO STATE FOOTBALL: BUCK STOPS WITH HEYWARD
→ OHIO STATE’S DEVIER POSEY COMES OUT ON TOP IN “POSEY BOWL II”
→ PRYOR AND ROBINSON IMPRESS ON DAY OF INGRAM’S RETURN
→ OHIO STATE-OHIO POSTGAME NOTEBOOK
ILLINOIS-NIU RECAP
→ NIU HOPES IT’S ON UPSIDE OF LEARNING CURVE
→ SCHEDULES MAY REVERSE FORTUNES FOR ILLINI, HUSKIES
→ CHANGE IS GOOD: ILLINOIS TOPS NIU
→ ILLINOIS TURNS BACK HUSKIES; JASON FORD HELPS ILLINI GET HALFTIME LEAD
→ HUSKIES COME UP SHORT AT ILLINOIS, 28-22
→ NIU’S KILL: GALL-BLADDER SURGERY CAUSED PROBLEMS
→ NIU’S QUARTERBACK AND A RASH OF PENALTIES WERE TROUBLE FOR ILLINI
→ ILLINOIS SURVIVES UPSET BID BY N. ILLINOIS, 28-22
→ KILL JUMPS RIGHT BACK INTO COACHING GRIND
→ ILLINI TOP NIU IN RUSHING BATTLE
→ NIU TEAM NOT JUST A PUSHOVER
→ ILLINI LOOK TO DOWN HUSKIES, MOVE ABOVE .500
BIG TEN/COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
→ PICKIN’ ON THE BIG TEN, WEEK 4
→ TATE: COACHES STRESSED FOR SUCCESS
→ COACHES RELY MORE ON GUTS WHEN CALLING TRICK PLAYS
→ BIG TEN NIPS CINEMA SHOWINGS
→ BIG TEN CONFERENCE NEWS AND NOTES
→ BIG TEN WEEKLY FOOTBALL RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 20
→ MICHIGAN STATE’S DANTONIO LATEST EXAMPLE OF COACHING STRESS
→ IT’S YOUR BYE WEEK, TOO – USE IT
→ BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 4
Alright.
Until Monday, when Nick Houska starts previewing the Ohio State Buckeyes.
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