Thursday Cram Session: Getting Prepped for Ohio State Versus Illinois

Ohio State and Illinois kick off at 11 a.m. this Saturday morning.

With the Illinois Fighting Illini football team less than 36 hours away from its toughest test of the season, here’s what you need to know about Saturday’s game against Ohio State. 

ILLINOIS – OHIO STATE GAME NEWS

→ GAME 4: ILLINOIS-OHIO STATE GAME NOTES

→ TWO IMPROVED UNITS MEET IN CHAMPAIGN

→ ILLINOIS FOOTBALL INJURY REPORT

ILLINOIS FOOTBALL PLAYER NEWS

#1 Terry Hawthorne, Injured Cornerback

→ HAWTORNE’S DEBUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT

#2 Nathan Scheelhaase, Quarterback

→ ILLINI QB SCHEELHAASE FEELS LUCKY TO FACE BUCKEYES

→ ILLINOIS’ SCHEELHAASE ATHLETIC AND ANALYTIC

→ ILLINOIS’ SCHEELHAASE HAS CAREER MODEL TO FOLLOW

→ ILLINOIS QB HAS MOVILLE CONNECTION

→ ILLINI QB CAN LEARN FROM OSU’S PRYOR

#5 Mikel Leshoure, Running Back

→ CAN MIKEL LESHOURE CONQUER OHIO STATE?

→ ILLINI’S LESHOURE MAKING GOOD IN HOMETOWN

#8 A.J. Jenkins, Wide Receiver

→ STAYING PUT AMONG ILLINI RECEIVER’S BEST MOVES

→ JENKINS BECOMING ILLINI GO-TO RECEIVER (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED)

#8 Brandon Denmark, Linebacker

→ BRANDON DENMARK FITTING IN RAPIDLY AT UI

#15 Darius Millines, Wide Receiver

→ DARIUS MILLINES MORE VETERAN THAN ROOKIE

#26 Justin Green, Cornerback

→ GREEN FINDS UNEXPECTED HOME IN DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD

#72 Hugh Thornton, Offensive Lineman

→ TWO ARRESTED ILLINI (THORNTON, BUCHANAN) WILL PLAY AGAINST OHIO STATE

→ THORNTON DUE IN COURT AFTER BAR ARREST

→ HUGH THORNTON ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT AT JOE’S BREWERY

→ ILLINI FOOTBALL PLAYER ARRESTED AT BAR

→ ILLINOIS LINEMAN ARRESTED, FACES COURT HEARING

#87 Anthony Santella, Punter

→ ILLINOIS PUNTER SEMIFINALIST FOR CAMPBELL TROPHY

→ ILLINI PUNTER SANTELLA HOPES TO LEAVE OSU HANGING

#99 Michael Buchanan, Defensive Lineman

→ SUSPENDED LINEMAN BUCHANAN COULD PLAY VERSUS OHIO STATE

ILLINOIS FOOTBALL COACHING NEWS

Illinois Head Coach Ron Zook

→ RON ZOOK PRESS CONFERENCE

→ RON ZOOK WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT

→ ZOOK’S DISCIPLINARY POLICY UNDER MICROSCOPE AGAIN

→ ZOOK HOPES ILLINI SUCCESS CONTINUES AGAINST ELITE

→ COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROOTABILITY INDEX (MUST SEE)

Offensive Coordinator Paul Petrino

→ PETRINOS FALL SHORT OF FACING NUMBER ONES

→ PETRINO GUNNING FOR BUCKEYES

Defensive Coordinator Vic Koenning

→ VIC KOENNING TALKS PROGRESS OF DEFENSE (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED)

ILLINOIS FOOTBALL TEAM NEWS

→ WILL OHIO STATE-ILLINOIS BE A TALE OF TWO QBS?

→ UPSET WOULD BE ONE FOR THE AGES

→ PLAYERS’ STATUS UP IN THE AIR

→ ILLINI FOOTBALL GAME NOTES VS. OHIO STATE

→ ILLINI FACE BIG CHALLENGE COME SATURDAY

→ ILLINOIS LOOKS FOR ANOTHER UPSET WIN OVER OHIO STATE

→ ILLINI RARELY ROLL OVER

→ ILLINI, OHIO STATE TRADITIONALLY BATTLE ON THE GROUND

→ NO. 2 OHIO STATE START OF TOUGH STRETCH FOR ILLINI

→ ILLINI HOPE TO MAKE HISTORY (AGAIN)

→ RETOOLED ILLINI DEFENSE YIELDS RESULTS, SO FAR

→ ILLINI FOOTBALL: MONDAY’S QUOTES

→ HUMANS WILL COLONIZE MARS BEFORE THIS YEAR’S ILLINI DEFEAT OHIO STATE

OHIO STATE FOOTBALL TEAM NEWS

→ FIVE QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT OHIO STATE – ILLINOIS

→ BUCKEYES EXPECTING A TYPICAL ROAD TEST

→ BUCKEYES’ SAINE, HERRON FEEL PRESSURE OF OTHER TAILBACKS

→ OHIO STATE FOOTBALL: PRYOR NOW A PASSER

→ OHIO STATE’S TERRELLE PRYOR PROVING TO TEAMMATES AND NATION THAT HE’S A STAR

→ PRYOR LOOKING FORWARD TO ILLINI

→ PRYOR’S PROGRESSION NOTED BY ZOOK (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED)

→ NOTES FROM JIM TRESSEL’S NEWS CONFERENCE

→ SUCCESS TRUMPS STYLE, TRESSEL SAYS

→ OHIO STATE AD RAKING IN THE MONEY

→ OHIO STATE DEFENSIVE LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING

→ BUCKEYES MUST CHOOSE TRAVELING PARTY

→ OHIO STATE SAYS SACK THE QUARTERBACK, AND BUCKEYES HOPE SIMON WILL FOLLOW

→ BUCKEYES ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK

→ RESULTS SAME FOR WOODY, TRESSEL

→ OHIO STATE RECRUIT, FREMD SENIOR BRIAN BOBEK NAMED U.S. ARMY ALL-AMERICAN

FORMER ILLINI FOOTBALL PLAYER NEWS

#1 Vontae Davis, Cornerback

→ UNCOACHABLE? NOT THE CASE FOR VONTAE DAVIS

BIG TEN/COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

→ BIG TEN IS ON THE RISE EARLY IN 2010 SEASON

→ BIG TEN IS ARMED, DANGEROUS

→ WHAT TO WATCH IN THE BIG TEN: WEEK 5

→ SOLVING THE BIG TEN MYSTERIES

→ BIG TEN CONFERENCE PREVIEW

→ AROUND THE BIG TEN: COACHES SOUND OFF ON 9-GAME SCHEDULE

→ ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BIG TEN FOOTBALL?

→ BIG TEN WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

→ BIG TEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

→ FOOTBALL SEASON BRINGS RIVALRY, PSYCHOLOGY AND JUST PLAIN FUN

→ WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE BIG TEN: WEEK 4

→ BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 5

→ A BIG TEN BONANZA

→ BIG TEN KICKOFF: 10 THINGS WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

ILLINOIS FOOTBALL RECRUITING NEWS

→ ILLINI LEAD THE WAY FOR CLEVELAND WR JEREMEY WHITLOW (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED)

→ REILLY O’TOOLE FIRM ON COMMITMENT TO ILLINOIS

→ OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DONOVAN SMITH TRYING TO GET TO CHAMPAIGN (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED)

→ J.T. THORNTON SCHEDULED TO VISIT ILLINOIS THIS WEEKEND

→ ILLINI IN THE TOP TWO FOR DAMON KNOX

→ SATURDAY TRIP FOR CHRIS O’CONNOR