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Illini Football Coaching Candidate A: Mike Leach
With the recent firing of Ron Zook, Fighting Illini football is on the hunt for a new coach. This is an important inflection point for the football team; the Fighting Illini have finished with a .500…Read More
Wisconsin Badgers vs Illinois Fighting Illini – Football – a poor man’s preview.
Illinois and Wisconsin find themselves in similar places this Saturday. Note, I did not say comparable. I’m thinking similar in the geometric sense-Wisconsin is a large triangle, say a 30-40-50,…Read More
Michigan at Illinois: A Football Preview
Michigan and Illinois have a rich shared football history. Red Grange inaugurated Memorial Stadium with his six scores against Michigan to lead the Fighting Illini to victory. That win ended a 20-game…Read More
11/9/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape
A chill is preparing to descend over the Midwest, as we finally begin the inevitable slide towards winter. But, Illini basketball season Read | Share
10/26/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini related stories from around the media landscape
And now fall sets in for real….talking about frigid temperatures for the Fighting Illini’s game in Happy Valley! JoPa, though, has warm thoughts for the Zook led Illini. Fighting Illini stagger…Read More
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Three takeways from the surrender in West Lafayette: Boilermakers 21, Fighting Illini 14
Well, that was a wretched experience. The Fighting Illini have now lost back-to-back games in the B1G,…Read More
Homecoming? We INVENTED Homecoming. An Illini-Purdue preview.
On Every Day Should Be Saturday, the seminal college football blog over at SBNation, each school has…Read More
Big Ten Media Days Recap
This past weekend, the Big Ten held its annual Media Days event where coaches and players from every…Read More
College Football Zealots Q&A
Recently, the folks at the website College Football Zealots, an excellent football blog, contacted Writing…Read More
Illinois Football Adds Recruit to 2012 Class
This article comes courtesy of Writing Illini’s new blogger, Jonah Puls. Jonah has written for…Read More
Illinois Signs 27 Football Recruits for Class of 2011
Illinois wraps up its football recruiting after signing the biggest class in the Big Ten. Illinois’…Read More
Martez Wilson, Mikel Leshoure & Corey Liuget Leaving Illinois for NFL Draft
Although it was not unexpected, the official announcements that three Illinois juniors from this year’s…Read More
Dissecting Illinois (38) – Baylor (14): Game Balls, Catcalls & Downfalls
What a day to be an Illinois fan. The Illini won both their football bowl game and their conference…Read More
Football Field Forecast: Predicting Illinois vs. Baylor, 2010 Texas Bowl
Tomorrow afternoon in the Texas Bowl, Illinois will take the field in the program’s first bowl…Read More
Writing Illini’s Football Conversation with ESPNChicago.com’s Scott Powers
Earlier this morning, Writing Illini’s lead football blogger Nick Houska spent some time chatting…Read More
Illinois Fighting Illini Football to Play Baylor in Texas Bowl on December 29
After finishing the season with a .500 record (6-6 overall, 4-4 in the Big Ten), Illinois accepted a…Read More
Dissecting Fresno State (25) – Illinois (23): Game Balls, Catcalls & Downfalls
This is Illinois football. Two weeks after a dominant win against Northwestern in Chicago made the team…Read More
Illini-Bulldogs Gameday Binoculars, Part 2: Tape Review & Play-by-Play
As I couldn’t do the play-by-play of the Illinois-Fresno State game on Friday night, here it is,…Read More
Football Field Forecast: Predicting Illinois at Fresno State, Game Twelve
With Illinois playing a rare Friday game tomorrow night, the Football Field Forecast has been moved…Read More
Fighting the Illinois Fighting Illini: Previewing the Fresno State Bulldogs
With the rest of the Big Ten done for the regular season and either preparing for bowl games or looking…Read More
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