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Illinois Fighting Illini in the NFL: Week 13

Week 13 of the NFL season concluded last night as the Washington Redskins beat the New York Giants and the week is over for Illini players currently in the NFL. Here is how some of Illinois’ former players…Read More

Illinois-Indiana Gameday Binoculars: Blogging, Play-by-Play & Analysis

Illinois takes care of business, whipping Indiana 43-13. The defense was great as usual, picking off Indiana four times and taking two of those interceptions to the house. The IU-UI contest can be reviewed…Read More

Huskies-Illini Gameday Binoculars: Live Blogging, Play-by-Play & Analysis

2:23 p.m. UPDATE: Illinois holds on for a 28-22 victory, recovering a late onside kick after an NIU field goal with :19 seconds left and then taking a knee to go to 2-1 on the season. 1:10 p.m. UPDATE:…Read More

Thursday Cram Session: Getting Prepped for Northern Illinois vs. Illinois

Northern Illinois (1-1) and Illinois (1-1) will face each other for the first time in nine years on Saturday, with today’s weekly crib notes revisiting that previous matchup and preparing you for this…Read More

Dissecting Illinois (35) – SIU (3): Writing Illini’s Game Balls and Catcalls

Writing Illini will admit that with all the talk about SIU’s 70-7 win in its opener and questions surrounding Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, we allowed ourselves to overestimate the Salukis. Though…Read More

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Salukis-Illini Gameday Binoculars: Tape-Delayed Blogging & Play-by-Play

SUNDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: The SIU-UI tape review has been completed and can be viewed after the jump.…Read More

Assuming the Position: Breaking Down the Fighting Illini Defensive Linemen

The fifth edition of Writing Illini’s position breakdowns goes inside the trenches to analyze the…Read More

Saturday Afternoon Gridiron Wrap: A Week’s Worth of Illinois Football News

Just as Writing Illini has been doing on Sunday mornings when recapping the previous week’s news on…Read More