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Video: Illinois-OSU Ball Gets Stuck Atop Backboard
Basketballs getting stuck atop a backboard aren’t an uncommon occurrence. What made the one in the second half of Thursday’s Illinois-Ohio State game particularly funny was how hard Illini big man...
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Video: Illinois’ Rice Gets Away With Huge Travel
For a brief moment during Wednesday’s Illinois-Nebraska game, the officials seemingly changed the rules so that a player was permitted three steps before having to pick up his dribble. Illini guard...
View ArticleVideo: Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice Botches Dunk
Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice made a simple dunk look incredibly hard on Friday during the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals by airballing it on a fast break. Rice tried to dunk the ball but it slipped out...
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Photos: New Illinois Football, Hoops Uniforms Leaked?
Is this our first look at the new football and basketball uniforms that Illinois hinted at on Instagaram on Monday? The gridiron threads appear to be cleaner than last year’s look, with the elimination...
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Video: Butkus Wears ‘Canadian Tuxedo’ at Wrigley
A “Canadian tuxedo” is defined as a denim jacket and jeans worn at the same time. It’s what former Illinois star and NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus wore to Wrigley Field on Wednesday to sing “Take Me...
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Video: Illinois QBs Sing Backstreet Boys in Pregame
Last Saturday, Illinois QBs Reilly O’Toole (No. 4 in video above) and Wes Lunt (No. 12) warmed up for the Illini spring game with that most football of songs: “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet...
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Illinois Basketball: John Groce Dives Into Navy SEALs Ice Raft (PHOTO)
Illinois’ men’s and women’s basketball teams are both training with former U.S. Navy SEAL John McGuire this week. And Illini men’s head coach John Groce wasn’t about to sit idly on the sidelines and...
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Illinois Football: Tim Beckman Photo Goes Viral
For all the obvious reasons, this photo of Illinois football head coach Tim Beckman has gone viral. We don’t know what happened at Illini practice to get Beckman so “excited,” but alas, here he is....
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Northern Illinois Football: Husky Alums Troll Northwestern, Illinois With...
Cool ad in today’s Trib. #Northwestern played #niu – and lost. How bout the #illini? Enough of Youngstown St. pic.twitter.com/h3E93no8Ck — Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) September 12, 2014...
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Illinois Football: Wide Receiver Geronimo Allison Makes Incredible Catch (GIF)
Illinois is lucky enough to have a player named Geronimo Allison. They’re also lucky he can make highlight-reel touchdown catches like this one. Against Washington on Saturday, Allison fully extended...
View ArticleIllinois Football: Illini Unveil ‘Gray Ghost’ Uniforms for Minnesota Game...
It’s October and everyone’s getting into the Halloween spirit, including Illinois football. The Illini unveiled new “Gray Ghost” uniforms for the school’s October 25th game against Minnesota. Illinois...
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Illinois Football: Man in Large Coat Stands Out on Sidelines (PHOTO)
What a beautiful coat! pic.twitter.com/ZEAQQPYamj — Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) November 15, 2014 It was 32 degrees at kickoff in Champaign, IL, for the game between the Illini and Iowa, and that...
View ArticleIllinois Football: Student Section Empty Before Kickoff (PHOTOS)
We’re sure people support you, Illinois football seniors. They just, you know, got stuck in traffic. Photos taken just before kickoff at Illinois’ Memorial Stadium on Saturday painted a desolate scene,...
View ArticleTop 5 Coaching Hot Seats for 2015
After winning his third national title and looking poised to contend for a fourth next year, Urban Meyer has made a convincing case to be considered the best coach in college football. Of course,...
View ArticleIllinois Basketball: Student Manager Ryan Schmidt to Dress for Illini
The dream of student managers everywhere is about to come true as Illinois senior Ryan Schmidt is going from manager to player for the Illini on Saturday because the squad is so ravaged by injuries....
View ArticleIllinois OL Simon Cvijanovic Gives a Scathing Indictment of How Tim Beckman...
View image | gettyimages.com Former Illinois OL Simon Cvijanovic went on an epic Twitter rant on Sunday against his former program, particularly head coach Tim Beckman, lambasting his mistreatment of...
View ArticleReport Alleges Tim Beckman Abuses Illinois Players
View image | gettyimages.com Apparently former Illinois OL Simon Cvijanovic, who ranted on Twitter in May about Tim Beckman’s mistreatment of players, is not alone in his feelings. A CNN investigative...
View ArticleWill FOX Steal Big 10 From ESPN?
View image | gettyimages.com Will FOX steal the Big 10 From ESPN? That’s the billions-dollar question in the college sports industry right now, as ESPN president John Skipper and 21st Century Fox...
View ArticleTim Beckman Tweets “One Week!!” Until First Illinois Game, Gets Fired Less...
Well this is awkward. Less than one hour after Illinois head coach Tim Beckman tweeted “One Week!!” until the team’s first game against Kent State, he was fired by the school on Friday: One Week!!...
View ArticleRanking All 10 Open Head Coaching Positions
There’s been a flurry of midseason head coach job openings unlike anything college football has seen in recent memory. Downtrodden programs have canned coaches past their expiration date and coaches on...
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