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Illini Football, Beckman Have Different Perspective In Spring Season
Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As the Illinois football team begins its spring football season on Saturday, head coach Tim Beckman looks to build off of the so-called momentum from last...
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Illini football midway through spring season
BRADLEY LEEB, AP The Illinois football team finished off its sixth week of spring practices with a trip to Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Ill.. The team’s eighth practice took place on...
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High “steaks” for Illinois Spring Game
The Illinois football team will conclude this spring’s season like it always does with the annual Spring Game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Head coach Tim Beckman’s team will split into Orange and...
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Orange team victorious in Illinois spring football game
An Illinois football team—that has been badly bitten by the injury bug—played its annual spring game at Memorial Stadium Saturday. The teams were split into Orange and White, with head coach Tim...
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Lunt set to reach potential in 2015
BRADLEY LEEB, AP After a 2014 Illinois football season full of quarterback questioning, the 2015 season looks pretty much locked into place for junior Wes Lunt—that is if he can stay consistent on the...
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Ferguson ready to step up for Illini
Illinois head football coach Tim Beckman stressed during Thursday’s session at the 2015 Big Ten Media Days that the 2015 Fighting Illini team belongs to his seniors. “Words can’t express what these...
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Despite injuries, Illini deep at receiver
Despite injuries and quarterback changes taking over the 2014 Illinois football season, head coach Tim Beckman and his staff learned to rely on Freshman All American, Mike Dudek to help get the...
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Illinois offensive line in need of improvement in 2015
BRADLEY LEEB, AP The Illinois offensive line is looking to turn itself around as it enters the 2015 season. Last year, the o-line struggled in light of an off-season positional coaching change as...
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New faces at tight end for Illini football
The Illinois football team answered a lot of questions between the 2014 and 2015 seasons. But one big question mark still sits over the Illini offense in terms of how the tight end position will play...
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Illinois athletics remain confident despite downpour of allegations
It has been a hell-filled three and a half months for the University of Illinois Athletic Department to say the least. Former Illini lineman Simon Cvijanovic kicked things off in a national-attention...
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Illinois offense starts off season with a statement
Saturday’s win over Kent State was more than just a statement victory for the Illinois football team. In its first public display after the dismissal of former head coach Tim Beckman just a week before...
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Illini facing new roles in 2015
Illinois head football coach Bill Cubit decided last week that he wouldn’t be the only one in the organization that would have a new position outlook this season. In the middle of a team practice...
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Cubit jumping out of predecessor’s shadows
Michael Hickey/Getty Images Through just the first conference game of his first season as head coach of the Illinois football team, Bill Cubit has already put himself in a different category than those...
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Injury Bug Hitting Illini Offense
When a college football program hits its bye week, the usual plan is for coaches to go out and recruit new players, while current players rest up so they are even more ready to go for the next game....
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Illinois offense in need of tune up
The Illinois football team’s offense is nothing that an average football fan cannot decode after watching a few plays — bubble screen and pass to the 6-foot-4 Geronimo Allison as much as possible,...
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Thomas out as Illinois athletic director
Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson announced Monday morning that the University of Illinois cut its ties with Director of Athletics Mike Thomas. The University exercised the “without cause” separation...
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Familiar faces present similar challenges for Duke, Kentucky
As Gene Honda announced the starting lineups for the first part of Tuesday night’s State Farm Champions Classic, there were a few differences in the Duke and Kentucky lineups compared to last year. Of...
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Illinois basketball looking for an answer
Anybody associated with the Illinois men’s basketball team would love to remove January 19, 2016, from their calendars, given even the slightest opportunity. The Illini (9-10, 1-5 Big Ten) were coming...
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Illinois Football National Signing Day
Illinois head coach Bill Cubit and his staff signed 25 recruits on Wednesday’s National Signing Day, many of which will play on the defensive side of the ball. Three Illinois signees are enrolled in...
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Whitman wasting no time at Illinois, fires Cubit
Dan Kopp / SportsPageMagazine.com Josh Whitman did not waste any time in making himself comfortable as The University of Illinois Athletic Director. Whitman took care of the most compelling questions...
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