NFL Draft: What Former Illini Player Will Be Selected Before Jonathan Brown...
The Illinois Fighting Illini football program has been on quite the run when it comes to the NFL Draft, but this season it appears their hopes of having a player drafted lie squarely on the shoulders...
View ArticleJonathan Brown Signs Undrafted Free Agent Deal With The Arizona Cardinals
The most productive Illinois Fighting Illini defensive football player has signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals per Illini Head Coach Tim Beckman’s twitter account. Proud...
View ArticleRyan Lankford Signs Undrafted Free Agent Contract With The Miami Dolphins
Former Illinois Wide Receiver Ryan Lankford has signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Miami Dolphins per his Twitter feed. Looks like I’ll be taking my talents to South Beach! #FinsUp — Ryan...
View ArticleIllinois Fighting Illini Basketball: John Groce Sends Serious Message With...
Earlier today, John Groce sent a very serious message when it was reported that he has imposed a year long suspension on Western Michigan transfer Darius Paul. In the article by The News-Gazette’s...
View ArticleIs There A Chance USC Transfer Ty Isaac Could Come to Illinois?
Nearly as soon as it was announced yesterday that Ty Isaac had been released from his commitment to USC, Illinois Fighting Illini football fans began asking whether or not his final destination might...
View ArticleIllinois Football Expecting a Major Visitor Today
Today has the potential to be a very big day for the Illinois Fighting Illini football program. Why, you ask? As we hinted earlier in the week, USC transfer RB Ty Isaac is visiting #illini today. No...
View ArticleRoundtable: Is An East Coast Tournament Good For The Big Ten?
In this edition of the Writing Illini roundtable, the staff takes a look at Big Ten basketball and the conference moving its conference tournament to the East Coast. The staff begs to ask the question:...
View ArticleFansided Posts Big Ten QB Power Rankings, Where Did Wes Lunt Land?
Fansided’s own Michael Collins posted his Big Ten Quarterback Rankings recently, and he placed Illini QB Wes Lunt as the twelfth best QB in the conference. To an extent, I understand why he ranked Lunt...
View ArticleIllinois Football Recruiting: Updating The Ty Isaac Transfer Situation
Illinois Fighting Illini football fans that haven’t seen the news yet, should prepare themselves for a letdown as highly sought after transfer Ty Isaac’s recruitment has reached its end, and it did not...
View ArticleWho Will Illinois Football Upset In 2014?
Let’s get right down to brass tacks here. For Illinois Football to have a shot at a bowl game this season they are going to have to pull an upset or two. Tom Dienhart assessed what he feels is every...
View ArticleIllinois Football Lands 2014 JUCO WR Raphael Barr
JUCO Wide Receiver Raphael Barr made his commitment to the Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team official today, and he wasted little time in letting the rest of the world in on it. Committed to the...
View ArticleIllinois Football 2015 OL Commit Zeke Martin Has A Message For Illinois Fans
The Illinois Football program recently picked up a commitment from 2015 Offensive Lineman Zeke Martin from Medina, OH, and his commitment was received with a lukewarm response on message boards...
View ArticleOffensive Line Coach AJ Ricker Leaves Illinois to Join Missouri
With less than 2 months remaining until the Illinois Fighting Illini football team takes the field against Youngstown State, Tim Beckman’s staff is about to be without an offensive line coach. A report...
View ArticleIllinois Football Set to Announce New Offensive Line Coach
Faced with a difficult task due to an extremely compressed timeline, it appears that Tim Beckman has already found a more than capable replacement for departing offensive line coach AJ Ricker....
View ArticleBTN Writer Predicts Wes Lunt Will Lead Big Ten in Passing TD
Wes Lunt got some love today from btn.com’s Tom Dienhart during their staff debate on who will be the Big Ten’s 2014 Passing TD Leader. Despite Lunt not playing a single down of football in an actual...
View ArticleB1G Media Day Brings Potshots at Illinois
Illinois Head Coach Tim Beckman had barely left the podium at today’s B1G Media Day and the first negative shot towards the Illinois Football program had already been fired. Tim Beckman on losing...
View ArticleIllinois Football: Coach Beckman Speaks Post Practice
Illinois Football Head Coach Tim Beckman took a couple of minutes today after practice to speak with the media and IlliniProductionsHD was there to capture the video. One of the key takeaways from his...
View ArticleIllinois Football: A Dark Horse Offensive Contributor is Emerging
There is a dark horse contender beginning to emerge in practice that might make a larger than expected impact on the offensive side of the ball during the upcoming Illinois football season. The name on...
View ArticleIllinois Football Camp Rantoul: Assessing the QB Picture
On Monday morning I had the chance to head north to Camp Rantoul for the first public practice, and I spent quite a bit of practice watching the quarterbacks because it’s been billed as the biggest...
View ArticleIllinois Football: Overlooking Youngstown State Could Prove Costly
If Illinois Football overlooks FCS preseason #21 Youngstown State in the home opener, the final result could set a dark tone for the entire season. Just ask the Pittsburgh Panthers. In 2012, Pitt...
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