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Illinois turns Memorial Stadium into the gaffe factory in 30-13 loss to No. 7 Penn State

Woe was anyone who watched the Illini shoot themselves in the foot, and then in the other foot, and then in the same two feet all over again during their Big Ten opener.

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Jer’Zhan Newton and Olu Fashanu: Scouting review of the Illinois vs. Penn State standouts

Fashanu and Penn State won the scoreboard war, but Newton was the most dominant 2024 NFL draft prospect on the field

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Big Game Hunting: Penn State is coming at you, Illini. Are you up to a challenge like this one?

Also: picks for Central Michigan-Notre Dame, Northwestern-Duke, Minnesota-North Carolina, Washington-Michigan State and other Week 3 games.

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No. 7 Penn State ready for a raucus crowd at Illinois

The Illini are coming off a disappointing loss last week at Kansas. They hope a raucous home crowd can carry them to an upset win.

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Illinois’ Bret Bielema talked big coming into the season. Now he’s got big work to do.

Bielema “didn’t come here to go 8-5” again, but, with the Illini off to an unimpressive 1-1 start, we have to ask: Is 8-5 even attainable?

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Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels headlines victory over Illinois

Jalon Daniels threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns in his season debut, Devin Neal ran for 120 yards and a score and Kansas beat Illinois 34-23 on Friday night.

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Caleb Griffin kicks 29-yard FG in closing seconds to lift Illinois over Toledo

Luke Altmyer threw for two touchdowns. Miles Scott returned an interception 48 yards for a score, and the Illini squeezed out the win in a back-and-forth game to start coach Bret Bielema’s third season.

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Polling Place: How much college football will you watch (and bet on) this season?

Also, we asked how Illinois will fare coming off an 8-5 season.

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Big Ten preview: Illinois can end West side story with its first trip to title game in Indy

The Illini have the roster and the momentum to swing for the fences in the lesser, and very winnable, division.

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Holy Toledo, are the Illini in trouble? And will ‘confident’ Northwestern win at Rutgers?

Big Game Hunting: Week 1 picks for Toledo-Illinois, Northern Illinois-Boston College, Ohio State-Indiana, Northwestern-Rutgers and more.

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Brothers Josh, James Kreutz ready to bear down and do some damage at Illinois

Josh, the Illini’s starting center, and James, a redshirt freshman linebacker, are the sons of six-time Pro Bowler Olin Kreutz.

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Luke Altmyer will be Illinois’ starting quarterback

Altmyer transferred to Illinois in January after two seasons at Mississippi, where he started one game and appeared in three others last season.

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Big 10: on Illinois’ QB decision, Georgia’s three-peat hopes, more Northwestern nonsense

Which name goes on the Illini’s QB1 line will speak volumes.

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Kansas Coach Bill Self to Return to Illinois for Charity Game to Aid Maui Fire Victims

The Jayhawks coach has not coached in Champaign, Illinois in 20 years.

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Bret Bielema says Illinois has ‘unfinished business’

Losing four of the final five games last season, including the ReliaQuest Bowl against Mississippi State, left a sour taste for the Illini.

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Will Northwestern ever get out of its own way?

Plus: Illinois’ unblockable Jer’Zhan Newton, transfer QBs all over the Big Ten and the college game’s top five coaches.

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(More) Big Ten expansion steals the headlines as college football training camps get rolling

Oregon and Washington cannonballing into the Big Ten pool? Really? Also: the latest at Illinois, Notre Dame, NIU (and Northwestern, too … maybe).

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Mount Carmel’s Darrion Dupree and Wheaton North’s Joe Barna choose Big Ten schools

Darrion Dupree is the third Illinois senior in Wisconsin’s recruiting class, joining Jacobs tight end Grant Stec and Joliet Catholic defensive lineman Dillan Johnson.

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Morgan Park’s Tysean Griffin, Lyons’ Eddie Tuerk commit to Illinois

Last week, the Fighting Illini picked up commitments from two highly sought-after recruits: Morgan Park standout Tysean Griffin and Lyons two-way lineman Eddie Tuerk.

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Illinois’ Mike Small, Pepperdine’s Laurie Gibbs win Golfweek’s 2022-23 Coach of the Year honors

Check out Golfweek's college golf Coaches of the Year.

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Meet the 15 teams to make the first cut at the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship

Illinois paces the field with 18 holes of stroke play remaining.

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NCAA Men’s Golf Championship: Four players under par for Illinois, Florida strong in the heat and more from Saturday’s second round

Here's what you need to know from the second round of the Men's NCAA Championship.

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Ringler: How hard is it to win an NCAA title? Take a look through the eyes of two of the nation’s best coaches, who have both yet to do it

Golf is hard. You know what’s even harder? Winning a national championship.

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Breaking Down the 10 Biggest NBA Draft Decisions

Some of college basketball’s top players could still return to chase one more year of collegiate glory.

Chicago Sun-Times

No laughing: Would Illinois be a contender for an expanded football playoff in 2023?

Illini coach Bret Bielema was at Guaranteed Rate Field for the first time the other day, a perfect opportunity to put the question to him.

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