University of Illinois
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Glenbard West grad goes from walk-on TE to starting offensive linemanNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - Alex Pihlstrom's transition from a walk-on tight end to a scholarship offensive lineman at Illinois came with a 5,000-calorie-a-day diet, hours of hard work, and lots of...
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With Wisconsin sidelined by virus, Northwestern makes a play for first placeNov 05, 2020 10:00 am - On opening night of the Big Ten season, Wisconsin stated its case as the team to beat in the West division with a convincing win over Illinois. And the Badgers haven't b...
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Two positive tests knock out 14 Illini players before loss to PurdueOct 31, 2020 1:00 pm - This week, we learned it is possible for a football team to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Illinois found out Thursday that two players tested positive for COV...
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NU, Illinois need another week to judge where they standOct 28, 2020 1:00 am - After a long wait for the start of Big Ten season, the two local teams were left asking similar, opposite questions: Is Northwestern really that good, and is Illinois re...
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No. 14 Wisconsin routs Illinois 45-7 in Big Ten openerOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - Graham Mertz threw five touchdown passes to match the Wisconsin record in a commanding first career start and the No. 14 Badgers beat Illinois 45-7 on Fr...
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Illinois has its hands full with No. 14 WisconsinOct 22, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois opens its 2020 season Friday night against the opponent that highlighted its 2019 campaign, an upset that by almost any metric was one of the biggest in all of ...
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Illinois excited to kick off Big Ten season at WisconsinOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - The Big Ten's "going to play, not going to play, going to play" confusion of a football season finally kicks off in three days when Illinois travels to Madison for a Fri...
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Hard-working Hardy believes he can be top-50 material in 2 yearsSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - If you think about some of the golfers ranked 20 to 50 in the world, plenty of familiar names come to mind. There's Tiger Woods at 22. Justin Rose at 23. Jason Day ranks...
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While reversing course on football, Big Ten didn't even answer its own questionsSep 17, 2020 2:00 pm - So what was the breakthrough that made the Big Ten feel it was safe to play football after all? Was it daily antigen testing? Maybe, but the University of Illinois said ...
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Big Ten reverses course, announces plans for 2020 seasonSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Never did Payton Thorne imagine that he would be able to sit in his college apartment and watch wall-to-wall college football games on a Saturday afternoon. That's beca...