Lindsey Willhite
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Here's giving Kill, NIU the attention they deserveDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - In terms of timing, Northern Illinois couldn't have picked a worse time to introduce Jerry Kill as its football coach. By conducting its news conferences Thursday, the s...
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Will long layoff hurt Illini?Dec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- When Illinois hits the Rose Bowl's manicured grass on New Year's Day, it will have been 45 days since its regular-season finale against Northwestern. Meanwh...
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Blount's big finish helps Loyola past NIUDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Unable to make a jumper to save Loyola's life, junior guard J.R. Blount kept slashing to the hoop and hoping to get fouled. But with the final seconds of regulation tick...
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Finals finished, Illini focus on Rose Bowl preparationsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- After a five-day respite for final exams, Illinois resumed preparations for the Rose Bowl on Friday afternoon. Intensity was high for the two-hour session, ...
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Kill takes next step by getting NIU postDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - DEKALB -- As part of its staggeringly comprehensive search for Joe Novak's successor, Northern Illinois powered through enough copier paper to kill a small forest. But i...
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SIU's Kill is Northern Illinois' new football coachDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Southern Illinois coach Jerry Kill will be introduced as Northern Illinois' 20th head football coach today at rallies in both DeKalb and Chicago. Former Iowa State coach...
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Illini's O'Donnell receives 'great honor'Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois senior left guard Martin O'Donnell earned first-team All-American recognition from the Associated Press on Tuesday. That made the 2003 Downers Grove South gradu...
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From BCS gains, losses to non-calls in basketballDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It's finals week for our local semester-based colleges and the highbrow-sounding "Reading Week" at our local private Division I university. Since all this academic stuff...
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No. 22 Arizona slips past Illinois, 78-72Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - If Illinois winds up on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament borderline in March, then everyone will look back at a maddening December afternoon as a prime reason the c...
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Pruitt guts it out for career-best 24Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Playing with a sprained left ankle that he deemed "80 percent," Illinois senior center Shaun Pruitt enjoyed a career day against No. 22 Arizona. Fighting through a caree...