Articles filed under Football
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Can Illini respond to greater expectations?Aug 25, 2025 8:21 pm - Illinois football is ranked No. 12 in the preseason AP poll, which hasn’t happened since 1990. Is the Illini hype justified?
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One more time: Five local college football players to watchAug 25, 2025 5:25 pm - This week’s High Five looks at five more area football players ready to contribute for their college teams this season.
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Barrett is back at Iowa State and with a preseason honorAug 24, 2025 5:23 pm - St. Charles East graduate Dylan Barrett, a redshirt senior at Iowa State, was named to the Rimington Trophy watch list as one of the top centers in the nation.
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CJ Carr hopes to add to family's football legacy after winning starting QB job at No. 6 Notre DameAug 24, 2025 5:10 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — CJ Carr grew up in a football family. His father, Jason, was a quarterback at Michigan and his grandfather, Lloyd, led the Wolverines to a perfect seas...
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O’Donnell: No winner in Fitzgerald settlement with NorthwesternAug 23, 2025 12:09 pm - The settlement announced Thursday by Northwestern University and former football coach Pat Fitzgerald closes an ugly chapter in program history.
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Final Bears 53-man roster projection: Deeper team puts a few draft picks on the bubbleAug 23, 2025 11:54 am - Breaking down what the Bears’ 53-man roster might look like after cut day Tuesday.
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A diaper dandy no more, Fremd graduate Walsh still feels at home at WyomingAug 23, 2025 11:14 am - Entering his final college football season, Fremd graduate Jack Walsh could have left Wyoming for more money at a bigger school. Walsh never considered leaving the university that he’s called a second home since he was a baby. “You can’t put a price on loyalty,” he said.
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Lincicome: Maybe Arlington Heights is willing to meet Chicago halfway for the Bears?Aug 23, 2025 10:00 am - Pop quiz. What do Chicago and Arlington Heights have in common? Well, let’s see. Both are collateral in the stubborn stadium hustle of the Bears, often identified as a professional football team. And this just in. Both are in Cook County.
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For starters, a tough night: Bears reserves battle back in second half to win in final secondsAug 22, 2025 11:05 pm - The Bears had trouble stopping the Chiefs’ first-team offense in the first half, but they fared better against the backups in the second half. Quarterback Tyson Bagent rallied the Bears to a victory in the third and final preseason game.
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What makes Bears coach Ben Johnson’s attention to detail differentAug 22, 2025 11:30 am - The Bears’ new head coach is obsessed with details. That in itself doesn’t make him unique among professional sports coaches. It’s not a rare quality when someone reaches the pinnacle of the profession to be so focused on the margins. In his seven months on the job, though, Ben Johnson is testing that theory. He does seem different. He says it, and he lives it.