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'A great opportunity to grow': Illini WR Collin Dixon leaps from no-snap redshirt season to Illini starter
CHAMPAIGN — Some with Collin Dixon's recruiting pedigree may recoil at the idea of a redshirt season. Some prospects with almost double-digit power-conference offers might not have much patience. But Dixon embraced his sit-and-develop first season at Illinois. The Tallmadge (Ohio) native, who had 3,561 receiving yards and 43...
Anonymity could be the Illinois football secret weapon to make the College Football Playoff
I'll spare you the nonsensical FBS rankings that seem to reward past successes instead of analyzing what is going on in the present moment. For Alabama and Tennessee to drop only a few spots after getting beat by two unranked teams that are consistently at the bottom and are an afterthought of the SEC over the past few years is beyond me. But I digress. This is about the only chance for the Illini to impress the unimpressible football hierarchy.
Champaign Co. sees less early voting, while more than 200K votes cast across IL
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — While the election is more than four weeks away, hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans have already made their voice heard. But, while the 2020 election saw record-breaking voter turnout in Champaign County that’s not the case so far this year. The Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons said — as of […]
U of I alum, Hot Ones host Sean Evans to sound siren against Purdue
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Ahead of the Illini football game this Saturday, a familiar face will be making a guest appearance. Sean Evans, host of the Emmy-nominated YouTube series Hot Ones, will be sounding the air raid siren before kickoff at Memorial Stadium. An Illinois alum, Evans graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in […]
Notebook: Cox makes seamless leap to Big Ten; Clarke impressing on special teams; fundamentals key for LBs
CHAMPAIGN — All things considered, Torrie Cox Jr.'s jump from the MAC to the Big Ten has been pretty seamless. Cox has started all five games for No. 23 Illinois (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) and has a pair of interceptions to go along with nine tackles and three pass breakups. Yet, Cox said he hasn't done anything yet. His goal wasn't to come to Illinois to be a serviceable starter — music to his position coach, Corey Parker's ears — and that he has a ways to go.
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