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Memorial Stadium top plays | From Grange to Griffith to Benn, building has seen it all
Oct. 18—Bob Asmussen has been covering Illinois football at The News-Gazette for 35 years and wrote a book about the history of the program. Here is his list of the 10 best Illinois plays at Memorial Stadium since it opened in 1924. Feel free to disagree: Oct. 18, 1924. Red Grange opening kickoff return against Michigan. Took the ball at the north 5 and started to his left. Grange cut back ...
WATCH: WCIA’s Morning Show team faces off in pumpkin painting contest
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — WCIA’s Morning Show team got into the spooky season spirit Friday for a pumpkin painting contest. Each contestant had three minutes to showcase their art skills by painting whatever they chose on a mini pumpkin. Mitchell Rife used his orange pumpkin canvas to portray Nemo from the classic Disney movie. Taylor […]
Illinois Athletics rededicates Memorial Stadium on 100th anniversary of legendary game
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois Athletics has reached a milestone weekend in its history and in the history of Memorial Stadium. Friday is the 100th anniversary of Memoial’s dedication in honor of Illinois alumni who fought and died in World War I. The honor has since been extended to alumni of wars fought since 1924 […]
Good Morning, Illini Nation: First-time matchup
Oct. 18—You can read about Illinois freshman big man Tomislav Ivisic in Thursday's News-Gazette. Or right here at if that's your subscription of choice. The 7-footer is, of course, waiting to receive word on when he will be cleared by the NCAA to play this season for the Illini. Illinois freshman center still waiting on clearance to play from NCAA There's one game Ivisic has circled, of ...
Picture this: Album spared in fire shows company's progress on stadium build
Oct. 18—CHAMPAIGN — When the English Brothers Company office caught fire more than half a century ago, many historic records of the construction of Memorial Stadium went up in smoke. It's only thanks to a fireproof safe that company President R.J. Hynds still has a large photo album of progress photos to show off. Back in the '20s, when the stadium was built, founders Richard and Edward ...
The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Oct. 18, 2024
Oct. 18—➜ on the WDWS 1400-AM and 93.9-FM radio show from 5-6 p.m. ➜ . ➜ . It is supposed to kick off the CBS broadcast before the 2:30 p.m. game that honors the 100th anniversary of the dedication game of Memorial Stadium. sell-outs at Memorial Stadium in its history, with Saturday's game against Michigan the latest. Of the 77 (coincidence, maybe, since 77 was Red Grange's number with the ...
UIUC receives nearly $1M cancer research grant
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The lab of one University of Illinois researcher is receiving a hefty grant, which will be used towards cancer research. On Wednesday, UIUC announced that the American Cancer Society (ACS) awarded Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang a $946,000 research scholarship to investigate a novel mRNA-based cancer vaccine. The […]
Top of the Morning, Oct. 19, 2024
Oct. 19—As tempting as it sounds, the encased Red Grange helmet that serves as the centerpiece of Tom Scaggs' eye-opening (and enormous) Illini memorabilia exhibit will not be joining him at today's Memorial Stadium Rededication Game. "My friends have been teasing me, telling me that I should bring it and wear it," said the retired Champaign physician, an Illini football season-ticket holder ...
Tom Kacich | 1920s were boom times for college stadium constriction
Oct. 18—Until 1914, the seating capacity at Illinois Field, home of University of Illinois football, was just 4,000. But the arrival in 1913 of coach Bob Zuppke brought great on-field success, notoriety and new attendance records. Between 1915 and 1920, per-game attendance more than doubled (from 5,589 to 12,525), and the capacity at nondescript Illinois Field was enlarged twice so that it ...
Bob Asmussen | Danielson returns to familiar Big Ten territory
Oct. 19—CHAMPAIGN — How do you know when your team is moving up in the college football world? When CBS sends its "A" team broadcasters: play-by-play voice Brad Nessler and color analyst Gary Danielson. They are calling Saturday's 2:30 p.m. top 25 showdown between No. 22 Illinois (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) and No. 24 Michigan (4-2, 2-1). "I'm really proud to be a part of it," Danielson told me earlier ...
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