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Illini Find True WR1 in Collin Dixon, but Defense is Missing in Action
In the preseason, Illinois quarterback Katin Houser said that he once received a Joe Burrow comparison. He’ll need to be that level if the Fighting Illini are to have a winning season in 2026. That’s...
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Exclusive: Detroit Lions Superstar Kerby Joseph Mentors Illini DB Juice Clarke
Illinois defensive back Juice Clarke has an elite mentor, in one of the best safeties in the game, Kerby Joseph. The Detroit Lions free safety led the NFL in interceptions in 2024, en route to earning...
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Illinois Basketball: Where the Roster Now Stands After Flurry of Decisions
Wednesday brought a massive flurry of news for Illinois basketball. David Mirkovic, Jake Davis, Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic all confirmed that they are coming back for next season. Then on Thursday...
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Josh Whitman Brought a New Golden Era to Illini Athletics
When Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, gave his farewell address it included this famous quote: “only when you’re in the lowest valley, do you know how magnificent it is to be on...
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Mihailo Petrovic Exclusive: ‘Final Four was a beautiful experience’
During Illinois’ opening round NCAA Tournament rout over Penn, Philadelphia Eagles icon, soon-to-be brother-in-law of Taylor Swift and guy who appears in every third commercial that airs during a NFL...
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Andrej Stojakovic Making Own Name for Himself; He’s Much More than Peja’s Son
As the Illinois Fighting Illini went on their deep run through March, certain story angles got beaten to death. We chronicled most of them in our Illinois Fighting Illini Bingo Card/Drinking Game with...
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Big Ten Mid-Season Review
About a month ago we gave a quarterly review of the performance of each Big Ten team and graded them based on how they did, compared to how they should have done according to pre-season expectations....
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Projected Illinois Basketball Depth Chart, with Andrej Stojakovic
Andrej Stojakovic, a former McDonald’s All-American and son of three-time NBA All-Star Peja Stojakovic, is coming to Champaign. We learned earlier today that Stojakovic has signed with the Illinois...
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Illinois Football Has Five National Championships
Since we’re talking about Illinois football playoff possibilities this upcoming season, and thus, dreaming of bigger things, let’s do a Flashback Friday to the program’s five national titles. Yes,...
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Illini Basketball Transfer Talk: Andrej Stojakovic, Adam Miller, Jamir Watkins
Update: Andrej Stojakovic is signed! Here is the official statement from Illini basketball coach Brad Underwood below. “Andrej is a veteran, proven scorer who does it in all three facets: catch and...
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Illini Football News and Notes: Josh McCray, Recruiting Rankings
It has been a very eventful off-season for the Illini football program. In 2025, they’ll return 18/22 starters from a team that went 10-3, won the Citrus Bowl and finished #16 (one spot ahead of...
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Illini Basketball Transfer Talk: Andrej Stojakovic, Adam Miller
With the college basketball season now concluded, we’re fully into the “silly season” now. The Wild, Wild West that is the deregulated, laisez-faire NCAA transfer portal has turned coverage of the...
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Illini Floor General Kasparas Jakucionis Has Lottery Level NBA Draft Stock
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Kasparas Jakucionis entered his team’s 70-66 (OT) loss at Northwestern leading all freshmen, nationally, in assists per game. He tallied seven more dimes tonight, which...
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#23 Illinois Fighting Illini vs Purdue Boilermakers Preview, Prediction
At the rate this season is going, Purdue Boilermakers head coach Ryan Walters could soon be in line to get the best gig possible. There is no sweeter job, on this entire Earth, then fired coach with a...
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Where Ex-Illini Football Head Coaches Are Now Part 3: Mackovic, Tepper, White
We conclude our Every Living Former Illini Football Coach- Where Are They Now Series with part three, focusing on Lou Tepper, John Mackovic and Mike White. Part 1 (Ron Zook, Ron Turner and Lovie...
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Ten of the Worst Illini Basketball Losses of All-Times
Occasionally, something that was truly great ends in a horribly awful manner. See The Sopranos or Seinfeld. The 2023-24 Illini basketball season was one for the ages. They ended the second weekend of...
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Illini WR Mike Dudek: rare bright spot in lost season
Champaign, IL- While your statistics professor might give you a decent argument disputing it, Saturday’s loss to Iowa effectively ended the season for the Fighting Illini. Sitting at 4-5, Tim...
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More Illini NCAA Tourney wins would be huge for Chicago
The Illini were huge in Chicago in 2005, and if they can upset #2 seed Miami today, they just might be again. If the Illini make it to the next weekend, and this becomes a regular thing -Illini...
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Is The NCAA Basketball Champion in The Big Ten?
If there is a time for the Big Ten to exert their dominance in basketball, this is it! The conference has just suffered another poor football season, has been hit by scandal, and its teams continue to...
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Big Ten Football Season in Review
At the beginning of the season we gave a quarterly review of the performance of each Big Ten team and graded them based on how they did compared to pre-season expectations. As the season progressed,...
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