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2010 NFL Draft Profiles - Arrelious Benn, WR, Illinois
Name: Arrelious Benn Hometown: Washington, D.C. Height: 6'2'' Weight: 220 lbs. 40 Time: 4.45 according to Rivals Strengths: Prototype size, plays angry and aggressive, strong hands, talented route runner who can make quick cuts, fantastic YAC ability, can run the end-around, can catch balls over...
Jumping on and off the bubble
It seems as though this is the week where talk of who's on the bubble will begin to gain significant traction. Tonight a handful of teams across the nation stuck between the NCAA and NIT added good wins as well as bad losses to their resumes. In Champaign fans are still looking at the...
Why Dominique Keller makes this team fun.
Personality on sports teams can be a tricky thing, the right personality can keep a team loose, and make the team more interesting to the fans, the wrong personality can cause conflicts between players coaches and even the fans (example: the 07-08 Illini). Dominique Keller is the former, and...
Much love for the Illini, upwardly mobile in top 25
Hooray for mainstream media recognition. The Illini have broken the top 20 after a week that saw an epic come from behind victory at NU, and a nervous second half snoozer at IU. Maybe for once the conference is getting some credit for its depth, maybe the media types just read box scores to...
Illini victorious over Hoosiers, its ok to exhale.
What a way to christen a new blog. The Fighting Illini nearly crapped away a monstrous lead to an awful Hoosiers team in Indiana, had they lost it would have been only the second IU Big Ten victory and the first victory the Hoosiers would have had over a top 25 team. Yes, Bruce's comments about...
Northwestern 48, Purdue 26: An Overview
With Northwestern leading 27-12 in the third quarter, the Wildcats decided to quit toying with Purdue and effectively end the game. With Purdue backed up in a 2nd and 12, Quentin Davie sacked Curtis Painter to force a third and long. On the next play, DE Corey Wootton spun inside and pancaked...
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