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Bubbly in Champaign
Illinois' turnaround results in unexpected trip to Rose Bowl
Friday, December 28, 2007 3:10 AM
By Nancy Armour
Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The score at halftime was 56-3. Most of Penn State's starters spent the second half parked on the bench, and by the time the game ended, Illinois had given up the most points in Memorial Stadium history. Even for a program used to mediocrity, that loss in October 2005 was a debacle.
"During the game, I said, 'I've never been here before.' We were getting killed," Illinois coach Ron Zook recalled. "I said, 'Fellas, this is as bad as it's going to get. It will never be any worse than it is tonight.' "
In the silence and humiliation of that awful night, the seeds for a turnaround were planted. Two years later, the Illini are one of the biggest surprises in college football. Their 9-3 record is a seven-game improvement from last year and earned them an unexpected Rose Bowl date with Southern California.
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Bubbly in Champaign
Illinois' turnaround results in unexpected trip to Rose Bowl
Friday, December 28, 2007 3:10 AM
By Nancy Armour
Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The score at halftime was 56-3. Most of Penn State's starters spent the second half parked on the bench, and by the time the game ended, Illinois had given up the most points in Memorial Stadium history. Even for a program used to mediocrity, that loss in October 2005 was a debacle.
"During the game, I said, 'I've never been here before.' We were getting killed," Illinois coach Ron Zook recalled. "I said, 'Fellas, this is as bad as it's going to get. It will never be any worse than it is tonight.' "
In the silence and humiliation of that awful night, the seeds for a turnaround were planted. Two years later, the Illini are one of the biggest surprises in college football. Their 9-3 record is a seven-game improvement from last year and earned them an unexpected Rose Bowl date with Southern California.
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BuckeyeTillIDie;1037496; said:
Those are great shirts.
Agreed. Saw a few and other Illnoise paraphanalia today as I took my usual Sunday stroll through Venice to the Marina from Santa Monica. Venice Beach is a side show that is very popular w/locals, yokels and wackjobs, (so I fit nicely) and always recommended to tourists. So, every year before the Bowl, the Big10 is heavily repped on the walkway. No exception today.
For laughs, to a few, I opened with,...do your boys have a shot?, and they all took exception and said, ..."hell yeah!"
I was glad to hear it. Hope so.
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I saw douchenozzle May at halftime of the Ala vs CU game last night and the !##^%%^ cannot even talk about another game without getting a shot in about tOSU. It said that the Illini have no chance as they have not seen a defense even close to SC's in speed, it went on to say that it knew that they played tOSU but we had nowhere near as much speed an SC knows how to defend the spread. WTF correct me if I'm wrong, but they played one true spread team and lost.
I hope SC has been reading their press clippings and that the Illini hand them their hats. Unfortunately SC seems to always come out flying in this type of game.
I hope SC has been reading their press clippings and that the Illini hand them their hats. Unfortunately SC seems to always come out flying in this type of game.
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