Neil Milbert

Penn State coach Joe Paterno is "concerned but not overly concerned" because his Nittany Lions (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) are coming off tough back-to-back games against Ohio State and Michigan,...

Tim Brasic is making up for lost time. In his previous three years at Illinois, the first of which he spent as a redshirt, Brasic played fragments of two games....

Last week's open date came at an opportune time for Illinois. The most difficult segment of the Illini's schedule is coming up, and they haven't fared well in their previous...

Illinois coach Ron Zook bristles at the notion that his team's record (2-4, 0-3 Big Ten) may have adversely affected out-of-state recruiting when he sent out seven assistants last week....

With the baseball playoffs capturing Chicago's attention and Notre Dame-USC marking the start of the second half of the college football season, we take a moment for a first look...

Illinois quarterback Tim Brasic has rushed for 242 yards and needs only 56 yards in the last five games to break Rich Weiss' 1978 single-season school record. However, coach Ron...

Coach Ron Zook has suggested to redshirt freshman quarterback Kisan Flakes that he try to play wide receiver. "He's an athletic guy, he's quick and he has good hands," Zook...

A week off will provide Illinois players with a mini-vacation. There will be no practice from Thursday through Sunday. "I want them to get away from football," coach Ron Zook...

Illinois is going into Saturday's Big Ten game with four victories in its last five meetings with Indiana. "It doesn't mean anything," said junior center Matt Maddox, who will be...

Illinois defensive backs coach Curt Mallory coached defensive backs at Indiana the last three seasons and Illini graduate assistant Joe Cullen was the Hoosiers' defensive coordinator/defensive line coach in 2002...