Illini travel to Evanston for final game
November 21, 2008
Weekly Report Posted: September 27, 2008 02:56
The Illini are set to take on Northwestern in Evanston tomorrow. This is the final game of the season and hopefully Illinois can win it to keep their hopes of a big ten title alive. If the Illini win and Penn State loses the Illinois wins the Big ten and vice versa. The Illini are a much better team this year and much more talented so they should win this one as long as they keep their concentration.
Recruits Visits results
Eric Anderson | MLB | 2 star | A+ | COMMITTED
Bobby Gant | QB | 3 star | A | COMMITTED
Injury Report
Brit Miller | MLB | 7 weeks | Torn Pectorals
Daniel Dufrene | HB | Questionable | Broken Toe
Keys to the game
Offense: no turnovers
Defense:no mistakes
Predictions
Kirk Herbstreit: 42-7 Illinois
Lee Corso: 35 - 17 Illinois
Lou Holtz: 52 - 13 Illinois
Heisman Watch
M. Stafford | QB | Georgia
W. Judson | WR | ILL
H. Harrell | QB | TTU
T. Hiller | QB | WMU
J. Sharp | HB | KU
What hit 'em
#7 Illinois celebrates after 65-21 thrashing of rival Northwestern
In an overall dominating performance the Illini finished off the regular season strong. Everything was going right Scoring points in every facet of the game. Although the defense really good have used Brit Miller because they were killed in the running game. Also Will Judson left in the first quarter with an unspecified injury and didnt return for the rest of the game.
What was good
Offense
Special Teams
Takeaways
What needs to be worked on
Run Defense
Week 13 Players of the Week
| Coaches Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| 1 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| 3 | Kansas Jayhawks |
| 4 | USC Trojans |
| 5 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 6 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 7 | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 8 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 9 | Auburn Tigers |
| 10 | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| 11 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| 12 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 13 | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 14 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 15 | Clemson Tigers |
| 16 | Florida Gators |
| 17 | Brigham Young Cougars |
| 18 | Texas Longhorns |
| 19 | Missouri Tigers |
| 20 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| 21 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 22 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 23 | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 24 | Miami Hurricanes |
| 25 | Fresno State Bulldogs |
| Media Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| 1 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| 3 | Kansas Jayhawks |
| 4 | USC Trojans |
| 5 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 6 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 7 | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 8 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 9 | Auburn Tigers |
| 10 | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| 11 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 12 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 13 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| 14 | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 15 | Brigham Young Cougars |
| 16 | Florida Gators |
| 17 | Missouri Tigers |
| 18 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 19 | Clemson Tigers |
| 20 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| 21 | Texas Longhorns |
| 22 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 23 | Miami Hurricanes |
| 24 | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 25 | UCLA Bruins |
| BCS Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| 1 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| 3 | Kansas Jayhawks |
| 4 | USC Trojans |
| 5 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 6 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 7 | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 8 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 9 | Auburn Tigers |
| 10 | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| 11 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 12 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 13 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| 14 | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 15 | Florida Gators |
| 16 | Brigham Young Cougars |
| 17 | Missouri Tigers |
| 18 | Clemson Tigers |
| 19 | Texas Longhorns |
| 20 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| 21 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 22 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 23 | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 24 | Miami Hurricanes |
| 25 | UCLA Bruins |
| Big 10 Conference Standings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RNK | School | Record | Conf Rec |
| 1 | Penn State | 6-2 | 6-1 |
| 2 | Illinois | 10-1 | 6-1 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 9-2 | 5-2 |
| 4 | Iowa | 9-2 | 5-2 |
| 5 | Purdue | 8-3 | 4-3 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 7-4 | 4-4 |
| 7 | Indiana | 6-5 | 3-4 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 5-6 | 3-4 |
| 9 | Northwestern | 6-5 | 2-5 |
| 10 | Michigan | 3-8 | 1-6 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 2-9 | 0-7 |