Check out my two-part breakdown of Missouri headed into Illinois’ matchup with the Tigers this weekend.

Part I

Part II

More to come friday. Make sure to follow on Twitter as the game progresses for updates and insights.

Sorry that it has taken longer than I thought it would to get all this up. Here is a link to my full football position breakdowns on Writing Illini . The breakdowns also include exclusive pictures from Illinois’ football training camp in Rantoul. Hope you enjoy. Those of you who follow Illinois Loyalty regularly will have noticed [...]

Here is last week’s football recap . The news surrounding the Illinois program continues to get more intense and exciting as the season draws closer. There have also been several more position breakdowns which, as I mentioned earlier, I will link to in one big article once the whole team has been reviewed. Until then, keep checking [...]

It has been an exciting two days for Big Ten fans around the nation. Over the past 48 hours, the Big Ten held its annual Media Days event. To see my full recap of the day’s events, not to mention a hilarious video of Zook singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at Wrigley [...]

It’s Monday, and that means it’s time for some Illini Links. Here is a great look at what the Illinois tennis team is doing this summer . Rivals.com has an interesting piece on incoming freshman Jereme Richmond . Bob Asmussen from the News-Gazette reveals his preseason predictions for the Big Ten. The Hail to the Orange blog asks ” How did we get here? ” Baseball Almanac [...]

Tomorrow is the beginning of the Big Ten media days in Chicago. ESPN has the full schedule , but Illinois is scheduled to have Ron Zook talk at 11:30 in the morning. Zook will address the media for 15-20 minutes. On Tuesday Zook and three Illinois players; Eddie McGee, WR, Sr. Clay Nurse, DE, Sr. Tavon Wilson, CB, Jr. will [...]

Another new post up on Writing Illini . This post covers all things football related in the news over the past week. Look for much more to come this next week as I prepare to break down positions for the team and look for non-football related articles to be coming including a new Illini Links this Monday. Saturday [...]

As if you needed another reason to get excited for this year’s basketball team, here is a video that has been circulating the web of freshman center Meyers Leonard dunking on some poor guy during a high school game last year. Leonard is expected to challenge Tisdale right away for the starting spot, which will [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post , all my Illinois Football work will now be posted on the Writing Illini site. I will post links to my work on Illinois Loyalty. Below is a link to my first article for Writing Illini. It covers all the big news surrounding the program this offseason. I want to [...]

Illinois men’s basketball assistant coach Jerrance Howard’s stock has been soaring this summer. For those of you who are unaware of who Howard is, here is a brief overview. Since being hired as an Illinois assistant prior to the 2007-2008 season, Howard has received a lot of credit with helping to revitalize the Illini recruit [...]

Hello everyone, Sorry there was no post today, I had some personal issues that had to be taken care of. However, I have some good news! I have been hired by writingillini.com to cover Illinois football. From now on, all football related links will be posted on the Writing Illini site. I will include links to [...]

Here is your weekly edition of Illini Links from around the web. Illinois wide receiver Jarred Fayson is a beast ! Fellow blogger Chris Maynard does an excellent job reviewing all of the men’s basketball team’s games from the 2009-10 season in his Tale of the Tape series. Former Illinois football players Simeon Rice and Gerry Sullivan are inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of [...]

Illinois has been selected to host the 2013 NCAA Regional on Dec. 13-14 at Assembly Hall. This will be the first time Illinois will host a regional since 1992. Back then, regional hosts were not predetermined, but one of the teams that was in the regionals. With the current selection model, the NCAA determines its hosts [...]

This past offseason, Illinois has really suffered recruiting wise from its on the field failures. Their lack of production on both sides of the ball in 2009 after a heavily hyped preseason has caused recruits to de-commit  and potential recruits to scratch Illinois off their list. Some are saying Zook has lost his ability to recruit , which has [...]

In case you have been living under a rock the past offseason, you probably know about the massive coaching changes surrounding the Illinois Football program. Illinois fired most of its assistants and others have left the program. Despite these changes, the Ron Zook remains the head coach. Because of this, just about every sports writer [...]

This is just a fun music video made about Illinois football. Unlike many videos which are just compilations of highlight clips from ESPN, this is a legitimate music video which not only shows of some thrilling football clips, but also has different shots of the beautiful Illinois campus in the background.

As football season approaches, it is interesting to take a look at how Illinois stacks up all time against its conference foes. I will be posting these for each sport as their season approaches. We start with The Fighting Illini Football program. Despite its recent woes, Illinois has a strong history in its football program. Below are [...]

I thought about including this in this weeks Illini Links, but thought it deserved its own post. This past semester, the Illinois student newspaper, The Daily Illini, ran a series titled “Athletes of the Decade”. These stories counted down the top 20 Illini athletes of the past decade. You can read each article by following the [...]