2009-2010 Team Previews: Illinois Fighting Illini
slipperstillfits.com 11/6/2009 — More photos » by Carlos Osorio - AP Illinois head coach Bruce Weber has his most talented and deep squad since the 2004-2005 group that made the national title game. Browse more photos ...

Illinois Sports EXTRAVAGANZA!!!
thesportsbank.net 12/5/2009 — By Paul Schmidt and Paul Banks Yes that’s right, the two Pauls are in Champaign for all your Illinois needs…we have Illinois football just underway and Illinois basketball later tonight, making for a day where you don’t even need to leave your computer! Just come hang with ...

#20 Illini Fighting on in Las Vegas Invitational
thesportsbank.net 11/25/2009 — By Paul M. Banks It’s Feast Week! When there’s non-stop college basketball, so many games start at bizarre times. And not just because games are going on in obscure parts of the world in far away time zones. In order to accommodate the television coverage, some games start ...

Illini Win??!!?? Yes, You Read That Right!
thesportsbank.net 11/1/2009 — By Paul Schmidt There’s no one anywhere who predicted an Illinois win Saturday against Michigan. I’m about the biggest Illinois apologist that there is, and even I was urging you to bet against the Illini, and to lay 7 points while doing it! After a short amount of time, ...

Illinois Sports Extravaganza, Part Two, Basketball
thesportsbank.net 12/6/2009 — By Paul M. Banks and Paul Schmidt 8 minutes until tipoff Welcome back to Champaign, the Pauls are still in the house. Quite literally, the House of Paign! Is this game on TV? Who knows…who cares??? We’re here to break down all of the action for you tonight, and we’re ...

The Illini All Decade Team: 1st Team Offense
hailtotheorange.com 12/16/2009 — More photos » by Seth Perlman - AP Browse more photos »   Behold the fruits of cooperation! The following is a joint production of yours truly and friend of the site TheSportsBank.net. We have ...

Keeping the Focus: MSU 24, Illinois 14
theonlycolors.com 10/11/2009 — More photos » by Seth Perlman - AP 1 day ago: Michigan State's Colin Neely (89) sacks Illinois' quarterback Juice Williams (7) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in ...

Video Illini F Mike Davis exclusive
thesportsbank.net 11/11/2009 — Interview by Paul M. Banks and Paul Schmidt, write-up by Banks Illini Junior Mike Davis used his baseline jumper, mid-range game and rebounding abilities to have a breakthrough season last year. In this video interview below, he discusses the upcoming season, various aspects of his game ...

Fighting Illini All-Decade 1st Team Offense
thesportsbank.net 12/16/2009 — By Paul M. Banks & Paul Schmidt of The Sports Bank and Joe Kutsunis of Hail to the Orange, “Home of the Blogging Illini” First team Offense QB Kurt Kittner - Though he only played two seasons this decade, Kittner deserves the nod here. He led the team to the Sugar Bowl ...

Vote Early, Vote Often for Illini Cheerleader
thesportsbank.net 11/3/2009 — By Paul M. Banks Although this isn’t “an election year,” there are a couple key congressional and gubernatorial elections today. Here’s another place to cast your ballot today. The Illini obviously won’t make a bowl game this year, but they could win another ...

N. Illinois topples Ball State 26-20 — The Seattle Times: Sports 11/13/2009
Quarterback Chandler Harnish threw a touchdown pass in his first appearance in nearly a month as Northern Illinois topped Ball State on Thursday.

Northern Illinois wins fourth straight (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News 11/13/2009
Quarterback Chandler Harnish threw a touchdown pass in his first appearance in nearly a month as Northern Illinois topped Ball State on Thursday. The Huskies (7-3, 5-1 Mid-American West) won their fourth straight while the Cardinals (1-9, 1-5) dropped ...

N. Illinois dumps Ball St., nabs 4th straight win — ESPN.com - College Football 11/13/2009
Quarterback Chandler Harnish threw a touchdown pass in his first appearance in nearly a month as Northern Illinois topped Ball State on Thursday.

Northern Illinois improves bowl chances with 26-20 victory — chicagotribune.com - Sports 11/13/2009
Huskies beat Ball State for 7th victory of season > DeKALB -- Northern Illinois has advanced from the status of "bowl eligible" to "bowl likely" after ...

Bruce Weber finally can tout recruiting class of 2010 — chicagotribune.com - Sports 11/13/2009
After long courtships, he brings No. 10-rated group in nation > CHAMPAIGN -- It had been months, years even, since members of Bruce Weber's 2010 ...