chicagotribune.com - 10/26/2009
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Illinois AD said there will be changes, but not head coach Ron Zook. "I think it's really unfair to start jumping at the end of the fifth year on a guy."
sports.espn.go.com - 10/26/2009
thebullgator.blogspot.com - 10/26/2009
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Numbers are fun. Let’s do the numbers. Ron
Zook lost 14 games in three years as the…gag…head...
coach of Florida . It took Steve Spurrier seven years to lose the same amount. In five and a half years, current leader Urban Meyer has lost nine. Zook’s propensity to ...
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Ron Zook Will Coach Illinois in 2010; Other Big Ten ...
collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com - 10/25/2009
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Earlier today, we noted a report from the
Big Ten Network's Glen Mason regarding the future of...
Illinois' current head coach. In the report, Mason claimed that Illinois athletic director Ron Guenther said that not only was Ron Zook safe...
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Backlash hitting Illini over Zook backing
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... Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune: Illinois' Ron Zook, whose team is 1-6, has been given the dreaded vote of confidence by athletic director Ron Guenther. ...
Wha Happened? Week Eight
Black Heart Gold Pants —
... , a redshirt freshman who had never previously seen game action at Illinois. His numbers were middling (4/8, 52 yards), but not particularly different from those of Juice Williams (9/18, 77 yards, 1 INT). At least Zook got a vote of confidence from his athletic director; that always works out well, right? As for Purdue, the Boilermakers did most of their damage on the ground (39 carries for 220 yards and three touchdowns), but the most important stat of the day was zero, as in the number of turnovers given up by Purdue. After ...
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