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Pickin' on the Big Ten: Iowa Isn't Concerned About Your Scorn

Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten runs down the weekend's games from inside a chicken coop, at least as far as you know. Cue the inevitable anti-Iowa backlash. A team that barely got by Arkansas State and Northern Iowa is somehow No. 1 in the nation according to the computer polls the BCS uses. Don't like it? Line...

Pickin' on the Big Ten: Sorting Saturday

Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten answers the questions, questions the answers, and looks ahead to Saturday's games. It's now indisputably late October. The leaves here in Wisconsin went from being Monet-like things of beauty to being a soggy ground-based nuisance in less time than it takes for a new Jim Tressel...

Illinois Finds Another Way to Lose, This Time to Michigan State

Back to the old drawing board. Ron Zook's plan to spark the Illinois offense by benching quarterback Juice Williams in favor of backup Eddie McGee didn't exactly yield the desired results Saturday as the Illini fell to Michigan State, 24-14. McGee was ineffective, going 2-for-11 for just 32 yards and an interception...

Pickin' On the Big Ten: Is the Peter Principle Making Illinois Ill?

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten stays late to run the TPS reports on the coming weekend's games. In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence. The above statement is better known as the Peter Principle, and if it doesn't make sense to you, join the club. I didn't get it the...

Illinois Makes Change at Quarterback: Juice Williams Out, Eddie McGee In

Illinois coach Ron Zook has benched four-year starting quarterback Juice Williams and replaced him with junior Eddie McGee, making a major shakeup on a team that has been a major disappointment this season. Zook announced the move on his morning radio show Monday, stressing that he doesn't blame Williams alone for the...

RonZook News From the Web

05/29/12 Putting an end to the myth of "Ron Zook, Ace Recruiter" Source: FOX - WCCU 55/27 - Champaign IL It being late spring/early summer, most college football sites are looking for ways to kill time in this traditionally dead period for writers following the sport.
05/18/12 Firefighters Say Charcoal Grill Caused Trailer Fire Source: CBS - KOLNKGIN.com - Lincoln NE Grand Island firefighters are warning people to be extra-cautious when using their outdoor grills, after one family's home was destroyed Thursday night.