No. 19 Illini Beats Indiana 41-20 With Big Plays
Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase and A.J. Jenkins made Indiana pay for its mistakes Saturday.
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Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase and A.J. Jenkins made Indiana pay for its mistakes Saturday.
The Big Ten has been classified as being "weak" for a couple of years now, and I for one, am getting tired of hearing about it.
When it comes to college football, I'm generally not one to mess with tradition. I love the sport's pomp. I revel in its circumstance.
The Cornhuskers head to Madison and face the defending conference champs in the biggest game of the week -- not just in the Big Ten, but nationally.
Illinois kicker Derek Dimke was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week Monday and running back Donovonn Young earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors.
Considering that the University of Illinois hasn't started out even 4-0 in a football season since the fall of 1951 – back when Dick Butkus was merely the meanest 8-year-old in Chicago – the message a friend of mine posted last Sunday on my Facebook did read a bit outrageous.
If you haven't looked at this week's slate of Big Ten games, you might not want to. It's ugly.
Can Notre Dame beat the Spartans? Sure, they are at home and have the talent to it. But what leads you to believe the turnovers are just going to disappear?
After a somewhat slow first week of Big Ten football in which only two teams played other BCS opponents, things heat up slightly in Week 2 as four Big Ten teams will play BCS opponents.
It wasn't really Armageddon this past Saturday at Notre Dame. It just looked like it was.
Ohio State has had a strangle hold on the league in recent years – winning at least a share of the conference championship for the past six seasons –but heading into 2011, after all of the turmoil that occurred in Columbus during the off-season, 2011 may just mark the end of that streak, potentially opening the door for a wild conference race.
An in-depth 2011 Big Ten Football Preview with predictions and a look at each team's general outlook, strengths, question marks, key games and trap games.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said last week that college football is the No. 2 sports in America behind only the NFL. Is he correct?
Scout.com's Allen Trieu took a moment to discuss the recruiting landscape for Illinois and Northwestern and the top prep talent in the Chicago area.
After much debate among coaches, the Big Ten officially announced Thursday that the conference will adopt a nine-game schedule starting with the 2017 season.
Big Ten Media Days allow us to hear what the coaches from around the league have to say about their teams and the other hot button issues concerning the conference.
Here are 12 important news and notes from Big Ten Media Days which were held at the Hyatt McCormick Place Thursday and Friday.
Big Ten coaches voted to eliminate the annual preseason media poll and instead have instituted a much less exciting "Players To Watch List".
According to tax records recently acquired by the Associated Press, four of college football's top conferences pay their commissioners $1 million or more, far exceeding the salary of most university presidents.
CBS Sports and the Big Ten conference have agreed to a multi-year contract extension for the broadcast rights to the conference's basketball games through the 2016-17 season, the two sides announced on Thursday.
A busy weekend ends with thoughts on Peavy, Zambrano and the Big Ten Championship Game. Also, LeBron James handles a tough question brilliantly.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pleased that Chicago will play host to two Big Ten Men's Basketball championship tournaments in the coming years.
Big Ten president and chancellors have voted to keep the conference football championship game in Indianapolis through at least 2015.
It's been nearly a year since Nebraska agreed to join the Big Ten. Everything that has happened since has been a disaster.
Last week, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney said that conference officials discussed the possibility of paying their student-athletes.
It is unclear what led up to the crash or if any injuries were reported.
Rylee Parker discovered his goldendoodle, Cooper, was missing after his car was ransacked while he validated his parking.
It has been more than a month since the City of Harvey began reducing their workforce, amid a partial government shutdown due to severe financial trouble. Since then, another round of layoffs has hit city employees.
The Chicago White Sox will have the first overall pick in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
An FBI agent was the subject of a dramatic rescue from a car dangling over a Milwaukee interstate, all captured on bodycam video.
Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote on a Republican-led measure alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring tax credits.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
An Indiana State Senate committee advanced a proposed new congressional map after hearings Monday, after months of contentious debate and pressure from the Trump administration.
The Justice Department can release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
The newest measles vaccination numbers released by Chicago Public Schools shows immunizations are finally moving in the right direction.
Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at protecting vaccine access in Illinois.
Roseland Community Hospital on Monday celebrated the opening of a new sickle cell treatment clinic.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
A Culver's is coming to Chicago's South Loop, a real estate broker has confirmed.
A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.
U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.
Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make big changes to future construction plans at the airport.
Small Business Saturday was disrupted by the winter storm for many business owners in Chicago, but in the Rogers Park neighborhood, a group of business owners came together to draw customers.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
Landon Wallace, better known as Power 92 radio and Chicago Bulls mixer DJ Commando, died last week.
Thirty-five years after throngs headed to a theater near them to see "Home Alone," you can have a lovely cheese pizza, just for you, like Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister character did.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
It's warming up on several lines leading up to a special ride coming up on Dec. 20, then it will take seriously ill children and their families on a once-in-a-lifetime ride to the North Pole.
Prosecutors say Luis Urbie attacked all of the victims who were of Chinese descent at hotels in Schaumburg and Naperville between February and October of 2022.
Temperatures drop by mid-morning Wednesday will lead to a changeover from rain to a wintry mix to snow.
Rylee Parker said that a woman riding the Pink Line spotted the pup in a stranger's arms.
Students at the Bessie Coleman Library branch in the Woodlawn neighborhood got a surprise visit on Tuesday from former President Barack Obama, playing Santa Claus.
A Chicago Border Patrol agent is facing federal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting four women at Chicago area hotels while on the job in 2022.
It has been more than a month since the City of Harvey began reducing their workforce, amid a partial government shutdown due to severe financial trouble. Since then, another round of layoffs has hit city employees.
An Elmhurst man is being held in custody on murder and armed robbery charges after a woman's body was found in Wadsworth, Illinois, over the weekend.
All but one lane of the southbound Stevenson Expressway was blocked during the Tuesday afternoon rush, after a semi-trailer truck caught fire.
It is unclear what led up to the crash or if any injuries were reported.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning lawmakers of problems for years.
Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals are being monitored before trial.
Some Chicagoans found out the hard way on Monday that the overnight winter parking ban is in effect.
The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a horrific arson attack on the Blue Line, with critics demanding answers as to why the suspect wasn't already behind bars.
The Chicago White Sox will have the first overall pick in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
Despite Sunday's loss and losing the top spot in the NFC North, fans said they're confident the Bears will bounce back.
Leo Carlsson scored two goals and rookie Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist in the Anaheim Ducks' 7-1 victory over the road-weary Chicago Blackhawks.
The Bulls have lost seven in a row, their most since an eight-game skid in the 2019-20 season.
Chicago faced third-and-1 from the 14 when Kingsley Enagbare stuffed Kyle Monangai for no gain. That set up the game-sealing interception.
A man stood charged with attempted murder Tuesday in a shooting involving a Chicago police officer in the Morgan Park neighborhood this past weekend.
A man died after being with multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
A man has been charged with setting a fire in the apartment building where he lived to cover up the shooting death of his roommate last month in Cicero, Illinois.
A man was charged with impersonating a police officer and other counts after a chain of events that led to gunfire from real police officers in Aurora, Illinois.
