Illinois Hoping To Get Back Old Mike Dudek After 2 ACL Tears
Dudek set school freshman records with 1,038 receiving yards and 76 catches in 2014.
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Dudek set school freshman records with 1,038 receiving yards and 76 catches in 2014.
Zhang disappeared June 9 on the U of I campus. Investigators believe she is dead, killed by former graduate student Brent Christensen, 28.
Smith coached Mike Glennon in Tampa Bay and praised his leadership.
Brendt Christensen may have been plotting additional abductions, according to information disclosed in court Wednesday. CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
The man being charged with the kidnapping of the missing University of Illinois Chinese scholar apparently attended a campus vigil for her.
Authorities also said they've developed "several additional leads" in the investigation.
University of Illinois police representatives and a campus counseling center will meet with students to discuss the search for a visiting scholar from China.
Yingyin Zhang, 26, was last seen June 9. Police have surveillance video showing her getting into a black Saturn Astra in Urbana.
The search for Yingying Zhang, a missing student from China, continues and police in Urbana-Champaign ask for the public's help.
Yingying Zhang disappeared the afternoon of June 9. She was last seen getting into a black hatchback at Clark and Goodwin in Urbana.
Police say the FBI is investigating the disappearance of a Chinese woman from a central Illinois university town as a kidnapping.
Coach Lovie Smith on Wednesday dismissed freshman tight end Zarrian Holcombe and offensive linemen Darta Lee and Howard Watkins.
The Illini and Blue Demons will meet on Nov. 17 in Champaign as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games.
"To get Mr. Basketball, in this state, we have to be the option, not an option," Underwood says.
Jamall Walker went 2-1 as the interim coach after replacing John Groce, who was fired after the Big Ten Tournament.
Illinois State has made its plea to play a school like Illinois.
"Winning a national championship is something that can happen here," Underwood says.
University power brokers want sustained national prominence and for Chicago players to be a big reason why.
Brad Underwood, who became the 18th coach in program history for the Illini, was in attendance.
"I felt this was an elite program," Underwood says.
"We're one of the best programs in the country," Underwood said. "We got to start acting like that, we have to start thinking like that."
Forget the circumstances of Underwood's hiring and look at his resume.
Underwood spent this past season at Oklahoma State after three years at Stephen F. Austin.
Jamall Walker picked up a win in his debut as the interim coach for Illinois.
Athletic director Josh Whitman is in uncharted territory.
