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The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Our writers get the annual competition going on picking the Big Ten football games and some of the bigger ones of the week outside of the conference.

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Ranking the head coaches of the Big Ten for 2023

Ranking the head coaches of the Big Ten:

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Megaconferences Are the Future of College Football

College athletics is already consolidating power, so SI’s Pat Forde and Richard Johnson took it a step further.

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Ranking the best offenses in the Big Ten for 2023

Ranking the best offenses in the Big Ten heading into the 2023 football season:

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Breaking down the area’s top 10 offensive players

The list includes top prospects heading to two-time defending national champ Georgia, Notre Dame, Clemson and a variety of Big Ten schools.

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Michael O’Brien’s preseason Super 25 high school football rankings

A look at the best teams in the area heading into the upcoming season.

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Brothers Josh, James Kreutz ready to bear down and do some damage at Illinois

Josh, the Illini’s starting center, and James, a redshirt freshman linebacker, are the sons of six-time Pro Bowler Olin Kreutz.

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Ranking all 18 Big Ten helmets after the West Coast team additions

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Luke Altmyer will be Illinois’ starting quarterback

Altmyer transferred to Illinois in January after two seasons at Mississippi, where he started one game and appeared in three others last season.

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Big 10: on Illinois’ QB decision, Georgia’s three-peat hopes, more Northwestern nonsense

Which name goes on the Illini’s QB1 line will speak volumes.

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Polling Place: Which is your team — Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame or another?

We also asked which Bears running back excites you most — Khalil Herbert, D’Onta Foreman or Roschon Johnson — and whether or not the Sky will make the WNBA playoffs.

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Bret Bielema says Illinois has ‘unfinished business’

Losing four of the final five games last season, including the ReliaQuest Bowl against Mississippi State, left a sour taste for the Illini.

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Ranking all 18 Big Ten helmets from worst to first after West Coast additions

What's your favorite Big Ten helmet including the addition of the four new teams? #B1G

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Will Northwestern ever get out of its own way?

Plus: Illinois’ unblockable Jer’Zhan Newton, transfer QBs all over the Big Ten and the college game’s top five coaches.

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Alabama ‘absolutely’ a threat to flip Wisconsin commit Darrion Dupree

Their next target may be Wisconsin, where Mount Carmel (Ill.) four-star running back Darrion Dupree committed in July.

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UNLV Football: First Look At The Michigan Wolverines

The Rebels will visit the Big House in non-conference play to face Michigan. Here's a first look at the Wolverines.

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(More) Big Ten expansion steals the headlines as college football training camps get rolling

Oregon and Washington cannonballing into the Big Ten pool? Really? Also: the latest at Illinois, Notre Dame, NIU (and Northwestern, too … maybe).

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A dozen winners from this summer’s high school basketball circuit

Here is a wide-ranging list of a dozen high school basketball winners from the past couple of months.

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Mount Carmel’s Darrion Dupree and Wheaton North’s Joe Barna choose Big Ten schools

Darrion Dupree is the third Illinois senior in Wisconsin’s recruiting class, joining Jacobs tight end Grant Stec and Joliet Catholic defensive lineman Dillan Johnson.

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Ranking the Big Ten’s head coaching hires

Who was the best head coach hired in the Big Ten? #B1G

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Most important game for each Big Ten West football team in 2023

The Big Ten West features a ton of marquee games and we highlight a few #B1G

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The biggest game for each Big Ten East football team in 2023

The Big Ten East has some interesting match-ups, but what are the biggest? #B1G #GoBucks

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Former Wisconsin Head Coach Jim Leonhard Joins Illinois As Assistant

The defensive-minded coach spent the past seven seasons with the Badgers.

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Yorkville senior Jason Jakstys commits to Illinois

Jason Jakstys joins Thornton’s Morez Johnson as a pair of complementing big men in coach Brad Underwood’s 2024 recruiting class at Illinois.

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CFB analyst lists MSU-UM matchup as one of Big Ten’s top rivalries

Where would you rank Michigan-Michigan State among the many Big Ten rivalries?

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