The Field Pass

The Illini are looking to secure their 10th win in a primetime New Year's Eve bowl game. We dissect the matchup with #15 South Carolina, give our predictions, and talk Cheez-Its.

Playing football in a baseball stadium? Almost sounds crazier than Illini football being 8-3.

Can the Illini win another road game to get to 8-3? Where will we be bowling? Is this season real life?

We're back after the bye week to talk bowl projections and preview this week's matchup with Michigan State.

The Gophers come to Champaign on a 3-game winning streak. Can the Illini snap both their streak and their oars?

Win and we are no longer living in a land of logic and reason. Lose and we won't bat an eye. Time to take a swing at #1!

A century of Illini football at Memorial Stadium has culminated in this moment...a chance to knock off the defending national champs in front of a sold out crowd. For Red Grange. For Bob Zuppke. For Illini fans everywhere.

The big drum, little cannon game is back, and this year it features Chick-fil-A sandwiches. We've got analysis, predictions, and more!

Illinois brings the best record in college football into Happy Valley to take on the Nittany Lions. We still don't know what "white out...energy" is. Also, Tom Allen's voice is too raspy to call plays. These are just the facts. Don't be mad.

Come for the Nebraska preview, stay for the Engine 77 stories with Robert Rosenthal