Illinois quarterback Juice Williams is questionable to play against Northwestern next Saturday after suffering an ankle sprain at Minnesota. That means Jacob Charest could make his first start as the Illini go for their third consecutive win.

Coach Ron Zook said…

Illinois freshman guard Joseph Bertrand continues to battle the effects of a knee injury that required surgery in September, and coach Bruce Weber said Thursday that red shirting is not out of the question.

Weber said he had a meeting with the…

Illinois finally has a running back listed among the Big Ten leaders, an achievement that took seven games to accomplish. That’s telling for a program that led the conference in rushing for two consecutive years in 2006 and ‘07 but has…

Ron Guenther’s comment Saturday that he will make changes in the Illinois football program other than head coach Ron Zook places the spotlight on the assistant coaching staff, which makes more money this season than Ron Zook’s salary of slightly…

Illinois athletics director Ron Guenther said at halftime of the Illinois-Purdue game that he plans to retain coach Ron Zook for the 2010 season but make other changes within the football program.

“There will be changes but there won’t be a…

A lot of Illinois fans are curious these days about what Ron Guenther is thinking in regard to the football program now that the Illini are firmly entrenched in last place in the Big Ten.

The reclusive athletic director has not been…

The last we heard from Illinois coach Bruce Weber, he was waiting for proof from Jeff Jordan that he was committed to play for the Illini after quitting basketball in the spring to focus on academics. Apparently he was convinced…

The Illini offensive line had been spared much of the criticism heaped upon most of the team until last week’s loss to Michigan State. Not that the line had been great but it wasn’t as dreadful as, say, the passing…

Illinois coach Bruce Weber said this afternoon that he hasn’t made a decision about whether to accept Jeff Jordan’s request to return to the Illini for the 2009-10 season.

Weber and other coaches have met with Jordan in recent days but…

Arrelious Benn never has been a touchdown-scoring machine for Illinois, but his consistency in reaching the end zone was on the rise during the first half of the 2008 season.

Benn scored his fifth touchdown last year in the Illini’s seventh game against Indiana. That…