QB focus: Nathan Scheelhaase, Illinois' new flight plan

At his best... His reputation as a scrambler shouldn't suggest by any means that Scheelhasse is doomed when asked to throw. As a passer, his debut was divided into seven solid-to-brilliant games and six awful ones, without much gray area in between. When he was on, he was on: During one four-game stretch in October and November, Scheelhaase connected on 11 touchdown passes with no interceptions in high-scoring outings against Indiana, Purdue, Michigan and Minnesota, and delivered sky-high efficiency ratings (upwards of 160) on either side of that run in routs of Penn State and Baylor. He put up at least 20 passes in each of those games, completed better than two-thirds of them and finished the year with better than a 2:1 touchdown:interception ratio.

Dr Saturday