Jonathan Brown, Illini hope to save reputations

Brown's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the season's fifth game against Northwestern, where replays appeared to show him ramming his knee into the groin of an opposing lineman, overshadowed one of the best seasons individually in Big Ten Conference play.

"It was the lowlight of my season that got put into a highlight," said Brown, whose move was caught by ESPN cameras. "It was bonehead. That's what people see me as, for the most part.

"Hopefully, my play speaks for me and the work I do."

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