Kraft Bowl: Zook rooting on Illini

"I am their biggest fan," Zook said. "No one is going to be pulling for them harder than me."

"It's going to be awfully hard," Zook said. "I'm going to have to have an area where I can walk.

"I've never been in a situation like that where you have guys that you love and guys that you're close to and guys that you've had a lot to do with and all of the sudden you're not there to be with them."

Asmussen