Juice: "This is my team. This is my year."
July 28, 2008 12:20 AM
"That's what coach is really trying to instill in me,'' Williams said. "This is my team. This is my year. That's an added role for myself to go out there and be a leader and think of this team as my team."
Put the debate over any quarterback controversy between Williams and backup Eddie McGee to rest. Coach Ron Zook and the Illini go as Williams goes, beginning with the season opener Aug. 30 against Missouri at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
"We kept a lot of pressure off him in the last two years,'' Zook said. "I said, 'Juice, it's time for you to take it over.' It is his team. It is his offense. He's such a humble kid. He doesn't want to be in the limelight. Sometimes you have to push him to be that.
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