Deconstructing: In search of Juice's main squeeze at Illinois

It barely needs to be said, but it is amazing how many ways Ron Zook is the poor man's Urban Meyer. Both were hired at Florida to bring in spread offenses, and one succeeded where the other, well, did not. What is more interesting to me is how much this fall's edition of Illinois looks like the poor man's preseason 2008 Florida Gators, at least on offense: Both come into the season with high expectations fueled by dynamic run-pass threats at quarterback who the prior year led their respective teams in rushing en route to finishing on top of their respective conferences in total offense. And in both cases the next level of success hinged on a critical question -- will the quarterback get any help from the rest of the running game? For Tebow and Florida, the answer was obviously yes: Tebow's role was reduced as three other Gators finished with more than 600 yards in the top-gaining ground game in the SEC. For Juice Williams and Illinois, the jury is decidedly out.

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