Illini Sports Blog

Time for AD to look around

The Big Ten cellar has carved out a place for Illinois again. It is a familiar spot. If the 2009 swoon continues, it'll mark the fifth last-place finish in seven years, and the seventh in 14.

And there is nothing to indicate it won't happen, what with Indiana demolishing the Illini 27-14 Saturday night and with Purdue, shocking conqueror of Ohio State, next on the slate.

It's broke. And coach Ron Zook has no idea how to fix it. A team with ample returnees from 2008, when the Illini ripped Indiana 55-13, is floundering in Zook's briar patch. They've been outscored 116-45 in four conference losses, and most UI points came after the games were decided.

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