Illini plans to flip the line

The Illini offense lists weak-side and strong-side linemen, because offensive coordinator Paul Petrino will shift his linemen from one side of center to the other to create better matchups in certain formations and blocking schemes.

"The biggest thing we can do is get mismatches in the running game,'' Petrino said. "If you flip the line, you can get your best guy against their worst guy and attack them. If you're always right and left, you might go the whole game and never get our best guy on their worst guy.''

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