Midseason report: Illinois

No one could have foreseen the disaster that has taken place in the first half of Beckman's first season as coach. Each of Illinois' losses has been by 17 points or more and four of the five defeats have come by 28 points or more. Illinois has dropped its first three Big Ten contests by a combined score of 111-21. Illinois' only wins have been against a Charleston Southern team that didn't win a game last season and has just two wins this fall, and a below-average Western Michigan squad.

Rittenberg