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Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Football Analyst

January 23, 2022

Illinois added another big body to its stable of incoming offensive linemen on Thursday when Zylon Crisler committed to the Illini. 

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 22, 2022

Getting student-athletes on campus to see what you have to sell is a big part in recruiting—Monday's instant classic between Purdue and Illinois

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Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy January 22, 2022 The Illini went […]

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Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 20, 2022

When Illinois head basketball coach Brad Underwood got here, his staff started to offer prospects like drinking water

Connor Cagley, IlliniGuys Basketball Writer January 21, 2022 Essentials: […]

For the first time since returning to action, Illinois sophomore guard Andre Curbelo described the feelings of his two-month absence that included physical, mental and emotional pain. 

By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Football Writer/Analyst

January 20, 2022

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- While several people around him speculate and have questions about the difficulty of what he’s attempting on the basketball court now, Andre Curbelo believes the hard part is over. 

The sophomore point guard returned to the active lineup Monday in a 25-minute session during the double-overtime loss to Purdue but nothing he did in that afternoon was as taxing to his mind and body as trying to figure out the recovery from a long list of consistent symptoms from a severe head injury. 

“It’s scary when you don’t really have a lot of answers and you don’t have a lot of knowledge of what’s going on,” Curbelo said. “There was a time where I was like, ‘This seems like it’s going to be forever. This seems like I’m never going to be back.’ Typical college athlete mindset when you get an injury like this, you start thinking about the worst because you don’t want to be in shock when you get the news that either you can’t play or you can’t do this, you can’t do that for this long.”

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The title for largest human being on the Illinois 2022 football roster has now been handed to an offensive lineman named Zylon Crisler. 

Crisler, a native of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, has given his verbal commitment to Bret Bielema’s Illini football program and made the announcement official on Thursday afternoon. Crisler, who was named a Class 6A first team all-state selection by the athletics association for Mississippi’s private high schools two years ago, spent last season as a member of the starting offensive line at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

By Larry Smith - IlliniGuys Staff January 20, 2022 […]

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 20, 2022

Chauncey Bowens is a 6-foot-1, 205-pound running back from North Palm Beach

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting 

January , 2022

Malik Elzy, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound wide receiver from Chicago

Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy January 19, 2022 There's a lot […]

By Brad Sturdy - IlliniGuys Insider/Analyst

January 18, 2022

Close, But No Cigar

The Illini fell in a double overtime thriller to #4 Purdue by a score of 96-88. The Illini battled for 50 minutes, battling back at the end of regulation and the first overtime, but Purdue pulled away in the second overtime as the Illini fatigued against the greater Purdue depth. Andre Curelo returned to score 20 points and Alfonso Plummer added 24, but All American Kofi Cockburn battled foul trouble and scored just 10 points against the deep Purdue frontline. 

Here’s what we saw. 

January 18, 2022

I usually don't have much to say (waits for the guffaws to subside) or at least I wait until the next episode of the Sports Spectacular to say it.  But I thought I would jot down a few random thoughts about the Purdue game.

You Have To Be On The Floor To Score

There's a reason Kofi Cockburn posted season-lows in points, rebounds, and minutes played.  Just 22 minutes of action for the junior All-American center, resulting in his worst overall stat line since late in his freshman year (6 points, 3 rebounds in 23 minutes in loss at Ohio State on March 5, 2020).