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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois has received a verbal commitment from an Alabama pass-rushing specialist defensive lineman who believes the coronavirus quarantine period was the best thing to happen to him.

The Illini landed Terrell Jones Monday evening, an up-and-coming prospect from one of the most historically dominant high school football programs in the state of Alabama. Jones, a three-star defensive lineman who has only been playing on the varsity level at Hoover High School for three seasons, gave his verbal pledge to the Illini’s 2022 recruiting class Monday evening. Jones arrived on Hoover’s varsity program as a 200-pound prospect...

Connor Cagley, IlliniGuys Basketball Writer November 9, 2021 What: […]

Tuesday night the Fighting Illini basketball team will tip off their 117th season with as much optimism as the program has ever seen.  Rare has been a campaign that opened with a returning All-American, teamed up with a potential All-American, AND a player picked by one outlet (FOX Sports) to be the defensive national player of the year.  By winning the Big Ten tournament, compiling the best regular season record in the Big Ten, and earning the fourth #1 NCAA tournament seed in program history, Illinois has proven it is once again one of the elite teams in the country.
Now…the challenge is to stay there.

IlliniGuys football beat writer/analyst Matt Stevens does not have an Associated Press Top 25 ballot this season but if he did, this is how he'd fill it out.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

November 7, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS -- We all must applaud the folks at ESPN. No, I’m serious. 

Without being able to connect and motivate his starting quarterback for months, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema sought the advice of the person who knows Brandon Peters best - his father.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

November 8, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS -- After spring practice, preseason camp and a few games in his first season at Illinois, Bret Bielema simply couldn’t figure out a way to motivate his starting quarterback.

You want to complain and belittle Bret Bielema’s style of play by calling it ugly? Go ahead. The Illini first-year head coach considers it a compliment. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

November 7, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS -- For all the folks (some of which are paid contributors to this site) who are lamenting the fact that Bret Bielema just picked up an ugly win at Minnesota, here’s what you’re missing: Bret Bielema agrees with you.

Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy November 7, 2021 Today's game was […]

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema is now 20-5 in Big Ten games in the month of November - a month he circles before the season ever starts. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

November 6, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS -- Personally, there’s a lot of months for Bret Bielema to enjoy but professionally there’s only one he shines the most in. 

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On Friday, Illinois picked up an amazing basketball commit.  Morez Johnson is a 6-foot-7 power forward from Chicago’s St. Rita High and most feel he is the number one prospect in the state in the class of 2024. Johnson is already a four-star player at such an early age.

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IlliniGuys Insider Brad Sturdy always has his ear to the ground and offered these thoughts on our message forums this morning after the Morez Johnson commitment.  Be the first to be in the know -- subscribe to IlliniGuys.com today!

-I am pretty sure most people outside the program were shocked by the Johnson commitment, but this has been what Illinois was hoping to do in 2024 since they hired Tim Anderson. and this is a just a start...

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