Illinois lives and dies by turnovers, which also happens to be Michigan State's weakness. Controlling turnovers will be important in Champaign.

One of Illinois Football’s prolific players of the past is facing legal charges for an incident with police that happened after a game earlier this year. University of Illinois Police records indicate that Dana Howard,

Mick McCabe makes Michigan high school football predictions for each of the 32 MHSAA state tournament games in the quarterfinals.

Coming out of a bye week, Illinois (6-3, 3-3 Big Ten) – a loser of two straight – no longer has its head in the clouds in regard to what might be accomplished this season. The Illini are not an upper-level Big Ten team,