CHAMPAIGN -- Now the season officially has started at Illinois: Bruce Weber brought out his first message hook for enigmatic playmaker Demetri McCamey in No. 23 Illinois' 94-48 rout of Presbyterian on Saturday.
Josh Pastner has ''Gratefulness'' posted above his office door. He gets his kicks coaching and doesn't need any additives to enjoy life.
Virginia Commonwealth never trailed in an 82-69 upset of No. 17 Oklahoma on Saturday night in Richmond, Va.
ATHENS, Ohio -- It looked like all Northern Illinois' potent offense needed was one final at-bat to pull off a come-from-behind victory in a wild-and-wooly affair with Ohio on Saturday. But the Huskies failed twice in the final five minutes to seal their fate in a 38-31 loss in a Mid-American Conference crossover.
Connecticut finally won one for their slain teammate, beating Notre Dame on senior day and handing Fighting Irish coach Charlie Weis another bitter defeat. Andre Dixon scored on a 4-yard touchdown run in the second overtime to give the Huskies a 33-30 victory, their first win since cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death.
Wisconsin fans will bring the energy. Northwestern fans will bring the bon mots and brie. And the unpredictable regular season of the Wildcats will thankfully, happily, mercifully pitter-patter to an end at Ryan Field today.
Mike Kafka hit Andrew Brewer with two first-half touchdown passes and Brian Peters and Jordan Mabin made key defensive plays late as Northwestern beat No. 17 Wisconsin 33-31 on Saturday.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Tate Forcier threw four interceptions and fumbled in his end zone, and No. 9 Ohio State took advantage to beat Michigan 21-10 Saturday for its sixth straight win in the series.
Jeffrey Jordan is eligible to make his season debut when No. 23 Illinois hosts Presbyterian tonight. But unlike his brother, Marcus, who provoked a firestorm by insisting on wearing Nikes at Adidas-affiliated Central Florida, there will be no shoe controversy involving the Illinois chapter of Heir Jordan -- the Illini are longtime members of the Nike camp.
DeKALB, Ill. -- Second to one. That's where players on the Northern Illinois and Ohio University football teams find themselves as they prepare for today's Mid-American Conference crossover game in Athens, Ohio. The Huskies and Bobcats are both 7-3 overall and 5-1 in their respective divisions.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Even though this could be Charlie Weis' last home game as Notre Dame's coach, he insisted he won't be thinking about that when the Irish host Connecticut today.
Jeremiah Kelly had a career-high 18 points and eight rebounds, and DePaul closed with a 20-6 run to beat Northern Iowa 60-52 on Friday in the first round of the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Joey Elliott threw a career-high four touchdown passes to help Purdue beat Indiana 38-21 on Saturday and retain the Old Oaken Bucket.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Daryll Clark passed for 310 yards and four touchdowns as No. 13 Penn State wrapped up its regular season with a 42-14 victory at Michigan State on Saturday.
Neil Hayes: Let's not overcomplicate a process that already should have begun at Notre Dame. If Jack Swarbrick decides Brian Kelly is his top candidate, he should make the Cincinnati coach an offer. Notre Dame's athletic director should give him an exclusive, 48-hour negotiating window after which any potential deal will be withdrawn.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- As Notre Dame prepares to host UConn in the last home game of the season (1:30, Ch. 5, 890-AM), Irish coach Charlie Weis gave his seniors one more task before they're honored Saturday.
The biggest order of the day Saturday for Northwestern defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz will be trying to stop Wisconsin running back John Clay.
Prophetically -- as seam-gazing seers from Amos Alonzo Stagg to Kirk Herbstreit have understood the game's mystic -- the parents met at a sign-up desk for a touch-football league.
The name ``Meyer’’ has been synonymous with men’s basketball at DePaul. The name ``Bruno’’ has had the same distinction for the school’s women’s program.
About 10 years ago, I heard then-Northwestern football coach Randy Walker speak at a high school fund-raiser. Walker, who tragically passed away from heart failure in the summer of 2006, said a few things that resonated with me.
Efficiency is why Butler has been a good program for a long time, but consistency is the reason why the No. 11 Bulldogs have become a dominant mid-major program in recent years.
Robbie Harman scored 20 points, including six three-pointers, to power Central Michigan to a 67-48 rout Wednesday of UIC in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Nick Nikolich insists he's not being modest. He's simply telling it like it is when he says the Defensive Player of the Year award he received this week should be divided 11 ways.
Coach Charlie Weis reopened the punting competition at Notre Dame this week after Eric Maust averaged 24.8 yards on five punts in the Irish's 27-22 loss Saturday at Pittsburgh. Ben Turk, who also has been inconsistent, didn't travel to Pittsburgh because he was sick with the flu.
It might be true, as coach Bruce Weber says, that Illinois' starting five isn't set. But the way things are going, his two precocious freshmen, Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson, are looking rock-solid.
By the time Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis held his weekly news conference Tuesday, he had lost neither his job, nor his sense of humor. Weis was asked if he believed a decision had been made by the ND powers that be about his future.
Balanced scoring and solid three-point shooting combined to power Loyola past Canisius 89-69 Tuesday night before 2,114 at the Gentile Center.
With less than a minute to play Tuesday and DePaul's lead whittled to three points against Columbia, senior captain Will Walker huddled his team with a reminder that it was a new season.
The question has baffled the most astute Northwestern observers for the last two seasons, and it again appeared to stump coach Pat Fitzgerald: Why have his Wildcats (7-4, 4-3 Big Ten) been more successful on the conference road than at Ryan Field since the start of the 2008 league season?
When Illinois put together its unusual schedule, which features nonconference games against college teams after Big Ten play for the first time since 1910, it was expecting to be staying sharp by shortening the time between a bowl appearance. With its losing taking that off the table, the bye this week poses a challenge from a motivational standpoint.
Illinois will only be playing its second game when it takes on Northern Illinois tonight. But a pattern already is emerging with Bruce Weber's best recruiting class: When it comes to taking charge, you can't tell the freshmen from the juniors without a scorecard.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis says he doesn’t believe a decision has been made yet on whether he will be back with the Fighting Irish in 2010.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Brandon Paul scored all 20 of his points in the first half, leading No. 23 Illinois to a 80-61 victory over Northern Illinois on Tuesday night.
Northwestern senior forward Kevin Coble opted to have season-ending surgery on his left foot after an appointment with a second foot specialist Monday.
Through their struggles last season, the DePaul Blue Demons would end their huddles saying ''One, two, three -- together.''
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema was nothing if not candid Monday when asked about facing Northwestern defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz for the first time Saturday, when the No. 17 Badgers (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten) visit the Wildcats (7-4, 4-3) at Ryan Field (2:30 p.m., BTN, 720-AM).
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema was nothing if not candid Monday when asked about facing Northwestern defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz for the first time Saturday, when the No. 17 Badgers (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten) visit the Wildcats (7-4, 4-3) at Ryan Field (2:30 p.m., BTN, 720-AM).
Ron Zook believes the Illini aren't that far off in terms of bouncing back next year.
During their 27-22 loss Saturday at No. 8 Pittsburgh, the fast-fading Irish were lauded by the ABC broadcast crew of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit for being resilient this season.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin has dismissed two of three freshmen players charged last week in an attempted armed robbery outside a Knoxville convenience store.
Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said Sunday that senior forward Kevin Coble has decided to have surgery to repair a Lisfranc fracture in his left foot and will miss the season. He said Coble, who led the Wildcats in scoring (15.5 points) and rebounding (4.8) last season, would need four months to recover.
If Juice Williams, who missed the Northwestern game with a sprained left ankle, is healthy, he'll be the starter when Illinois plays at No. 5 Cincinnati on Nov. 27, Illini coach Ron Zook said Sunday, adding that he expects the senior quarterback to be healthy.
If Juice Williams, who missed the Northwestern game with a sprained left ankle, is healthy, he'll be the starter when Illinois plays at No. 5 Cincinnati on Nov. 27, Illini coach Ron Zook said Sunday, adding that he expects the senior quarterback to be healthy.
