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There's teams in this league that can play in any league. But once again, standing up here saying...

posted by Jonathan Franz, Jul 28, 2009

There's teams in this league that can play in any league. But once again, standing up here saying it is one thing, but you have to go do it. That's one thing about the game of football: you're judged solely on wins and losses. The hype is gone.

[The SEC has] had a couple National Championships in the last few years, and as I said, I think there's been a few more guys drafted out of that league than our league, so people try to compare that.

But I don't personally -- I think the other thing, too, if you go back and look, it kind of runs in cycles. A few years ago Miami was on top of the world. A couple years before that Florida State was on top of the world. It kind of runs in cycles like that.

— Ron Zook (On SEC Supremacy, Big Ten Football Media Days 2009)

Why Ron Zook Can't Coach

Jonathan Franz Jul 18 2009, 2:01a

Good coaches think ahead, three, four, five steps in advance. To deliver the Illini, Zook needs to keep up.

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Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: #3 - LSU v Illinois, 2002 Sugar Bowl

posted by Graham Filler, Jun 15, 2009

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Team Speed Kills takes a look at another North-South showdown in our almost completed series. The most unlikely Big 10 Champion of the last decade matched up against Nick Saban's LSU Tigers before they achieved powerhouse status. A pre-game comment made one ABC commentator a savant when he said - "... the combination of the teams' aerial attacks and the dome's electric atmosphere could turn this contest into an instant classic." The ensuing shootout produced 81 points, 958 yards (huh?), beers being thrown on the field by a nutso LSU crowd, and a vicious Illini comeback that fell short. Illinois Stars Brandon Lloyd Kurt Kittner Walter Young LSU Stars Rohan Davey Josh Reed (Biletnikoff Winner) Domanick Davis Bradie James Michael Clayton LaBrandon Toefield

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