Tag: Woodrow Carroll

Good things come to an end for Illinois coach Bielema

By Woodrow Carroll Going into last Saturday’s Minnesota at Illinois’ football game, Illinois head coach, Brett Bielema, had a 10-0 lifetime record against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Seven of those victories were from when Bielema was the Wisconsin coach and the final three were a product of Bielema’s last three

Illinois shines against Michigan; NIU, Northwestern, dull

By Woodrow Carroll Illinois’ three major college football programs, Illinois, Northwestern and Northern Illinois, all showed a decided lack of offensive punch last Saturday. Combined the three teams scored only 30 points. Fortunately, Illinois had 21 of those points and, along with a stout defense, the Fighting Illini came away

Three big college victories: NIU, Northwestern, Illinois

By Woodrow Carroll It was a rare weekend for the state of Illinois’ major college football programs when Northwestern, Northern Illinois, and Illinois each recorded victories last Friday and Saturday. And for a bonus the Chicago Bears won. What is going on? The Northwestern Wildcats (3-3 and 1-2) got things

Hinckley-Big Rock honors Larry ‘Doc’ Peppers with field

By Woodrow Carroll It was homecoming week at Hinckley-Big Rock High School last week and Royals did themselves proud. For starters, the HBR soccer team won a 7-0 shutout game against visiting Yorkville Parkview Christian Academy Falcons last Friday, Sept. 27. However, the game seemed a bit secondary to the

NIU on bye, Illinois 3-0, Northwestern vs. Wash.

By Woodrow Carroll After suffering a shocking upset at the hands of Northern Illinois University, there was a feeling that Notre Dame would be fired up when they played Purdue last Saturday at Purdue. It was true! Notre Dame (2-1) won, 66-7, and were up 42-0 at halftime. Historical note!

Northern Illinois defeats Notre Dame, Illinois undefeated

By Woodrow Carroll Due to a bye week, the Northern Illinois football program will have an extra week to savor their 16-14 monster upset of Notre Dame last Saturday in South Bend. The next game for Northern Illinois will be at home Saturday, Sept. 21 against Buffalo, a Mid-American Conference