College football weekend seems primed to put pressure on the selection committee
By Dan Escalona
November 17, 2015
Here it is, folks: the impending arrival of possibly the most important weekend in the uneasy sprint to the College Football Playoff.This weekend will either serve to slightly clarify the top four contenders or blur the race even further.Not only will Nov. 21 be a season-defining week for many playoff hop...
The Daily Illini's College Football Playoff picks
By The Daily Illini Staff Report
November 9, 2015
Editor's note: Each week, The Daily Illini staffers will offer up their take on the teams that should make it into the College Football Playoff. Peter Bailey-Wells, sports editor1. Ohio State (9-0)The Buckeyes are the undefeated defending champions. Regardless of strength of schedule, they're going to b...
Baylor, 2015’s version of Ohio State?
By Dan Escalona
October 27, 2015
For the second year in a row, a sudden and devastating injury to a quarterback may have changed the entire face of the road to the College Football Playoff.In replicating an eerily similar storyline to that of a season ago, the Baylor Bears must now contend without starting quarterback Seth Russell &mda...
One botched punt sends Spartans, Wolverines on divergent paths
By Dan Escalona
October 20, 2015
The full spectrum of human emotion could be seen in the final 10 seconds of Michigan State’s surreal victory over rival Michigan this weekend.On one side was the pure ecstasy of Michigan State as Spartans’ players jumped into the stands to celebrate an improbable win. On the opposite end, you saw th...
Big Ten football power rankings: Week 6
By The Daily Illini Football Staff
October 11, 2015
Tweet: The di_sports football staff ranks the Big Ten after Week 6. Where do the #Illini rank? By The Daily Illini Football Staff1. Ohio State (Last week: 1) — Urban Meyer isn’t afraid to use both of his talented quarterbacks in the Buckeyes’ 49-28 win over Maryland. Cardale Jones started dri...
