The Illini baseball team started the Big Ten conference season in a grand fashion by crushing the tough Nebraska Cornhuskers by the score of 11-3 in the opener at Lincoln. Kevin Johnson won his fourth straight game getting all the offense he needed. Leftfielder Justin Parr (right) was a big…
Reliever Ronnie Muck: 2.16 ERA in 7 appearances This weekend, the University of Illinois baseball team become the first team to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Big Ten conference play. The Huskers play host in Lincoln. The starting pitchers have been announced. Kevin Johnson, John Kravetz will pitch Friday…
Here in Champaign-Urbana, we’ve just had our first taste of winter. In the last couple of days, we’ve had high temps in the 20s with a nice blanket of snow on the ground. Up until this point, it was almost (college) baseball weather. On the Fightingillini.com blog, Ben Taylor reminds…
In Big Ten land, today belongs to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. July 1 is their first official day of membership in our conference. Conference commissioner James Delany welcome message appeared in today’s Omaha World-Herald easing the team and school into the new era. Delany begins by focusing on the academic side…
According to the News-Gazette’s Jeff Huth, Illinois will be the first opponent of Big Ten newcomer Nebraska. We’ll see them next year and the exact date is already set. On March 23-25 Illinois will travel to Lincoln to play the Cornhuskers. Not only will the Nebraska be new to the…
Nebraska won unanimous approval to join the Big Ten from conference leaders Friday. U of I interim president Stan Ikenberry assured us that academically, Nebraska was a “good fit” as if it were an afterthought. The idea of Big Ten expansion is a bit scary and to some, irritating. I…