Lovie Smith held his first weekly press conference as head coach of the Fighting Illini on Monday. We’ll embed the full video once the athletic department makes it available, but for now here are some quick takeaways from his latest media session.
- Lovie has historically kept things very quiet on the injury front, but he did confirm that the team made it through training camp without any serious incidents. Additionally, he seemed pretty thrilled about not being required to release a weekly injury report.
- Illinois will name four team captains this year (two on offense, two on defense), and those roles will be maintained for the entire season.