Meet Eric Finney, the Illinois defender who has a funny answer to every question

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  • Nebraska/Big Ten/Recruiting reporter.
  • Joined ESPN in 2011.
  • Graduated from the University of Nebraska.
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Illinois defensive back Eric Finney recently provided a series of entertaining answers to a survey conducted by the Champaign News-Gazette.

Among his responses, Finney, a senior out of Riverside, California, picked Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig as his Heisman Trophy favorite and offered this gem when asked what bowl he planned to attend:

“I like to go to the one in the Illini Union, if not Old Orchard Lanes in Savoy.