CHAMPAIGN — It is looser, to be sure. Bordering on fun.
By design.
“I want it to be relaxed,” Illinois coach Bill Cubit says. “I want guys to enjoy being in here, do different things. There could be so much tension.”
On college football’s version of Election Day, it seems like a toga party is about to break out. With Chad Wells playing “Bluto.”
The Illinois assistant video coordinator takes a dare from the staff: try to eat a dozen doughnuts in five minutes. He makes it to 10 before time expires.
“That just lightens up the mood,” Cubit says.