The News-Gazette · Nov 1, 2016
Fourth and long: Thieman finished for season
Four items beat writer Matt Daniels picked up when Lovie Smith and other Illini met with the media on Monday afternoon at Memorial Stadium:
1. Jeff George Jr. or Wes Lunt will start at quarterback for Illinois on Saturday against Michigan State, simply because Chayce Crouch is out for the season with a shoulder injury, and those two are the only scholarship quarterbacks Illinois has. But Lunt hasn’t played since Oct. 8 against Purdue while dealing with a back injury he suffered against the Boilermakers.
“There’s not a whole lot more to tell you about Wes,” Smith said. “He’s getting better. We hope he will be much improved (today at practice).”